Recent Articles
Bernal Heights Kids Coloring Contest
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 by Mason Kirby
I just overheard a young couple outside my office window: “… a four day break from school next week?? What the hell are we going to do??” My sentiments exactly. So just in time for a rainy Thanksgiving break, we are launching a kids coloring contest.
Truck Step turned Soap dish
Friday, July 8th, 2011 by Mason Kirby
We’re a bit late to the party on this one, but we’ve just come across an unlikely combination of durability and functionality in the novel repurposing of a tractor/trailer foot step turned flush mounted soap dish. This comes our way via Todd Lappin, a Bernal Heights industriophile who has more than his fair share of creative gems lurking beneath his “Telstar Logistics” brand. Read more about it here.
Architects in their own words: Desert Infill?
Saturday, November 27th, 2010 by Mason Kirby
Architects Take On Museums in Doha and Abu Dhabi – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com.
This interactive feature presents four architects describing recent museum commissions in the Middle East. The architect engage both the lack of physical context as well as the contemporary aspirations of their surrounding societies.
Its refreshing to hear architects in their own words. Much like the The Chicago Tapes or The Charlottesville Tapes, this excerpt helps to demystify the nature and intention of the design process that is otherwise left behind closed doors.
Return to Quality in Bay Area Commercial Lending
Monday, November 22nd, 2010 by Mason Kirby
RTRE bay area commercial lending.
This just in from The Registry: there’s more money out there than good investments and Commercial lenders are showing signs of activity in the Bay area–but only in areas that were not previously vaporized. Its a very short flight to safety–and all evidence suggests that investors are choosing asset quality over current returns that may or may not be there tomorrow.
Where, indeed, is the secured commercial implosion that we were all warned about?