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Documenting great design, beautiful landscapes, and interesting places... as well as a few places that I designed

Happy Friday from the Grand Hotel! #grandhotel #th

Happy Friday from the Grand Hotel!
#grandhotel #thegrandhotelpointclear

Wow - Cinnamon Shore South is filling in fast! It’s great to see, but it’s a challenge to keep up!

Note the fun Bridge Cottages in the center of the photo. Good to see them finished.

This is a drone shot originally posted by @cinnamon_shore.

#schnellurbandesign #cinnamonshore #portaransas #mustangisland #texas #thenewtexascoast #urbandesign #newurbanism

Happy New Year from foggy Seagrove! This was our v

Happy New Year from foggy Seagrove! This was our view of the Seaside fireworks a few minutes ago. The fog was thick, especially at first (see the second video), but we could see the fireworks pretty well after that. Although the fog made for a memorable show, I hope our skies clear in 2022! #NYE #newyearseve #newyears2022 #seagrove #seagrovebeach #seasidefl #30A

They call it the Golden Hour, but it looks pink to

They call it the Golden Hour, but it looks pink to me here at the Don CeSar. #doncesar #doncesarhotel #pinkpalace #christmas2021

I love this photo of the Fountain Cottages I desig

I love this photo of the Fountain Cottages I designed at Cinnamon Shore. Seven cottages surround a small plaza with a fountain at the center.

This is a key point in my master plan for the community. It’s located on the same walkway and axis as the stage in the town center and the pavilion on Lake Colby.

This was originally posted by Cinnamon Shore (@cinnamon_shore). Photo by Katie Frank / Evoke Memories Photography.

#cinnamonshore #portaransas #mustangisland #texas #thenewtexascoast #schnellurbandesign

Easing into Thanksgiving week, and you know what?

Easing into Thanksgiving week, and you know what? I’m thankful. Very thankful. #budandalleys #seaside #seasidefl #30A #sunset #thankful

Life is full of little surprises - especially if y

Life is full of little surprises - especially if you’re constantly moving a million miles an hour and forget about something when you move on to the next task… I wrote a little piece about Cinnamon Shore for the developer a while back. They said it would be in Architectural Digest. Then I more-or-less forgot about it. A few days ago, they handed me a copy of the magazine and, lo and behold, there are photos of me and Cinnamon Shore, and the short essay that I wrote! Of course, it’s an “advertorial,” so Cinnamon Shore paid for it. But I’ll take it! Thanks to the good folks at Cinnamon Shore for promoting me and my work, and an even bigger thanks to Architectural Digest for placing my photo just one turn of the page from a photo of Kirsten Dunst. Now THAT is something I wasn’t expecting. 😂😂😂 #schnellurbandesign #cinnamonshore

Just wrapped up another great National Town Builde

Just wrapped up another great National Town Builders Association (NTBA) roundtable. This one was based in Fort Worth, TX, and focused on form-based codes. As always, there were plenty of good tours, presentations, and discussions. Looking forward to the next one in DC! #NTBA

October sunsets are always good, but they are even

October sunsets are always good, but they are even better with family, friends, and a few dogs. #graytonbeach #florida #30A #sunset

A few more photos from a glorious month in Colorad

A few more photos from a glorious month in Colorado: Redstone, Maroon Bells, Marble, Ashcroft (2), Tyler Childers at Red Rocks (2), and The Ramble hotel (3) #colorado

Redstone, you make it hard to leave… Until next

Redstone, you make it hard to leave… Until next time… #redstone #colorado #threesisters

I’m back home in Florida after a great trip to C

I’m back home in Florida after a great trip to Colorado and Texas, but I’m thinking back to the weekend (as one tends to do in the middle of the week). These shots are from the Radney Foster concert last Friday on the Great Lawn at Cinnamon Shore North. It was a fun show, and it’s really great to see a big crowd enjoying a space that I designed.

#schnellurbandesign #cinnamonshore #portaransas #texas #mustangisland #thenewtexascoast #urbandesign #newurbanism #radneyfoster

The Bridge Cottages at Cinnamon Shore South are un

The Bridge Cottages at Cinnamon Shore South are under construction and looking good! The original intent was to build the cottages on a true bridge, but in the end that proved to be too difficult, or impractical at the very least (insurance, utilities, etc.). But we still achieved most of what we wanted with the “bridge” and cottages. It will be a one-of-a-kind place. The views of the lake from inside the cottages are awesome. I’m looking forward to seeing this completed. (It’s also worth noting that one of the cottages sold for the highest per-square-foot cost in the community’s history: $800 per square foot. And they are all one bedroom units with no on-site parking!)

Construction by Waggoner Custom Homes.

#schnellurbandesign #cinnamonshore #portaransas #texas #mustangisland #thenewtexascoast #urbandesign

The new pool I designed for Cinnamon Shore South i

The new pool I designed for Cinnamon Shore South is looking good! This is the first of two phases. The design for the second phase is nearly complete. This will ultimately be the adult pool, while the future phase will be the family pool. Both pools will have an infinity edge on the lake.

Construction by Waggoner Custom Homes.

#schnellurbandesign #cinnamonshore #portaransas #texas #mustangisland #thenewtexascoast #urbandesign

I love this drone shot of construction progress on

I love this drone shot of construction progress on the first community pool at Cinnamon Shore South. The pool buildings are being built by the talented folks at Waggoner Custom Homes. #schnellurbandesign #cinnamonshore #portaransas #texas #waggonercustomhomes

Would you use this bathroom? I did today. I hope t

Would you use this bathroom? I did today. I hope that locking the door really made the glass opaque. Otherwise, someone saw a lot more than they bargained for. #21cmuseumhotel

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