Saturday, July 18, 2009

Visit to the Beach

Today, we returned to the beach here on Lake Lanier for some fun in the water and with the sand.     
I think Madison is certainly going to be an architect when she gets a little older.  Not quite Mike Brady - no, we're talking massive enterprises! 

     This small scale model she's created represents a new upscale and posh resort planned for an island in the Bahamas in the Spring of 2012.  It is a stunningly designed, multi-level enterprise complete with vaulted ceilings and yes, flying buttresses.  It is a marriage of new technology and older, traditional architectural concepts.  One might call her a modernist - but the easier thing to say when describing her masterful creations is that she is in a new category of her own.  Indeed, a revolutionist of sorts, her
"Feather Castle" defies tradition - and yet embraces it at the same time!  Bold and innovative, look for her work in upcoming issues of Architectural Digest.  Or, for a sneak peek of the future of architecture, check out her sand box at home.  It's the one shaped like a giant green painted turtle.

1 comment:

  1. Architectural DigestJuly 25, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    Feather Castle is an achievement - exotic and yet accessible! We'll be contacting you soon about a future project at an ivy league school. Our current designers can't seem to get their acts together, but I think we've finally found our architectural savior!

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