Across almost two decades at Rosslyn several aesthetic through lines have guided our vision and historic rehabilitation. One of the most important in my estimation is cohesive integration of design elements across almost two centuries, historic architectural heritage with modern functionality and amenities, interior and exterior environments, formal and informal spaces, as well as diverse natural and manmade components of this property that little-by-little have coalesced into an aesthetic and functional whole.
This daily dispatch pairs Ed Huber’s aerial photograph above — looking east at dusk and nicely nestling three of Rosslyn’s four historic buildings into the lakeside locale with which many are familiar but from a perspective with which few are familiar — with an excerpt from a previous post. 
Much of my recent Rosslyn rumination focuses on opening up. Yielding, even inviting in. Looking, speaking, and reaching out. Endeavoring to integrate the interior and the exterior…
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Thanks for joining me in this… meditation on opening up — literally and figuratively — as a precept for rehabilitation (and storytelling). An incomplete thought, still coming into focus, moving me toward greater clarity about how and why to share our story. Porosity. Permeability. Transparency. Cohesive integration of interior and exterior… Lots of natural light! (Source: Opening Up)
Ed’s photograph and my excerpt do not pair logically together at first glance. Not even to me.
But considered in conjunction, one with the other, they invite reflection on the importance of cohesive integration. For now, I think that invitation might be enough. For me. For you. 
What do you think?