How fortuitous that J’s recent business trip to Austin, TX allowed me to tag along visit the Blanton Art Museum which was of interest to me for both the architecture and art!

mural, gardens, modern, architecture, museums, spiritual places, TexasCarol ChinApril 12, 2025austin, texas, museums, architecture, contemporary architecture, ellsworth kelly, carmen herrera, snøhettaComment

3 in Berkeley, CA

There were a number of architectural highlights from the recent Bay Area visit. The following masterworks by Julia Morgan, John Galen Howard and Bernard Maybeck are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

architecture, Bay Area, campus architecture, spiritual places, hisoricCarol ChinApril 9, 2025julia morgan, bernard maybeck, Bay Area, architecture, berkeley, historic architectureComment

Architecture Field Trip - Century City

It’s very easy to turn a staycation into a mini-architecture field trip! This one was designed around a stay at the Century Plaza Hotel designed by Minoru Yamasaki. There were many other noteworthy architectural buildings near the hotel including the iconic Century Towers, also by Yamasaki.

Westside LA, brutalist architecture, modern, architecture, field trip, los angeles, yamasaki, Century City, mid-century, 70s architecture Carol ChinFebruary 26, 2025midcentury, architecture, minoru yamasaki, century city la, los angeles, im pei, gin wong architectsComment

Travel - A Trio of Buildings in Downtown Honolulu

Downtown Honolulu is architecture rich with a diversity of styles. We managed to capture a fine historic building and two Brutalist buildings in our short walk to our Uber ride.

brutalist architecture, cruise, hawaii, architectureCarol ChinFebruary 24, 2025historic architecture, brutalist architecture, hawaii, honoluluComment

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