Drunk Masonry and How to Compensate

Were they drunk? Did they end their apprenticeship too soon? Is this the future of herringbone brick in Colorado?

Can you imagine what the boss said when he saw this? Can you imagine?

Unless you are on foot, you won't notice the drunken herringbone brick gables on this cute 1935 house.



The left one leans right.


The right one tilts left.


Put them together and we've got "charm."

I started looking around.


A right leaner.


Good work here on my street.


This doesn't look easy.


Not bad from the street with polychrome brick.


It's not perfect but it is picturesque.


This is a 1930 house built to a high standard with details galore. The half-timbering makes a nice composition. It's for sale.


T. S. Adams designed this house in 2008.

Now I'm paying attention to diagonal brick.


Here's a another way to do it.

I couldn't get close enough to get a great picture.


It's on the grounds of the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta.

Jewel Box Lobby - Downtown Atlanta

You can (update: you can no longer) walk right in to see this ceiling painted by Athos Menaboni.

The Rhodes-Haverty Building, (1929) designed by Pringle and Smith, is now Residence Inn Atlanta Downtown. In it's day it was Atlanta's tallest and remains one of Atlanta's finest.

Francis Palmer Smith designed three office buildings in downtown Atlanta, the Orr, the Oliver, and the Rhodes-Haverty. Each has an extraordinary jewel box lobby.


The lighting is subdued so you have to slow down and look.


I feel awkward standing here staring at the ceiling, so I'm always ready to flash my official Architecture Tourist ID.


As some point they installed drop ceiling.

Restoration Craftsmen restored the ceiling sometime prior to 1991 and were fortunate that Mr.Menabonie lived to age 94.

"Use of the space between false and true ceilings as a return air plenum resulted in an unusually thick deposit of urban grime."



"Mr.Menaboni was contacted by the owner early in the project when his signature was found on the work."

 

"Athos Menaboni originally rendered the murals...in casein paints. "

The jewel box lobbies of the William Oliver Building and W. W. Orr Doctors' Building buildings are just as good.