Old Clarke County Jail Site

This is the Old Clarke County Jail in Athens.  This jail will be the site of my (hypothetical) concert hall I'm designing for my exit project.  French architect Leon Henry Charbonnier designed the jail in 1876 in the Second Empire architectural style. I'll post updates as they come.

Ben Ben is leaning!

The Washington Monument is cracked, and now it has been released that Big Ben is leaning.  Yes, maybe this photo is altering the true exaggeration of this lean visually in person, but it's been reported as becoming gradually worse and worse each year.  If it is not fixed soon engineers say Ben will fall over.  Ooops! For more, read the article on Hg2 Blog.

Larch on the Sea

British Guy Hollaway Architects have created the Rocksalt Restaurant in Folkestone, England.  The exterior is clad in charred larch, which is a wood often used as a material for building ships.  It was built on top of a historic brick viaduct.  It is raised on a slate plinth to protect the structure from potential floods.