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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..
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.
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..
This summer we spent some time in the area around Plymouth, MA and Cape Cod. Lots of beaches, ships, and fried food…
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..
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..
When I recently organized my many construction images, I realized that I had a rather large collection of pictures of various construction mockups. Those structures typically only serve a temporary purpose during construction and are then removed once a project is complete. It always seemed to me (as an educator) to be quite a waste […] Read more..