• "Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio." - examining the late architect's work in rural Alabama in relation to present-day building regulations. Published in Architectural Record, official publication of the American Institute of Architects.

• "Save the Sunocos in the Poconos" - critical look at a filling station renovation in Pennsylvania, published in Design/Build magazine.
  
  
• "Akhenaten and the Armana Period in Egypt" - art history paper on the representation of the Egyptian sun-god Aten.

• "America's House" - a freewheeling whimsical look at a futuristic redesigned White House for a Dwell magazine competition.

• "Trees in Parking Lots." - A plea to developers to plant/keep greenery in those huge expanses of pavement.

• "At War With Fundamentalist Islam" - a post 9-11 essay exploring the roots and ramifications of religious fanaticism here and abroad.

Credits: Balloon photo from "Judy" in Wausau, WI, courtesy of the Balloon Zone, “Handcrafted Furniture Co., Inc.” balloon; woodwrk1@gte.ne

"The Bierwirth Family Tree" website at http://bierwirthtree.tripod.com
©2002 by Daniel J. Bornt, e-mail to: vanatalan@yahoo.com