Readers of this blog will know that I’m an advocate for places where one can get about on foot, by bike, and on public transportation. But not every such place can truly call itself a town.
residential architect September
24, 2012
When it comes to small things, including small houses, the cognitive mechanism involved is pretty simple: We like them because they’re cute.
residential architect September
18, 2012
Buildings can be scary. Ask Brian Turner, an attorney and field officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who recently spent a night at Alcatraz.
residential architect September
12, 2012
Celebrated architect Michael Graves says the computer will never completely supplant pencil and paper--nor should it.
residential architect September
04, 2012
I can’t look at a Bruce Goff building without thinking of LSD.
residential architect August
28, 2012
The concept of walkability got a boost earlier this summer with a Brookings Institution report that pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods perform better economically than those that require more driving.
residential architect August
22, 2012
Oh, look, another building that’s learned a trick. This apartment project, planned for South Melbourne, Australia, presents the illusion of a façade in catastrophic failure.
residential architect August
17, 2012
Portland, Maine, architect Will Winkelman has a knack for seeing architectural potential in commonplace industrial artifacts.
residential architect August
09, 2012
I love paintings of buildings,so I really enjoyed seeing some of Edward Hopper's famous house paintings next to current photos of their subjects.
CUSTOM HOME July
24, 2012
My family and I are just back from a tour of port cities on the Baltic Sea, and in my dreams, I'm still wandering the crooked, cobbled streets of Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Tallin.
CUSTOM HOME July
23, 2012