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Quebec City, 2010. Photo, Angelo Accomando. As 2010 comes to a close we want to thank you for your support. May 2011 bring you balance and harmony, vision and clarity, inspiration and integrity. / “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an…
Read MoreTraveling Architect: Quebec City
Inner Courtyard of the Seminaire de Quebec. All photos, Angelo Accomando ‘Here was a small bit of mediaeval Europe perched upon a rock, and dried for keeping, in this north-east corner of America, a curiosity that has not its equal, in its kind, on this side of the ocean … We rode about as if…
Read MoreA NORTHERN AUBERGE
Photos: Angelo Accomando The Auberge Saint-Antoine in Quebec City, QC, has a history as varied as that of the city in which it is situated. The oldest section was originally a house built in 1725 by a French fur trader. In 1822, following the Seven Year War, a stone warehouse, now the hotel’s restaurant, was…
Read MoreTHE TRAVELING ARCHITECT: NEW MEXICO
Taos Pueblo, photos: Angelo Accomando In a few places in the world, one can imagine the architecture as being of the earth, forms inspired from the surrounding landscape. New Mexico is such a place. Platonic shifts, volcanoes, wind, water and ice have shaped the landscape over millennia. PaleoIndians, Archaic Hunter-Gatherers and the Ancestral Pueblo…
Read MoreADOBE ABODE
A modern adobe house in Albuquerque, based on the traditional courtyard house. An entry courtyard welcomes visitors to a shaded, landscaped outdoor vestibule that brings light into the kitchen and family room. Once in the house, a second large courtyard at the rear illuminates the living, dining and bedroom spaces. Where needed, smaller courtyards or…
Read MoreThe Traveling Architect: The Algarve, Portugal
THE TRAVELLING ARCHITECT: THE ALGARVE, PORTUGAL This April, my family visited the Algarve in Portugal. Travelling in the off-season proved a very rewarding journey, as we were able to visit museums, restaurants and beaches without the crowds. We stayed in a small house in the hills north of the coastline and woke up to the…
Read MoreTHE TRAVELING ARCHITECT: PARIS IN SPRING
THE TRAVELLING ARCHITECT: PARIS IN SPRING As an architect I sometimes have the chance to travel. In travelling I see a wide range of architectural feats, some old and some new. During my recent family trip to Paris, we made it our goal to simply walk around the city and experience what we could on…
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