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<channel><title><![CDATA[MODel architects - architecture|planning - tom shui blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[tom shui blog]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:37:06 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese Concepts of Space]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/japanese-concepts-of-space]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/japanese-concepts-of-space#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:50:10 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/japanese-concepts-of-space</guid><description><![CDATA[ This is a beautiful article; a perfect anidote to left-brain, concrete, and materialist thinking.https://qz.com/1181019/the-japanese-words-for-space-could-change-your-view-of-the-world/&#8203;  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span class='imgPusher' style='float:right;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:right;max-width:100%;;clear:right;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="https://www.mod-el.org/uploads/8/2/0/2/82020138/screen-shot-2018-02-04-at-11-55-40-am.png?250" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:0; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><a href="#">This is a beautiful article; a perfect anidote to left-brain, concrete, and materialist thinking.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://qz.com/1181019/the-japanese-words-for-space-could-change-your-view-of-the-world/" target="_blank">https://qz.com/1181019/the-japanese-words-for-space-could-change-your-view-of-the-world/</a><br />&#8203;</div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usonian Textile Blocks-FLW-Florida Southern College]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/usonian-textile-blocks-flw-florida-southern-college]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/usonian-textile-blocks-flw-florida-southern-college#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 16:38:14 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/usonian-textile-blocks-flw-florida-southern-college</guid><description><![CDATA[       &#8203;Modular units of construction provide great utility such as reduced labor, design order,and construction economy. Usonian Textile Blocks were brilliant iterations on modular concrete blocks transformed by the inventive genius of Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1939 as faculty housing and recently completed this Usonian prototype is now part of the Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center at Florida Southern College, Lakeland Florida.&nbsp; [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.mod-el.org/uploads/8/2/0/2/82020138/img-1387_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">&#8203;Modular units of construction provide great utility such as reduced labor, design order,and construction economy. Usonian Textile Blocks were brilliant iterations on modular concrete blocks transformed by the inventive genius of Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1939 as faculty housing and recently completed this Usonian prototype is now part of the Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center at Florida Southern College, Lakeland Florida.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright.Annie Pfeiffer Chapel.Florida Southern College]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/frank-lloyd-wrightannie-pfeiffer-chapelflorida-southern-college]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/frank-lloyd-wrightannie-pfeiffer-chapelflorida-southern-college#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:43:58 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/frank-lloyd-wrightannie-pfeiffer-chapelflorida-southern-college</guid><description><![CDATA[       &#8203;Florida architectural history lives!Witness the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel: Florida Southern College, FLW circa 1938.(earth + building + sky = beauty) [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.mod-el.org/uploads/8/2/0/2/82020138/img-1422_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">&#8203;Florida architectural history lives!<br />Witness the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel: Florida Southern College, FLW circa 1938.<br />(earth + building + sky = beauty)<br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright  Usonian Home - Florida Southern College]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-home-florida-southern-college]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-home-florida-southern-college#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:28:08 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-home-florida-southern-college</guid><description><![CDATA[       Frank Lloyd Wright understood the America spirit. His Usonian homes highlighted the freedom of home afforded by right-sized design and sustained by the energy of space and light. Take the journey to Lakeland, Florida to experience the inventive genius of FLW. [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.mod-el.org/uploads/8/2/0/2/82020138/img-1375_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">Frank Lloyd Wright understood the America spirit. His Usonian homes highlighted the freedom of home afforded by right-sized design and sustained by the energy of space and light. Take the journey to Lakeland, Florida to experience the inventive genius of FLW.<br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Southern College - Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian House Tour]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/florida-southern-college-frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-house-tour]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/florida-southern-college-frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-house-tour#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.mod-el.org/tom-shui-blog/florida-southern-college-frank-lloyd-wright-usonian-house-tour</guid><description><![CDATA[       Hello Tampa Bay architecture and design community! Go visit Florida Southern College in Lakeland.&nbsp;&nbsp;Florida Southern College is a National Historic Landmark, and home to Child of the Sun, the world&rsquo;s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.mod-el.org/uploads/8/2/0/2/82020138/img-1384_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">Hello Tampa Bay architecture and design community! Go visit Florida Southern College in Lakeland.&nbsp;&nbsp;Florida Southern College is a National Historic Landmark, and home to Child of the Sun, the world&rsquo;s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.<br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>