archi-trouve*

Last Tuesday morning I fell head over heels in love. The circus was in town so I went over to take pictures of the animals. Afterwa...

When we first visited Bordeaux I was struck by the number of carved masks that highlight the buildings around town. But ...

Have you noticed anything odd about this blog? Has it occurred to you that I live in Bordeaux, one of the most beautiful citi...

Man, oh man. I’m just all over the place with this blog. A few weeks ago I started on the subject of Gothic architecture and ...

It’s nearly 100 degrees in Bordeaux and it’s August, so most of France is on vacation. Restaurants are closed, the stree...

Before I dive into Gothic architecture I’d like to say a very warm thank you to Cindy Bogart of The Daily Basics and Lynn ...

When I was studying architecture in the late 70s, modernism was all the rage. The Bauhaus. Mies. Gropius. And of course, th...