Today these camps still survive, although many just barely.  They are rustic but comfortable and hark’en back to a formal yet relaxed outdoor experience.  The hand hewed beams, rustic furniture, kerosene lamps and wood stoves speak to a time I wish I had known.

The Bait Box

Buddy Hall

Duffle Bag

You can see all the images here.

This four story walk-up designed by architect Guy Grassi features the extraordinary work of international, national & local designers:
JONATHAN ADLER
ANDREW TERRAT & DEE ELMS
DENNIS DUFFY
LISA KREILING

Here is a sneak peak.  See more here.

Living Room - Terrat Elms Interior Design

Living/Dining Room - Jonathan Adler

Master Bedroom - Dennis Duffy Interiors

Office - LTK Interiors

Sherrerd Hall stands on the edge of a quadrangle bordered by several other modernist buildings, including the Friend Center for Engineering Education and Mudd Manuscript Library. “It has an ethereal quality that connects it to its environment,” said Fred Fisher, principal of Frederick Fisher and Partners, the award-winning Los Angeles firm that designed the building. “Glass reflects the environment and opens a building to the world. It connects what goes on inside the building to the campus and community outside.”

As the photographer I felt the need to relay how this glass structure interacts with its surroundings.  It not only reflects the sky but  the other buildings, trees and even students that surround it.   Having students in these images gives the viewer a sense of scale and purpose of the building.  I took great care in getting the students in the right location.  They also add that “moment in time” element that is often missing in architectural photographs.

See more images from this shoot here.

Met Life Bridge NYC

I am always so intrigued in how buildings meet in the city.  The various textures and styles of two buildings butt up against each other with sometimes elegant but usually severe results.  Take a look! NYC – Wanderings

Buildings Meet - NYC

See more of my NYC Wanderings here.

Buildings Meet - NYC

Susan Orpin - Visit. Design New England Magazine

Susan Orpin - Visit. Design New England Magazine

You first see the “modern box” design punctuated with metal framed windows and mahogany accents; then you realize the outer sheathing is a New England classic. Shingles.  They’ve been stained yellow to compliment the woodsy site.

“Conceptualized as a solid box, which opens to the light through a series of volumetric cuts, the materials reflect the operations that create the house’s surfaces.”

See all the images here!

Rear facade - Andrew Cohen Architects Licncoln Residence

Front entrance

Inside out...

Livingroom

New England Icons Book.

I’ve started working on a new book this fall with Bruce Irving (think “This Old House”) to be published by The Countryman Press.  Working title is “New England Icons”. It’s  based on Bruce’s articles that have appeared in Design New England Magazine on what makes New England (NE) unique.  Most topics deal with the “hand of man” here in NE and cover things like Stone walls, Shaker villages, Grand Hotels, Village greens, and well, you get the idea.

Here is the latest image to go with Bruce’s article, “Ski Areas, Lost and Found”  (Read it hear: http://www.bruceirving.biz/skiareas1.html)

The "Red Chair" Cranmore Mt.

This image of what many refer to as the “Red Chair”,  is the East Bowl Double at Cranmore Mt. Originaly know as Lookout Mt., Cranmore opened in 1937. It was the first real ski “resort” to open in the North Conway area.  Guests came by train from Boston and stayed at the Eastern Slope Inn.  The slope was served by a rope tow built by Carol Reed. (Carol Reed Ski shops were the best place to buy your “planks” and lace-up boots for years!) The rope tow was replaced by the “Ski Mobile” in 1938, the only one to be built in NE.  It consisted of 60 cars seating 2 skiers each pulled by cables up and down a track.   It lasted until 1989 when it was removed for a new modern detachable quad.

Historic Red Chair. 1955 Image from Chairlift.org

The “Red Chair” was added in 1955 and later modified  in 1969.  It is currently the oldest double lift in operation here in NE. Cranmore is one of the few surviving  gems from the early days of skiing in NE.

If you’re as addicted to skiing in NE as my son Will, check out these great resources he’s shared with me.

New England Lost Ski Area Project:   http://www.nelsap.org

New England Ski Museum:  http://www.skimuseum.org/

Oh yes, and if your interested in ski transit -  new and old:  http://www.chairlifts.org

The idea was not to just capture the space, but give a sense of the natural light feeling.

399 Boylston St. Lobby Boston, MA

399 Boylston St. Boston, MA

399 Boylston St. Lobby, Boston MA

Equally important, was highlighting  the natural materials and describing the lighting program.