Alley of a Longtang House Complex, Shanghai, China, c. 2006

Alley of a Longtang House Complex, Shanghai, China, c. 2006

Tod Williams + Billie Tsien, Context Plan of the Hijacked Barnes Foundation Building, Philadelphia, PA, c. 2012

Tod Williams + Billie Tsien, Context Plan of the Hijacked Barnes Foundation Building, Philadelphia, PA, c. 2012

Aerial of the Argonne National Laboratory, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, IL, c. 2012

Aerial of the Argonne National Laboratory, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, IL, c. 2012

Particle Accelerator Facility of Argonne National Laboratory, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, IL, c. 2012

Particle Accelerator Facility of Argonne National Laboratory, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, IL, c. 2012

Site Map of Argonne National Laboratory, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, IL, c. 2012

Site Map of Argonne National Laboratory, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, IL, c. 2012

Plan of Mandinka Fort, Bissandugu, Guinea, 1880 (via archiveofaffinities)

Plan of Mandinka Fort, Bissandugu, Guinea, 1880 (via archiveofaffinities)

Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau + Sebastiano Serlio, Site Plan of Ancy-le-Franc from Les Plus excellents bastimens de France, 1576-79

Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau + Sebastiano Serlio, Site Plan of Ancy-le-Franc from Les Plus excellents bastimens de France, 1576-79

Corner of Peachtree + 7th Street in Midtown, Atlanta, GA, 2012 This Starbucks and the Neel Reid apartment complex behind it are apparently slated for demolition, to be replaced by a larger, contemporary set of apartments. Ostensibly, the Starbucks would return as ground-floor retail within the structure, but the Reid House is the sacrificial lamb of the proposal. The generic, unremarkable Starbucks should go undoubtedly, but a clever solution would posit the saving of the Reid structure, perhaps integrating it with the new complex in a dynamic way. History and density can be solved together, giving new meaning to the old while contextualizing what very well could become yet another standard apartment complex, chained to the ever-limiting bottomline of so many Atlantan developments, just like the neo-brutalist Viewpoint tower beyond. If this proposal goes through, it would be another sad loss of history (let alone the decimated Reid history) for Atlanta, made even more pathetic by the proliferation of other unused parking lots in the immediate area.

Corner of Peachtree + 7th Street in Midtown, Atlanta, GA, 2012

This Starbucks and the Neel Reid apartment complex behind it are apparently slated for demolition, to be replaced by a larger, contemporary set of apartments. Ostensibly, the Starbucks would return as ground-floor retail within the structure, but the Reid House is the sacrificial lamb of the proposal. The generic, unremarkable Starbucks should go undoubtedly, but a clever solution would posit the saving of the Reid structure, perhaps integrating it with the new complex in a dynamic way. History and density can be solved together, giving new meaning to the old while contextualizing what very well could become yet another standard apartment complex, chained to the ever-limiting bottomline of so many Atlantan developments, just like the neo-brutalist Viewpoint tower beyond. If this proposal goes through, it would be another sad loss of history (let alone the decimated Reid history) for Atlanta, made even more pathetic by the proliferation of other unused parking lots in the immediate area.

Labyrinth Cubicle, c. 2012

Labyrinth Cubicle, c. 2012

Beau Johnson, The ‘Trap Doors’ of St. Giles, c. 2012 (via drawingarchitecture)

Beau Johnson, The ‘Trap Doors’ of St. Giles, c. 2012 (via drawingarchitecture)

Khedive Abbas II, Montaza Palace, Alexandria, Egypt, 1892

Khedive Abbas II, Montaza Palace, Alexandria, Egypt, 1892

Thompson-Starrett + Nimmons & Fellow, Sears, Roebuck and Co. Complex, Chicago, IL, 1906 All that remains of a 3.3 million ft² office building that served a 40 acre mega-facility that served as the Sears International Headquarters.

Thompson-Starrett + Nimmons & Fellow, Sears, Roebuck and Co. Complex, Chicago, IL, 1906

All that remains of a 3.3 million ft² office building that served a 40 acre mega-facility that served as the Sears International Headquarters.

Mentuhotep II, Amenhotep I and Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahari Mortuary Temple Complex, Luxor, Egypt, c. 2025-1475 BCE

Mentuhotep II, Amenhotep I and Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahari Mortuary Temple Complex, Luxor, Egypt, c. 2025-1475 BCE

Eero Saarinen (1910-61), Bell Labs Complex, Holmdel, NJ, 1959-62

Eero Saarinen (1910-61), Bell Labs Complex, Holmdel, NJ, 1959-62

Ancient Monument Complex, Avebury, England, c. 4000-2000 BCE

Ancient Monument Complex, Avebury, England, c. 4000-2000 BCE

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