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I hope you enjoy these as much as I do:

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I promised more, but there is still more to come:

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I am becoming increasingly obsessed with Art Nouveau style and design. I've always found the style intriguing in a creepy, gaudy, yet beautiful way. I've found a few less creepy and subtle photos of Art Nouveau architecture on Flikr primarily from Barcelona. I haven't even found the really weird designs yet so there's more to come!

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Paging Edward Hopper:

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I changed the web address to the site. Its French for "wonderful for you" and way more suitable, I think. Also, I tweaked the settings to allow anonymous commenting so comment away if you'd like. More importantly, I just wanted to show you a few of my dream homes. I've acquired the images over the years so I have no idea where some came from:

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I was creeping on Wikimedia Commons today and found this photo of the original Sweet Briar mansion:


Today, you can still see the bones of the original mansion, but there has been so much progress since then. It is absolutely gorgeous in person. I wish I could photograph/get a hold of Ralph Adams Cram's fantastical drawings of his ideal architectural vision for Sweet Briar. Had these plans gone underway, I believe Sweet Briar would have been the most beautiful and most established college in the world. You must see the drawings for yourself, they are breath-taking.

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It snowed so much this weekend! So beautiful!

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I was tooling around on Design Sponge and found amazing work by Brooklyn artist, Carrie Bobo. I love her work, especially these architectural paintings and prints:

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Let's take a moment to admire a glimpse of the amaaaazing contemporary designs of Frank Gehry:

Guggenheim Bilbao

Rioja Grande

Disney Concert Hall

MIT

Carumba Chair

Cloud Lamp

Tiffany and Co.

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I've been away for the past week in Alabama and Florida visiting friends from Sweet Briar. I had an amazing time and I hope I'll be welcomed back again in the future. I spent my time in Alabama socializing with good company, and my time in Florida enjoying gorgeous art and spaces. The trip was everything I needed to finish out the rest of this summer. I can't wait to begin classes in two weeks: Early 20th-Century Art, Survey Art History I, Architectural Studies, Ceramic Hand Building, and Classical Mythology.

A few highlights from my travels:

Huntsville, Alabama - Monte Sano

One of the most peaceful backyards I've ever seen.

Jacksonville, Florida

Andy Schuessler at the JMOCA

Takashi Soga outside the Cummer Museum

Gardens at the Cummer Museum