Back to School 2024 - Caltech

Though not a registered student, I am lucky to still find myself regularly on campus. As a member of the team that leads history and architecture tours at Caltech, our schedule aligns with that of the students - we get the summer off and return to the monthly tour schedule in the fall.

Our tours generally have been of the historal campus buildings but we have started to lead special tours of the modern campus, too. This post covers some of the modern buildings.

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Architect Corner - Frank Lloyd Wright, Marin County Civic Center

After landing at Oakland Airport last year, my son the architect whisked me straight away to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center - a perfect start for our time together in the Bay Area!

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Architecture Field Trip - Fullerton

With a small amount of pre-planning, an architecture field trip can be part of the commute! On the way to lunch in Irvine, I managed to cover a lot of ground in the City of Fullerton in the span of a couple hours - City Hall, a church, two colleges and a bank.

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Travel - Pittsburgh

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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