Learning Vietnamese Modernist Identity from Traditional Architecture The article discusses the evolution of Vietnamese identity through the lens of modernist architecture, rooted in traditional principles. Mid-twentieth-century architects adapted traditional designs, maintaining cultural…

We need to design a better way forward into the future based upon desired intentions. Systemic design scholar and author Harold G. Nelson asks us to join together to proactively change towards a better future: www.linkedin.com/posts/harold...?

What Free Iced Tea Says About Ho Chi Minh City vietcetera.com/en/what-free...

Just published: "American Sky: A Novel" by James Grady About my hometown in Montana by my hometown friend Jim Grady

I about fell off my chair when I heard David Brooks say this on PBS News Hour Friday night:

In this otherwise excellent article by Damien Cave, he describes the 60-year-old Pittman Bldg in HCMC as unadmired by architects. I and my VN architect friends disagree. The bldg needs a renovation to display its modernist origins. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

Fellow “Bible Christians,” you voted for it: Prez T’ump has declared that if you’re a family who came on foot with no money, GO BACK! If you’re a “rich man” (Mat 19:24) with your own big plane, here’s your GOLD ENTRY TICKET—skip the lines and com’on in, but be sure to stop in Palm Beach first.

This is a week that will live in infamy in the history of the decline of the once exceptional United States of America. Our parents and families made America exceptional by eliminating the scourge of fascism in WWII. And now the Trump regime has betrayed us to the powers of fascism.

An early AI experiment from 2022 training a GAN with my cityscapes of Saigon and then painting digitally over it... given todays air quality it feels appropriate..

Saigoneer recently republished this old photo essay of mine.. check it out saigoneer.com/saigon-news/... #saigon #hcmc #streetphotography

2024 was an interesting year, in Vietnam and internationally. In my inner-city neighborhood of Ho Chi Minh City, there were eight houses in the photograph constructed during this past year, and one is still under construction. House construction continues in the face of the the property recession.

My journal article comparing Vietnamese mid-century modernist architecture with global-south decolonized architecture has been published in "Tạp chí Kiến trúc". Find links to both Vietnamese and English language versions at Architecture Vietnam blog: blog.architecturevietnam.com/2024/12/an-a...