I went to my first major construction site a few days ago – it was awesome. Cement dust in the air, the smell of mortar and tar, the sounds of jackhammers. Our firm is the Architect of Record for the Comcast Center in Philadelphia – the project on which I have been working for the […]
the Ringstone Symbol – a concept for a Baha’i Center
Milestone
I have not had time to write for a while. . . It took longer than my 40th birthday, but I am finally able to run around the campus of Rice University once without stopping – it’s almost 3 miles. I have to complete several long-tstanding goals this year – we’ll see if I can […]
As Seen On (Iranian) T.V.
My mom, who lives about 90 miles from me, recently had the satellite that receives the Iranian channels installed. I visit her on some weekends and channel-surfed through the 1001 Persian language stations a couple of weeks ago. There are the old flicks, the many music videos, the continuous plethora of rug auctions with “unbelievable […]
Chasing 40
The headline read “50 at 30” – that’s the number of golf tournaments Tiger Woods has won by the time he’s turned 30. Jack Nicklaus had held the record by winning 50 by the age of 33. I am almost a year away from turning 40 and I have not won a single golf tournament […]
The Promise of World Peace
Almost twenty one years ago, in October of 1985, the Universal House of Justice – the governing body of the Baha’i Faith – published an essay entitled “The Promise of World Peace”. In these dark, dark days, I thought that it might be a source of hope.
Freedom Tower
The latest design of the Freedom Tower to be built at New York’s “ground zero” was unveiled today. The original plan, created by Daniel Libeskind, called for a series of angular buildings with one rising significantly above the rest, its spire reaching 1776 feet – the height, a gesture to the date of the signing […]
The Beautiful Game
I grew up playing football, or soccer, as it is referred to in the U.S. We played it mostly with a plastic red and white ball that was smaller than a regular football – I don’t really know why. It may have had to do with the fact that a real leather ball was expensive […]
Simply Cool
Apple does architecture.
Randy at the Bat
In classical Persian poetry, there is a practice called “taqlid” – literally “immitation”. One takes either the rhyme or the meter or an actual verse of a great poem and uses it as a point of departure for a poem of his own. The firm for whom I work just finished their softball season in […]
the City 