Putting things in perspective… 300 foot tall mighty redwoods: Surviving fire, floods, and humans, they still reach for the sky with abandon. Good role-models! #ɴᴇᴡʏᴇᴀʀ2026 #resilience #redwoodforest #verticalinspiration #designinspo #landscapelovers #redwoods #onepointperspective

As the year comes to a close with short days and long nights we celebrate our favorite material: Daylight! Light is a medium to be reflected, refracted, channeled, filtered and shaped. It measures space and time, provides comfort and anticipation. We choreograph daylight in space using foreground, middle-ground and background effects that stimulate depth perception and foster states of calm and harmony with one’s surroundings. Contrast and diffusion can complement one another, and some of the most beautiful effects happen in shade and shadow where reflected light settles. We shape surfaces to shape light using curves, corners and planes to different effect. Light also changes color throughout the day, amplifying or nullifying material surface color to accentuate the passage of time or atmospheric conditions. And when the sun sets…. that’s another post… Happy New Year!!! Pics 2, 6: @brucedamonte 1180 Fourth and 666 Oak Pics 3, 12, 13: @matthewmillmanphoto Alvarado house and The Vessel. Pics 8, 9: @thomasheinser Daylight photo studio. All the rest by @kennerlyarchitecture 1, 4, 7, 10, 11: the Courtyard House 5, 14: refracted light at the Light Box house #daylight #phenomenology #perception #architecturephotography #lightandspace #modernarchitecture #interiorarchitectureanddesign #designinspo #architecturelovers #newyear2026

Thunder, lightning, the roar of the Pacific, the stalwart cypress: We know who’s boss… Happy Holidays everyone! #christmas2025 #goldengatebridge #gaia #haiku #artdeco #pacificocean #landscapelovers #architecturelovers #designinspo