This Week’s Crazy Building: De Rotterdam

Erasmusbrug & De Rotterdam by Jeroen Looyé is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
De Rotterdam, at about 525,000 square feet is the largest building in the Netherlands. Designed with offices, apartments, a hotel, fitness facilities, shops, and restaurants this “vertical city” has it all! This makes sense as the port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe. The unusual design, which reminds me a bit of a game
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This Week’s Crazy Building: The Windowless Wonder

Buffalo City Court Building, 1971-74, Pfohl, Roberts and Biggie by sah1365 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Windowless Wonder or known by its real name the Buffalo City Court Building, designed by Pfohl, Roberts, and Biggie has been called by some the “epitome of Brutalist architecture.” With its modular design and exposed concrete exterior, it closely follows the Brutalist style, characterized by fortress-like structures, and exposed concrete construction. Brick construction has
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The San Diego Market Is on Fire—Still!

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   I’m here with your San Diego real estate market update. I may sound like a broken record because we are still breaking records. The San Diego market is on fire, and
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Metropol Parasol

Metropol Parasol by Sevilla Congress & Convention Bureau is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
The Metropol Parasol located in La Encarnación square in Seville, Spain, merges modern with ancient. A market has existed on this site since the 19th century. The square was renovated several times since then and in 1990 an underground parking lot was set to be constructed. The project came to a halt, however, when ancient
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This Week’s Crazy Building: NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

Aerial View of Launch Complex by NASA is used under public domain
The NASA Vehicle Assembly Building, located in Titusville, Florida has appeared as a backdrop in such movies as Apollo 13 and Contact. At 526 feet tall it is America’s tallest building outside of an urban area and it is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume at 129,428,000 cubic feet. It is
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Selling a Home? Do This One Thing or It Could Cost You

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   You’ve listed your home for sale and received an offer. Congrats! However, there’s still one key thing you need to do, and if you don’t, you’ll regret it. That one thing is
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Story Time With Gary: The Neighborhood Buzz

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   Today’s interesting story from my many years in real estate is all about a listing of mine that had the kind of buzz that you don’t want. I was selling a
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Guangzhou Circle

Guangzhou Circle viewed from the opposite side of the river by Midip is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
The Guangzhou Circle located in Guangzhou, China may appear to be a strange doughnut-shaped skyscraper to westerners, but to those from the east, it has symbology and meaning. Architect, Joseph di Pasquale drew inspiration from bi-disks or bi, ancient Chinese artifacts. Bi-disks are carved from jade and bear the same shape as the Guangzhou Circle.
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Avoid the Golden Ticket Syndrome

Looking to sell your San Diego home? Get a free home value report Buying a San Diego home? Search all homes for sale   What is the Golden Ticket Syndrome? If you remember watching “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” or if you read the book, then you know that people who got the golden
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Casa do Penedo

Casa do Penedo, front view by Pablo García Chao is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Casa do Penedo or House of Stone is located in the Fafe mountains of northern Portugal. Built by an engineer from 1972-1974, it utilizes 4 existing boulders to form the structure. Originally built as a vacation home, current owner Vitor Rodrigues is not quite sure what to do about the increasing number of tourists drawn
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