morning times is packed
The crowd at Morning Times is my gauge for the economic and creative state of the world. Some people watch the stock markets, or read the Wall Street Journal or listen to the BBC, but I think the upstairs of…
Street Level Design
Downtown in Raleigh means Fayetteville Street. Fayetteville Street spreads from the Capital building to the Concert Hall, past the office towers and the Convention Center. It’s our Broadway, and it’s where the city has put the most direct development effort…
And the return trip – I don’t remember it being this dark, or shaky. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCIlllX8r4]
walk to work
A very pedestrian video from my phone of the downtown walk to work: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2mMa8Yeq4] Andy Osterlund AIA | LEED AP Andrew Osterlund, Architect, PLLC GREEN | URBAN | SMART ARCHITECTURE 19 W Hargett Street, Suite 700-A | Raleigh, NC 27601…
right and wrong in architecture
As a general reference point, we are not hiring at this time. I would love to change that scenario 180 degrees, and people who know us know the painful and common details there. However, I get resumes almost every day…
MLK Jr Blvd and Person
One of several primary entrances into Downtown is Hammond Avenue, a flying roadway over the beltline, past the dog food plant. When Hammond hits South Park, the road name changes to Person Street, five one-way blocks of small-house residential. Residents…
Finishing
Finally experienced our new art museum last weekend. The months of criticisms, critiques, articles, and opinions slipped into the background when we discovered the parking lot full on a holiday. In fact, to be embarrassingly honest, this was our second…
AOArch – News
AOArch has Moved! Please update your address books and visit us soon at our new location. Just a few blocks closer to town, with a better view. – Now licensed in Tennessee as well as North Carolina. – Join us…
faith and the nissan sentra
Excellent conversation at this morning’s staff meeting. Another reminder, these meetings are open, and we’d love to buy your coffee and bagel. Join us at Morning Times on Hargett at about 9:30 Fridays. We’re also glad to admit that “staff”…
zonings and setbacks and, of course, time
My urbanist friends have me looking at street widths and sidewalks. Our new fancy office looks north along Salisbury Street toward the Capitol, and west along Hargett Street toward Boylan heights. I can take a pretty good guess of when…