Author Archives: pettydesign
A NEW HOUSTON IDENTITY
Four finalists have been selected from groups of graduate university students around the United States to rethink a new district adjacent to Downtown Houston as part of the Urban Land Institute / Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The …
A NEW HOUSTON IDENTITY
Four finalists have been selected from groups of graduate university students around the United States to rethink a new district adjacent to Downtown Houston as part of the Urban Land Institute / Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The …
SPRAWL FROM SPACE
Watch the past 40 years of urban sprawl from the city of Las Vegas in a time-lapse video as taken from Nasa.
“What doesn’t stay in Vegas? Sprawl.”
This is a very interesting way to really see the …
SPRAWL FROM SPACE
Watch the past 40 years of urban sprawl from the city of Las Vegas in a time-lapse video as taken from Nasa.
“What doesn’t stay in Vegas? Sprawl.”
This is a very interesting way to really see the …
HISTORY OF: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
The infamous English phrase can be found all around London and the world on posters, coffee mugs, and the like. It is a timeless classic from era of world war that has found its way into mainstream culture. However, did …
HISTORY OF: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
The infamous English phrase can be found all around London and the world on posters, coffee mugs, and the like. It is a timeless classic from era of world war that has found its way into mainstream culture. However, did …
I WISH THIS WAS…
Inspired by vast amounts of vacant storefronts in New Orleans, Candy Chang began the “I Wish This Was…” project in an attempt to get people activated in the future of their community.
“Responses ranged from the functional to the poetic: …
I WISH THIS WAS…
Inspired by vast amounts of vacant storefronts in New Orleans, Candy Chang began the “I Wish This Was…” project in an attempt to get people activated in the future of their community.
“Responses ranged from the functional to the poetic: …
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?
“If you go to sleep, you might miss the opportunities to be successful.”
I first heard this speech from Eric Church (The Hip Hop Preacher) to the background of Explosions in the Sky a few months ago. It is …
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?
“If you go to sleep, you might miss the opportunities to be successful.”
I first heard this speech from Eric Church (The Hip Hop Preacher) to the background of Explosions in the Sky a few months ago. It is …
AN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
I am very interested in experiences. Be it art, architecture, music or literature. I am most engaged into something when I feel as though I experience it. The architecture college in which I studied fascinated me. Most people were not …
AN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
I am very interested in experiences. Be it art, architecture, music or literature. I am most engaged into something when I feel as though I experience it. The architecture college in which I studied fascinated me. Most people were not …
HAPPINESS
“What we are finding is that it is not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens to which your brain views the world that shapes your reality.”
“The happy secret to better work” by Shawn Achor via …
3 A’s OF AWESOME
A really fantastic and inspirational TED video from Neil Pasricha on the 3 A’s of Awesomeness and his story of the previous few years.
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3 A’s OF AWESOME
A really fantastic and inspirational TED video from Neil Pasricha on the 3 A’s of Awesomeness and his story of the previous few years.
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REDFIELDS TO GREENFIELDS: HOUSTON
I found this really fantastic video concerning one programs ideology of what the future of Houston could be. The current proposal includes a $5.4billion dollar budget and concerns 3,800 acres in the city. Houston has a great deal of open …
REDFIELDS TO GREENFIELDS: HOUSTON
I found this really fantastic video concerning one programs ideology of what the future of Houston could be. The current proposal includes a $5.4billion dollar budget and concerns 3,800 acres in the city. Houston has a great deal of open …
ROTHSCHILD HQ PUBLISHED
So its happened…. the first time a project of mine has made the cover of a magazine. The Rothschild Headquarters (project I worked on while at Allies and Morrison with OMA) made the cover of the German magazine Baumeister. Im …
ROTHSCHILD HQ PUBLISHED
So its happened…. the first time a project of mine has made the cover of a magazine. The Rothschild Headquarters (project I worked on while at Allies and Morrison with OMA) made the cover of the German magazine Baumeister. Im …