<![CDATA[       krista jahnke   |  photography + design  | - | klog |]]>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:18:08 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[listening to]]>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:11:49 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2012/01/listening-to25.html
my musical interests of the day...



I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles




Saint Nothing - Daniel Rossen




Let's Go Surfing - The Drums




I Got The Feelin' - James Brown




It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube




Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers



   Feel It All Around - Washed Out (Toro Y Moi Remix)
 

  Feel It All Around - Washed Out

]]><![CDATA[swimming with the polar bears]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:55:43 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2012/01/swimming-with-the-polar-bears.htmlOn New Year's Day I went down to English Bay with thousands of other people to check out the 92nd Annual
Polar Bear Swim. I set up my camera to shoot a timelapse
of everyone coming and going. This is the result.

]]><![CDATA[listening to]]>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:31:29 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/12/listening-to24.html
These have been in steady rotation
or on repeat for the last few weeks.





Sail To the Moon - Radiohead





Duality of Deathening - Talkdemonic





Video Games - Lana Del Rey





Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac





Paper Bag - Goldfrapp





Passed Out - White Apple Tree


]]><![CDATA[the muppets]]>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:07:00 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/12/the-muppets.htmlThis is "The Muppets" at their best.
This anniversary special was made 25 years ago.
It still makes me laugh.



link:

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
]]><![CDATA[wakey wakey]]>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:42:58 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/12/wakey-wakey.html
I recommend watching both of these videos. The issues 99% of Americans are dealing with are not specific to America.
It would be naïve to think so.


]]><![CDATA[listening to]]>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:06:49 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/11/listening-to23.htmlI seriously can't stop listening to this song.

Flume - Sleepless featuring Anthony For Cleopatra
]]><![CDATA[life's a beach ]]>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:47:01 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/10/lifes-a-beach.html
I photographed an apartment in the Laurier Building, one
of three Beach Towers situated at 1600 Beach Ave between Cardero and Bidwell in Vancouver's west end.
Later that day I found out there was a rezoning application
to develop the surrounding open spaces to include four
new buildings to densify the area further,
completely altering the integrity of the original design.

Below are a few exterior shots I took while there.

From the Beach Towers website:

The City of Vancouver has recognized Beach Towers as the finest example of Le Corbusier inspired ‘towers-in-the-park’ residential architecture in the city, listing it as Category A in the Post-1940s Heritage Register.
Proposed redevelopment would destroy this landmark.

Encompassing four high-rise towers, ranging in height from 19 to 21 stories, Beach Towers is located on Vancouver’s waterfront overlooking English Bay. Built in 1965 and 1968, they house over 1000 renters seeking views, sunlight, and ocean breezes.

This award-winning, category A heritage site is threatened by a rezoning application seeking to build four buildings between and around the existing towers. This development will obliterate the open spaces integral to the original, Modernist-era site design.


Learn more at www.beachtowers.ca and watch a
video with the original project architect, Ojars Kalns

Beach Towers at English Bay is a cherished Vancouver landmark that combines high density living with park-like surroundings and ocean views.

Three additional buildings are planned for this over-developed block. What's in it for the community? Nothing.

The development will: block views of English Bay, add hundred's to the West End's second most dense site, build modern buildings on a mid-century landmark, without reference to its award-winning design, and add luxury waterfront apartments to a neighbourhood that needs affordable housing.

What's in it for the developer? $7 million more in annual rental revenue.

Visit http://www.beachtowers.ca for more info
]]><![CDATA[jim henson]]>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:02:26 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/09/jim-henson.html
Jim Henson would have been 75 this week.
He is a legend.
♥


I love all the videos and articles that have been coming out that celebrate his incredible creativity.
He's reached generations in such a positive way and continues to do so. It's pretty impressive.



more videos..
http://motherboard.tv/2011/9/26/jim-henson-was-america-s-greatest-surrealist--2

 

Picture



This
picture
pretty
much
sums
it up.
]]><![CDATA[urbanized out]]>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:55:06 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/09/urbanized-out.htmlI've been looking forward to Urbanized for a looong time.
I really enjoyed Gary Huswit's last two films, Helvetica and Objectified, I'm just bummed there isn't a screening date scheduled for Vancouver.
]]><![CDATA[reading room]]>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:40:47 -0800http://www.kristajahnke.com/1/post/2011/09/reading-room2.htmlTaking a break from photo work
involves reading articles about design..
Downtown is for People (Fortune Classic, 1958)
by Jane Jacobs

Debunking the Cul-de-Sac
by Emily Badger

Architecture, urbanism, design and behaviour: a brief review by Dan Lockton

Ethics and Poetics in Architecture | Beauty and Justice |
by Alberto Pérez-Goméz
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