http://www.martinpburns.com/home daily 1.0 2025-10-17 http://www.martinpburns.com/rome-project-copy daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/797c8fdd-2155-4b9c-81b9-62b64f29530f/IMG_4598.jpeg ROME PROJECT (Copy) - Make it stand out Steps at St. Peter’s Square by Bernini. Not only are these steps deep and long enough to provide plentiful urban seating, the scale of the columns is so grand that the transition from square plinth to round torus results in an “accidental” bench offered by each column. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/ecbbe0dc-9e79-4f35-bff6-f5f62c66d674/IMG_2158.jpeg ROME PROJECT (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/0ce43122-92e2-4aeb-a396-c7b9ebfd8ad3/IMG_4506.jpeg ROME PROJECT (Copy) - Make it stand out This example on the Via Luciano Manara in Trastevere shows how unfortunate use of gates (these stairs are enclosed by metal gates) prevents community enlivening and ends up feeling somewhat forlorn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/fe46811c-e418-4aa5-8109-a81c409f2734/IMG_2502.jpeg ROME PROJECT (Copy) Steps of Bramante’s Tempietto in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio on the Janiculum. http://www.martinpburns.com/drawings-1 daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/11960099-1085-4e55-aa11-ff3c1f531ce1/IMG_1897.jpeg DRAWINGS Temples of Hera I & II, Paestum, Italy. Pencil on paper. 2” x 5” original size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/1760714032356-0T9I6SCPD4FQXM9ZQLQI/IMG_2440.jpg DRAWINGS Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy. Pencil and pastel on brown paper. 5” x 8” original size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/f4077426-77d9-4a56-aaba-fa07c20db71e/IMG_5488.jpeg DRAWINGS Elevation Drawing of LC-2 Chair. http://www.martinpburns.com/photography daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/1bb88b56-5374-40ac-9c6f-f7f746e4964e/IMG_0234.jpg http://www.martinpburns.com/paintings daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a6ed6e9cadb670f52efd5d/933563dc-63d9-4ee6-bf01-039e8fb7050a/IMG_6826.jpg http://www.martinpburns.com/projects-forte daily 0.75 2025-10-17