Thomas Howe

General director for archaeology and master planning, RAS foundation, Italy; prof Art Hist. Arch Design and chair of Art history Southwestern U., TX

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@SpaceX Most beautiful launch ever!

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⁦@SuSarofim⁩ This haze is I think is the arrival of the wind blown sand from North Africa East@of the campus. Much like the Scirocco in Rome.

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⁦@SuSarofim⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ This is what the 2020 field season at Stabiae looks like working with the Maryland staff lead by Prof Williams archiving ten years of digital architectural recording.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ and@what the screen looks like teaching architectural studio classical architecture vaulted structures wit Sketchup.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ This is what I look like doing distance teaching at home.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ Stunning. Andrea Bocelli singing “Amazing Grace” alone in front of Milan cathedral.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ ⁦@sustabiae⁩ A neighborhood birthday party with social distancing next door. Georgepatch TX!

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ ...in Trimble Sketchup. It’s working. Great way of learning the unforgiving nature of architectural geometry

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ This is what teaching historical design by distance learning looks like, week 2. Whew! Going from barrel vaults to dome on pendentives today.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ Just had two great presentations from two SU art history majors alumnae, Remi Spriggs Dyll of Bayou Bend Houston, and Hannah Kare Schaefer a graphic designer. Our aluminae/-I are some of our best adjunct faculty/advising staff showing amazing careers.

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⁦@SuSarofim⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ This is the view from my room at the top of Oxford and Cambridge Club: find the Horse Guards, Foreign Office, all three towers of Parliament, the Abbey, and Marlborough House. This building is by the architect of the BM, Robert Smirke b

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⁦@SuSarofim⁩ @fond_ras just published this in the celebration of the 630th anniversary of the Tribunal de Contas de Portugal (Portuguese Court of Auditors). From Rowland and Howe, Vitruvius (Cambridge 1999).

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⁦@SuSarofim⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ My offprints. Off to London Sunday to attend the presentation of the 21st edition of Sir Banister Fletcher at Bloomsbury Press Tuesday. Did the chapters on Hellenistic and Christian Roman Empire. Gorgeous publication.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ Practicing for Chinese New Year!

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⁦@fond_ras⁩ ⁦@SuSarofim⁩ My 1916 Steinway model O is out the door to be reconditioned for the first time ever by Stephen Conti, Austin, transported by Austin Steinway Piano Gallery. Looking forward to the homecoming in maybe four months.

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ 21st edition of Banister Fletcher. I have two chapters: Hellenistic Architecture; Christian Roman Empire. I will attend the book presentation in London Jan. 28. And probably assign selective digital chapters for my World Architectural History

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⁦@SarofimSU⁩ ⁦@fond_ras⁩ It’s finally out, the 21st edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s (now titled:) Global History of Architecture. Some 17 lbs. of book! Please bring your text to class in your back pack. Actually I think there will be a digital edition.

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@SuSarofim A sea view house in Malibu. That thing in the front is a see-through swimming pool with an ocean view simple and elegant. Students surprise me ar the last minute.

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@SuSarofim Circles are hard to do but can be made to work. House on a hill, Maine coast.

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@SuSarofim first glamce@looks like a house for a Hobbit, but big view from the top, cozy below, and the sauna below that.