EXCITING Travel
So, I typically use this website to post my revelations about Jesus and what he's doing in my life, but I'm going to gear towards a more architectural world for a while.
I've been blessed with the opportunity to travel to Germany this year. I was awarded a travel grant set up in memory of an influential architect in Memphis named Francis Mah. His legacy of good architectural works is prevalent throughout our city, and his legacy and passion for learning through travel is being passed on through the travel grant set up by the Mah family, the Weinstein Foundation, and brg3s.
My excitement is bursting from the seams. At first when they called my name, I had to do a double take to make sure my name was actually said and that it wasn't my brain hearing what I hoped to hear. I know there were many other worthy applicants, so I am humbled that the group chose my application. I haven't been able to stop smiling since I found out on Thursday (April 26). I am overjoyed and still a little in disbelief at this amazing opportunity before me.
I will be traveling to Germany (the birthplace of expressionistic architecture) to study the works of the Expressionist architects. I will be comparing their efforts following the Economic Crisis of the first and second world war to the challenges facing architects today in the US as we recover from our economic crisis (the great recession). I will start in Berlin, have day trips to Potsdam and Dassau. I will travel to Hamburg for a day and night, then to Bremen for a day and night. I will finish in Essen, Oberhausen & Gelsenkirchen (which are only 15 minutes apart from each other). I plan to do some video diaries, and post some of my favorite photos from each day while I'm there here on my blog.
Architecture is my profession and my passion. I've been blessed with a career that I enjoy. And I hope to share some of it's joys through this shift in blogging. Architecture is a part of my heart and very much a part of who I am. I look forward to sharing my travels with you.
I've been blessed with the opportunity to travel to Germany this year. I was awarded a travel grant set up in memory of an influential architect in Memphis named Francis Mah. His legacy of good architectural works is prevalent throughout our city, and his legacy and passion for learning through travel is being passed on through the travel grant set up by the Mah family, the Weinstein Foundation, and brg3s.
My excitement is bursting from the seams. At first when they called my name, I had to do a double take to make sure my name was actually said and that it wasn't my brain hearing what I hoped to hear. I know there were many other worthy applicants, so I am humbled that the group chose my application. I haven't been able to stop smiling since I found out on Thursday (April 26). I am overjoyed and still a little in disbelief at this amazing opportunity before me.
I will be traveling to Germany (the birthplace of expressionistic architecture) to study the works of the Expressionist architects. I will be comparing their efforts following the Economic Crisis of the first and second world war to the challenges facing architects today in the US as we recover from our economic crisis (the great recession). I will start in Berlin, have day trips to Potsdam and Dassau. I will travel to Hamburg for a day and night, then to Bremen for a day and night. I will finish in Essen, Oberhausen & Gelsenkirchen (which are only 15 minutes apart from each other). I plan to do some video diaries, and post some of my favorite photos from each day while I'm there here on my blog.
Architecture is my profession and my passion. I've been blessed with a career that I enjoy. And I hope to share some of it's joys through this shift in blogging. Architecture is a part of my heart and very much a part of who I am. I look forward to sharing my travels with you.
posted by Barbara Jo Agnew Brillard at 8:14 AM
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