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The Illusion of Value
No potential client has ever said to me “I found you through Porch.com”. This is distinct from HOUZZ which has become the Google of home design web surfing. Loews has “partnered” with Porch: meaning...
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Pitched Roofs Matter
Roofs and Architecture now have an odd relationship. Roofs have become the litmus test for a variety of judgments. Sculpture has no “roof” it is a shape unto itself. A “datum” (archispeak for a...
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Shedding Water = A Building
I believe that the prime difference between buildings and other things humans construct (bridges, sculptures, cars) is that a building’s prime directive is to protect its users from the weather....
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Between Rocks & Hard $$$
There are many reasons to use masonry in building. The single most commonly used reason not to use masonry is cost. Wood, steel, plastic, glass are all cheaper cladding. Even CMU’s and brick are...
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Architecture and The Failed Model of Genius
This is a piece that took a great deal of time, and patience, to create. I hope you can read it in these times where there is time. To Read:...
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Built Beautiful
Sometimes connections happen. I see a book, I use it in a talk (or six). The author and I meet. Then dozens of others connect. Then a movie. Maybe a movement, or least a stream of ideas we have...
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Black Windows, Corian Countertops, Avocado Appliances
Black windows are crisp, even edgy. Corian countertops with integral sinks are nearly miraculous in their seamlessness. I even remember the pop of seeing “Avocado” colored appliances destroy the...
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History: The Other Gravity
Every second passes, and there was a before, now and after. Unrelenting. Unchanging. On every thing we see, hear, taste and touch. Time is universal. It is so pervasive, so overwhelming, that we often...
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Transactional Immunity
Encouraging bad behavior is at the root of the human condition. Teaching design three half days a week, (and prepping for almost as much time) I must work 7 days a week, or everything suffers....
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1) Plan. 2) Section. 3) Elevation
In the dim past, some sage architect looked at me and said: “There is one way to describe a building, one sequence. Plan. Section. Elevation. In that order. One defines the other. Once you start there...
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