This post is a sampling of projects by Tod Williams Billie Tsien (TWBT) Architects which I’ve had the pleasure to visit in different cities - a scientific research center, a college library, a college arts center, a church and a museum.
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Visiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece Fallingwater was certainly the architecture highlight of our recent visit to Pittsburgh. Before our trip, I mentioned where I was headed to a fellow yogi, an interior designer, and she exclaimed that Fallingwater was on her bucket list of places to visit. I’m glad I was able to scratch off someone’s bucket list item!
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My first visit to Pittsburgh was full of architecture highlights, modern and historic. Such a scenic city at the confluence of three rivers. Lucky for me, I had the best tour guide in J., who grew up there!
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Do you feel like your life is made up of serendipitous events? It often feels that way to me. A month ago while fact checking a reference for my Louis Kahn Pilgrimage blog post, Google brought up The Fabric Workshop Museum (FWM) website. On it, a special event associated with the Louis Kahn Power of Architecture exhibit, was listed. William Whitaker, the archivist at the University of Pennsylvania would be leading a tour of 2 Kahn residences - the Fisher House in Hatsboro and the Esherick House in Chestnut Hill.
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