portrait of the author / architect

Portrait of the author.
Uploaded by Andrew Raimist.

Portrait taken in July 2005 in the studio of Raimist architecture, Inc.

Seeing as I'm still learning how to develop this blog and don't yet have a handle on creating links along the margins of the page, I'd like to mention some of the websites and blogs that have directed people (directly or indirectly) to my blog.

~ one of the blogs by Saint Louis' own Toby Weiss (a woman of many talents): B.E.L.T.

~ Thanks to Bill Keaggy (St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feature Photos Editor) who mentioned us on his blog (bits) by bill keaggy as well as including it in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch under the heading "A Site to Behold".

~ Chicago's Tim John Hill (architect, graduate of KSU): A Daily Dose of Architecture.

~ inclusion in the links section of the Architectural Sketches blog.

~ inclusion in the links section of the Architechnopilia blog (relating to the love of things architectural).

~ the website Annukka of Polish photographer Agata Lenczewska-Madsen. You should also see her photography on Flickr.

~ Kim G.'s website: LivingHome.

~ an entry with images of the Ethical Society in the :: urbansheep :: blog (in Russian), dated 21 October 2005.

~ the entry in the ColumnNetwork.org blog with the Shanley Building along with the quote, "Give me MODERN or give me death".

~ reference to our renovation of the Bergeron/Wellmeier Residence (originally the Vollmer Residence) on the Houseblogs.net site.

~ reference to Armstrong's "The Rockpile" on Archinect.com.

~ Michael Allen and Claire Nowak-Boyd's blog
Ecology of Absence. I'm also proud to be on their website's useful list of resources: links.

~ London-based magazine included links to this blog on Tuesday 2 August 2005, Tuesday 16 August 2005, and Friday 19 August 2005: ThingsMagazine.

~ for its mention of "The Rockpile": BlogosphereWanderlust.bldg.

~ The LivingHome entry entitled The dashing Harris Armstrong of St. Louis.

~ for its mention of the Magic Chef Building (on 1 Aug 05): Coudal Partnership. also, their endorsement to 'architecture geeks' in their archive.

~ inclusion in the architecture links section of the Architecture blog.

~ from the world's best online photography site Blogs That Flickr.

~ from inclusion in dmoz open directory project.

~ a website searchable for tags like "Armstrong": TagCloud.

~ for inclusion in the photostream section entitled Details of Modern Architecture on Kontent.

~ for inclusion on the blogroll of Pruned.

~ listing on the "A" list of PhotoBlogs.

~ comments on the Bergeron/Wellmeier Residence from JuicyFly.com.

~ Alejandro Rives of Uruguay: Arquitectarte.

~ Saint Louis' own: MB's Blogasm.

~ discussion site re: residential modernism: LottaLiving.

~ site re: modern architecture: Land+Living.

~ Architect and author Sarah Susanka's website Not So Big House.

~ Mother Earth's Mother Earth News.


To those involved with the above sites, "Thank you".