Library Love - Orlando

It’s been a bit since our short time in Orlando and I recently ran across some photos that I took of the public library. An instagram friend said “If you only have time for one stop, it should be the John Johansen library. It's a beast, a wonderful concrete beast-easily my favorite building in all of Orlando.” How’s that for a recommendation?

library, brutalist architecture, architectureCarol ChinApril 9, 2026Orlando, brutalist, architecture, John JohanssonComment

Hawaii Architecture - Manoa Residential

Melemele Place is architecture rich with homes by Alfred Preis. Preis was an Austrian-born American architect best known for designing the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.

I was fortunate to explore this area of Manoa in December of 2023.

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Field Trip - Culver City, Ivy Station

This post is about last week’s fun, mid-week outing to take a Y6 yoga class in Culver City located on the Ivy Station campus, a place that was new-to-me.

art, everyday life, culver city, Westside LA, field trip, yoga, architectureCarol ChinNovember 6, 2025culver city, yoga, public art, metro station, architectureComment

Hawaii Architecture - 3 in Chinatown

I had time for a short architecture photo session before heading to a movie screening near Chinatown in Honolulu. I call these half hour photo shoots “architecture snacks”.

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