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Off to Sweden, land of John Anderson forebears (maybe, but that’s another story…), home of IKEA and Minecraft, Volvos an...
08/31/2026

Off to Sweden, land of John Anderson forebears (maybe, but that’s another story…), home of IKEA and Minecraft, Volvos and Vikings, reindeer and the Nobel prizes. Sightseeing with our guide Steen in Malmö and Lund. We saw intricate clocks, gingerbread facades, and gorgeous half-timbered structures. We ran into the princess and sceptre-bearer of Lund University, lovely Scandinavian design stores, and some handmade chocolates.

Back at work today, looking at how Copenhagen deals with stormwater - and the rain added a little extra to understanding...
08/30/2026

Back at work today, looking at how Copenhagen deals with stormwater - and the rain added a little extra to understanding how it flows, eddies, delays, impounds… and then releases into the harbour. Since the 1990s, the city has transformed its water from a polluted sink into water so clean everyone can swim. Yesterday was the 20th Copenhagen Swim, where people can do a lap through the harbour (2km) or go on for 5 or 10km. A record 6,000 swimmers participated! And what has clean water done for the economy? So much redevelopment, new housing, young people staying after university, families moving here for the great quality of life. Not to mention, the huge influx of corporations and tourism. Clean water? Priceless… and it all starts well upstream from its final outfall.

In third grade, everyone had to do a report on a country - and somehow, I got Denmark. I don’t remember the major export...
08/29/2026

In third grade, everyone had to do a report on a country - and somehow, I got Denmark. I don’t remember the major exports, the population (in 1968), or the government leaders. I do remember, and vividly, hearing about Tivoli Gardens, which sounded like the most fun place. John Anderson and I strolled through the gardens tonight with huge smiles on our faces, enjoying the beautiful landscape, the immediacy of bells from the city centre, and the shrieks of folks on the rides. The ticket seller was happy to inform us that it was the first night of the flower festival - I think that is a new addition since my report.

The M/S Marine Museum in Helsingør was constructed within a dry dock, and features sloped floors and transparent bridges...
08/28/2026

The M/S Marine Museum in Helsingør was constructed within a dry dock, and features sloped floors and transparent bridges crossing the space. The “dry” dock actually allows water to fill the basin, so they are working to cap and waterproof it, for use by the museum. The exhibits are captivating, with stories of legendary captains, shipwrecks, and Danish innovations on the seas. As an added bonus, it lies across the moat from “Elsinor” Castle, famously the site for Shakespeare’s Hamlet. We had delicious Danish sandwiches made with their customary dark bread. To eat or not to eat? We ate, and very well indeed.

It may surprise you to hear that we visited the Louisiana Museum of Art today - without leaving Denmark. This incredible...
08/28/2026

It may surprise you to hear that we visited the Louisiana Museum of Art today - without leaving Denmark. This incredible collection began in 1958, and was named after the three wives of the property owner, all named Louisa. (No comment.) The traveling exhibitions on Sophie Calle and Lucien Freud were comprehensive and fascinating, but for us, the building is the real star. Designed specifically to showcase modern art by Jørgen Bo and Vilhelm Wohlert, it transforms the works and creates a circuit of halls and courtyards with natural light and spectacular views.

Copenhagen glows in the summer sunshine. This is the city for social sailing, music from floating bandstands, flip flops...
08/27/2026

Copenhagen glows in the summer sunshine. This is the city for social sailing, music from floating bandstands, flip flops and lingonberry sorbet, a spritz by the canal, wide stairs to the harbor, cycle and pedestrian bridges filled with families, blue-eyed Dames tanned from their (month-long) holidays.

Copenhagen is adding blue and green infrastructure to prevent city flooding and the economic benefits have been extraord...
08/26/2026

Copenhagen is adding blue and green infrastructure to prevent city flooding and the economic benefits have been extraordinary. Young people love the city, families bike through crowded plazas, and on a warm summer day, the feeling is social, generous, and very hygge. (Had a meeting in the Kaktus Building today - easy to spot on the skyline!)

Another great building/exhibit confluence: the Titanic Belfast Experience. Unusually, there was an exhibit on the archit...
08/25/2026

Another great building/exhibit confluence: the Titanic Belfast Experience. Unusually, there was an exhibit on the architect, Eric Kuhne, with sketches of the concept. Neatly laid out on the site to align with the launching slip (and the cardinal directions). Great storytelling, powerful narratives of survival and loss.

Building as reference to the landscape - this Heneghan Peng visitor center at Giant’s Causeway does it so well. Hard to ...
08/24/2026

Building as reference to the landscape - this Heneghan Peng visitor center at Giant’s Causeway does it so well. Hard to compete with the enormous black basalt columns, so why not extend a grass wedge up to and over the structure, embedding it in the context. A rigorous grid makes it work inside and out. Truly a remarkably unique geological site and a building that complements it.

W.B. Yeats’ grave includes his last poem:Under bare Ben Bulben’s headIn Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid, An ancesto...
08/23/2026

W.B. Yeats’ grave includes his last poem:
Under bare Ben Bulben’s head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid,
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago; a church stands near,
By the road an ancient Cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase,
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!

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