About ArchiNotes
Know a building. Visit it. Keep what you felt there.
ArchiNotes aims to be a place where the world’s architecture meets the people who love it.
You might look up a building that caught your eye, spend time with an architect’s ideas, or go see it in person. Sometimes a photo or a story from someone else is what shows you where to go next.
Meeting a building can make an ordinary day—or a trip—a little richer. We want to help those encounters happen.
One building holds many people’s time
A building has a designer. It also has the people who laid each wall, finished each floor, fitted each toilet.
And the people who lived there, worked there, cleaned and repaired it so it could be passed on. People who visited, were moved, and have remembered the place for years.
The building that stands now is also the sum of their work and their time.
We cannot record all of it. Still, we want to keep, little by little, the feelings and memories that gather around a place. Through architecture, we want to make a place where those things can be met across countries and languages.
Why ArchiNotes started
Staying at the Unité d’habitation in Marseille was an experience that stayed with me.
Spending time inside a building showed me a kind of interest you only find by visiting. I wanted to know what other buildings exist in the world, and what you can experience there.
That curiosity is where ArchiNotes began.
There is also a sadness when a building that matters is lost. If more people know a place, visit it, and come to love it, I hope that care becomes a force for keeping it in use—and keeping it here.
Growing it with people who love architecture
A favorite building nearby. An unforgettable place found while traveling. Time spent there, or a story someone told you.
Around the world, there are people who know those places. Information and memories no one person could gather can start to connect when we bring them together.
ArchiNotes is only just beginning. Corrections to what we have published, places that were worth the visit, thoughts and requests—please tell us.
We want to know more buildings. Visit them. And keep the places we have come to love.
If you feel the same, I would be glad to grow this with you.