New Barnes Foundation

my personal favorite

Izzo Here: I was feeling inspired last week, and I wanted to get to the Barnes before the year was over.  If you've never been, you should make it a point to go.  I would say this is the best piece of architecture our city has gotten in a long time (our projects excluded of course).  Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have been some of my favorite architects since I first saw them give a lecture my junior year of college.  I am sure this is their highest profile building, and they did not disappoint.  Check out the snaps.  Not bad for a pretty cloudy day.  Oh and the images looked good even before the instagramming.

NYC trip

Izzo Here: I took a little day trip this weekend to New York City and took in some sites and a show. I hadn't been in a few years so it was good to bump into some architectural icons I hadn't seen in a while.  The TKTS booth in Times Square designed by Choi Ropiha is pretty sweet. Empire State building of course, and the slammin New York Times building.  It's a little on the techy side for me, but I still like the idea of it.  Of course Instagram just makes everything cooler.