Seattle Library | OMA

Seattle, 2004. Seattle Central Library by Rem Koolhaas, 2004. Can hold 1.45 million books.

MLK Fountain

SF, 2009. The MLK jr fountain at Yerba Buena Gardens as featured in the film Medicine for Meloncholy, a great portrait of SF, underground scenes, and class/race identity...

Barn Field Horizon

Central IL, 2008.

Stata Center | Gehry

Cambridge MA, 2008. Stata Center at MIT by Frank Gehry, 2004.

Red Tower Rust

Central Illinois, 2004.

De Young | Herzog + DeMeuron

SF, 2009. De Young Museum by Herzog + De Meuron. Outdoor sculpture garden with cantilevered copper clad structure overhead.

MIT Dorm | Holl

Cambridge, 2008. MIT dorm (Simmons Hall) by Steven Holl, 2003.

Spertus | Krueck + Sexton

CHGO, 2008. Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies by Krueck + Sexton.

South Farms

Champaign, 2009. UIUC South Farms.

Fairey?

CHGO, 2009. This storefront pattern showed up this summer in the Loop. I'm sure its not Shepard Fairey but it looks like someone's decided to copy him...

St. Ignatius | Holl

Seattle, 2004. St. Ignatius Chapel by Steven Holl, 1997.

Snakeback

Central Illinois, 2007.

UIUC BIF | Pelli

Champaign, 2009. UIUC Business Instructional Facility by Cesar Pelli and local architects, PSA-D.

Curved Wood

CHGO, 2008. Chicago History Museum.

Green | 300 N Lasalle

CHGO, 2009. 300 N. Lasalle.

Columns

Urbana, 2000.

Folded Concrete | Abramovits

Champaign IL, 2009. Max Abramovits designed Assembly Hall - 1963.

Hadid

Cincinnati, 2008. Contemporary Art Center by Zaha Hadid. Saw an article about her MAXXI museum in Rome today. You should check it out. This photo is a great juxtaposition of new and old.

Black Green Sky

Interstate 55, 2009. Stopped at this gas station again tonight.

Smurfit Stone Horns | Epstein

CHGO, 2009. The back of the Smurfit-Stone building by Epstein, 1984.

Drillbits

CHGO 2008. Fulton Market - Chicago Sculpture Works Studio.

Green Fence Sky

Champaign IL, 2009.

New Wave Cafe

I have photos at New Wave Cafe in Logan Square for the month of November. Come out to see great artwork by two other artists as well and get a great cup of coffee while you're there.
www.newwavecoffee.com

MIT Sod

Cambridge MA, 2008.

Brown Barrel

Central Illinois, 2007.

Corrugated

Central Illinois, 2009.

Tunnel Vision MIT Chapel | Saarinen

Cambridge MA, 2008. MIT chapel designed by Eero Saarinen, 1955.

White Ladder

Champaign IL, 2009.

IIT | OMA

CHGO, 2009. Illinois Institute of Technology lecture hall in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center by Rem Koolhaas.

Perspectives Prow | Perkins + Will

CHGO, 2009. Perspectives Charter School by Perkins + Will.

Tanks

Central IL, 2008.

Cincinnati + Thom | Morphosis

Cincinnati OH, 2008. University of Cincinnati Student Recreation Center. I've been re-visiting the work of Morphosis through their Morphopedia website which has a thorough amount of information on all their projects. I've been turned off by some of the writing/speeches as of late, but when I go back to the work, it still holds up.

Fall

CHGO, 2009. A tree outside our front door.

Coop Himmelb(l)au | Akron Art Museum

Akron OH, 2008. Art Museum by Coop Himmelb(l)au. A jewel of glass, steel, and concrete. "Cold, then cold as a block of ice. Hot, then hot as a blazing wing."

Metal Sky Wires

CHGO, 2009. Ravenswood.

Contemporaine | Perkins + Will

CHGO, 2009. Contemporaine tower by Perkins + Will.

Croquet

Central Il, 2009. Grandparents' farm.

Stop

CHGO, 2009. State St bridge open for the sailboats to travel to Lake Michigan. Marina, IBM, and Trump in the background.

Optimistic | UIC Student Recreation | PSA

CHGO, 2009. UIC Student Recreation Center by PSA-Dewberry.

Surprise

Mequon WI, 2009. Visiting family this weekend, we found this behind their house. Obviously we new the lake was there, but this was not how I expected to see it. The bluff gave us a view through the water and out to the horizon.

I see you

CHGO, 2008. Near Milwaukee and Lake.

Clinton

CHGO, 2008. Clinton Pink/Green line L stop looking east toward the loop.

Flamingo | Calder

CHGO, 2007. Alexander Calder's "Flamingo" sculpture in Federal Plaza. Mies in the background.

Trump | SOM

CHGO, 2009. Trump tower and parking garage entrance, by SOM. North side.

Empty

CHGO, 2008. Fulton Market area.

Ando Sky | Pulitzer

St. Louis, 2008. Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts by Tadao Ando.

"Fire" Corn

Urbana, 2009.

Pygma-lion 2009

Japandroids
Lucero
Antlers
Autolux
Wavves
You and Yourn
New Ruins
Iron & Wine
Ra Ra Riot