It’s very easy to turn a staycation into a mini-architecture field trip! This one was designed around a stay at the Century Plaza Hotel designed by Minoru Yamasaki. There were many other noteworthy architectural buildings near the hotel including the iconic Century Towers, also by Yamasaki.

Travel - A Trio of Buildings in Downtown Honolulu

Downtown Honolulu is architecture rich with a diversity of styles. We managed to capture a fine historic building and two Brutalist buildings in our short walk to our Uber ride.

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Architecture Field Trip - 3 City Halls in the San Gabriel Valley

If you’re a fan of civic architecture, here are 3 city halls to visit in the San Gabriel Valley, each expressed in a different architecture style!

A Trio of Spiritual Places

Happened to be in the Wilshire/Korea Town part of LA to meet a friend for lunch and thought I’d stop by the mid-century Founder’s Church of Religious Science designed by Paul R. Williams before our meetup. After lunch I had time to stop by two other spiritual places on the way home. It was a good day!

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