Archinect - News2024-11-21T16:49:09-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150393617/a-massachusetts-architect-is-drawing-crowds-with-impressive-halloween-installations-in-his-driveway
A Massachusetts architect is drawing crowds with impressive Halloween installations in his driveway Josh Niland2023-10-31T17:57:00-04:00>2023-11-05T09:51:33-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/84/845ba9159d338dd26afb7235e1cc5cd3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The haunting <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/354724/halloween" target="_blank">Halloween</a> decorations created by Tom Saltsman, a <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/25634402/california-institute-of-the-arts" target="_blank">CalArts</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard GSD</a> graduate and the Principal of Boston-based firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150329822/saltsman-brenzel" target="_blank">SaltsmanBrenzel</a>, are taking the spotlight once again in the architect's own driveway. </p>
<p>Saltsman says the inspiration for his crowd-pleasing designs stems from a desire to create perspective illusions of the home he and his fellow architect wife own in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He has been harkening his background in fine arts to create designs for trolls, a shipwreck, and other sculptural decor. He also <a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/10/29/marblehead-halloween-driveway" target="_blank">told WBUR</a> it takes the family and their fleet of volunteer builders months to plan and complete. Some have been realized at costs under $200.</p>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVyV1D1PqVq/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> View this post on Instagram </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVyV1D1PqVq/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Saltsman Brenzel (@saltsmanbrenzel)</a><br><p>Visitors from as far away as China have been flocking to see the annual display, which the Saltsman family started 15 years ago. His high school-aged daughter and their neighbor both plan on studying architecture a...</p>