These Are My Twisted Words

Radiohead's got a new song called "These Are My Twisted Words" that you can download, free of charge, from their website here. (scroll down to August 17)

It also comes with a do-it-yourself customizable album artwork PDF...

Brad Neely: Baby Cakes

Thanks Jordan!

First Day Jitters

I'm starting architecture school on Monday at the City College of New York. I don't really know what to expect, except that you can expect this blog to veer in the direction of architecture school projects over the next few months...

Here are a few more renderings from our digital workshop over the last 2 weeks. I was playing around with VRay and Maxwell rendering settings in Rhino.

Michael Jackson Memorial

Running errands around my new neighborhood of Harlem, I passed by the Apollo Theater on 125th Street a few days ago, where there's been placed a big memorial to Michael Jackson. Thousands of people have written letters to him on the blue wall where his name is painted.

Millenium Park

Millennium Park! Millennium Park!

(I'll give you one guess to guess who designed that concert pavilion)

Angel Oak

While in Charleston, South Carolina this month, I had the opportunity to see Angel Oak. This Southern Live Oak tree is located in Angel Oak Park on John's Island in South Carolina. It is believed to be over 15oo years old and provides over 17,000 square feet of shade. To me it looks as though 5 or more trees had grown together into one.

These Live Oaks, found all over Charleston, are generally much smaller and have Spanish moss growing on their branches. This one appeared not to have any moss growing on it, and because some of its branches are so huge, they have been supported with metal stakes underneath them.

Unfortunately we got there just minutes after they closed the gate for the evening, so these pictures were taken from outside the fence.

To get a better idea of the scale, check out the picture of a person standing next to Angel Oak in the Wikipedia entry here.

Charleston vs. Chicago

I bet you can't tell which is which...