Ashley Gardini

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Architectural historian teaching at community colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area. Adjunct. Union member. Doing stuff with the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). Writing about architecture. Forever San Jose Sharks fan.
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Finally launched «Palestine: Spaces and Politics». An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.

Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.

We are launching with 6 themes, more soon.
- Palestine Futures: Spaces&Imaginations
- Mapping&Counter-mapping
- The Vernacular and the Informal
- Public Space and Resistance
- Urban Palestine
- Destruction&Reconstruction

https://palestine.araburbanism.com/

#Palestine #Gaza #geography #urbanism @academicchatter

Palestine: Spaces and Politics

Introductory Curriculum

Palestine: Spaces and Politics

How an Alien Landscape Became Mexico City’s Modernist Mecca

Mid-century architect Luis Barragán fused nature with tradition to create a neighborhood that felt both new and deeply rooted in local culture.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-an-alien-landscape-became-mexico-city-s-modernist-mecca?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#Architecture #Mexico #LuisBarragan

How an Alien Landscape Became Mexico City’s Modernist Mecca

Mid-century architect Luis Barragán fused nature with tradition to create a neighborhood that felt both new and deeply rooted in local culture.

Pocket

This month I wrote about the important connections between architecture and the Olympics.

https://daily.jstor.org/building-the-olympic-games/

#Architecture #Olympics #OlympicGames #ArchitecturalHistory #Beijing #London #Paris #Art

Building the Olympic Games - JSTOR Daily

A close connection between architecture, athletics, and the urban fabric is central to the idea of the modern Olympic Games.

JSTOR Daily

I love this little Late Art Deco building on the corner of Great Western Road and Otago Street in Glasgow, especially the clock over the entrance. Designed by Eric Southerland, it was built in 1940 for the Trustee Savings Bank (it still has the original acid-etched logo on the glass above the door).

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #artdeco #greatwesternroad

sandy's bar-b-q, crescent beach, florida, 1990

Honestly, I was amazed that Hillsborough was letting the Flinstone House host events...and now it's seems they just didn't know.

(Still signed up for the omasake email list because it may be the only chance I get to visit that building!)

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/flintstone-house-omakase-sushi-19563441.php

#SFBayArea #Hillsborough #Architecture #FlinstoneHouse #sfba #BayArea #Peninsula #SanMateo

UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book: Between Design and Making: Architecture and craftsmanship, 1630–1760, edited by Andrew Tierney and Melanie Haye.

Free Download Here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/238837?utm_source=globalmuseum

#Design #Architecture #books #UCLPress

Between Design and Making

Retro Japan: Stylish 1921 village hall in Mie Pref. evokes local industrialist's commitment https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240705/p2a/00m/0et/019000c
Retro Japan: Stylish 1921 village hall in Mie Pref. evokes local industrialist's commitment - The Mainichi

YOKKAICHI, Mie -- A Taisho-era (1912-1926) structure built on a small hill here makes one feel the commitment of the local industrialist who made a do

The Mainichi

Just a friendly reminder that the Haas-Lilienthal House is resuming Saturday tours for the summer, starting tomorrow! If you want to experience and learn about a San Francisco Victorian, it's the place to visit.

https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/house-tours

#SanFrancisco #Architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #SFBayArea #HaasLilienthalHouse #SFHeritage

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