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No thunderstorm would stop MTM and me from hiking New Zealand’s Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. Thunder claps rattled the moraine as we climbed for a peek at Tasman Glacier. We were lightning rods when we finally traversed the top, and found ourselves staring, not at a ribbon of ice, but at a lake the color of churned flour.Continue Reading

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An architecture post. Because it’s been a while since I’ve been inspired to write one.

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban likes cardboard. A lot. Specifically cardboard tubes, coated in polyurethane. We like to think of churches as places of permanence. Stone and wood, colored in with a stained glass rainbow.Continue Reading

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In 18880’s, two port cities flourished half a world apart. Steeples jutted into their skylines, crowning architecture people traveled to see. Masonry-and-stucco buildings flanked bustling streets and green spaces.

The ground trembled. It heaved. Like a tablecloth jerked away from a feast-laden buffet.

Devastation rocked these cities. But their inhabitants were resilient. Steadfast. They reconstructed historic fabric. Knit buildings back together. Pronounced their work good.Continue Reading