“It's difficult to imagine a place untouched by humans, industry, and development. 

No right corners or hard borders. 

No petrochemical contaminants or turbulent boat wakes.”

Published in Infra-Structures Magazine

“In the early 1950s, the Googie style swept the Southern Californian landscape. Unlike anything previously designed, it developed from World War II's post-war period's technological, economic, and modernist movement boom. The style is known for being automobile-centric, having cantilevered roofs, using steel, having a bold color palette, and utilizing neon lights.”

“A glimpse of white-painted brick brings me to Kensington, where I am sipping on a vibrant orange spritz outside an ivy-covered pub. A trip to the loo is a dimly lit maze of deeply stained cherry. Shallow-roofed corridors intersect swinging kitchen doors.“