Brisbane, Australia (2025)

A conference gave us an opportunity to visit Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, and Gold Coast in eastern Australia. Having never been to the southern hemisphere, this was our introduction to that part of the world. What we got to see was a beautiful urban setting, amazingly long beaches, and lots of animals (most of them […] Read more..

Year in Review: My Favorite 2024 Photos

The images on this page are some of my favorite images from this year. They don’t include everything I have seen and done this year, but each one tells a little story. I hope you like them. If you want to see more, check out my albums on Flickr. I also have a selection of my […] Read more..

Sunset at Mount Royal

Montréal (2023)

We spent quite a bit of time this year in Montréal (as part of a sabbatical, plus several other trips) where we were treated to a good amount of real snow, great food, and an amazing arts scene. The images on this page illustrate some of that.

Ice storm

Year In Review: 2023 In (My) Photos

The images below are some of my favorite images from this year. They don’t include everything I have seen and done this year, but each one tells a little bit of a story. I hope you like them. If you want to see more, check out my albums on Flickr. I also have a selection […] Read more..

Fundamentals of Residential Construction, 5th Edition is Here!

I am very happy to announce that after a full year of editing, writing, photographing, reviewing, proof-reading, and then proof-reading again, the new edition of Fundamentals of Residential Construction by Allen/Schreyer/Thallon is now available! As before, it comes in an eBook version as well as a hardcover. For this edition, I was able to implement […] Read more..

Joyful Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year 2022!

To my readers, friends and colleagues: I wish you and your loved ones a peaceful and joyous holiday season, a Merry Christmas (to those that celebrate it), and a healthy, happy, and successful new year 2022! Cheers, Alex P.S.: As usual, I modeled everything in this image and the animation in SketchUp (except for some […] Read more..