by Doug Oldham | Feb 10, 2020 | Architecture
I had never heard of Strong Towns before last year. In graduate school, while I was preparing to become a licensed architect, I learned of New Urbanism during a site planning class. I summarily rejected it for reasons rooted in my governing principles. I am a liberty...
by Doug Oldham | Oct 7, 2019 | Architecture
There has been some discussion on this web site and others about the cost associated with well designed homes. In my post entitled McPeople I posited that home owners in general are willing to accept inferior design in the name of blandness and resale. A commenter...
by Doug Oldham | Oct 7, 2019 | Architecture
Originally posted on www.designmyhome.com While reviewing our google analytics, I noticed that someone made it to our page using the search “architecture is not sculpture”. This is an interesting place to start a discussion. By itself, the statement “architecture is...
by Doug Oldham | Apr 13, 2019 | Architecture
I don’t know if you have ever heard of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). It is the U.S. Green Building Council’s third party verification system for buildings. It’s been out for some time now. Back in 2010 I wrote a blog post...
by Doug Oldham | Apr 13, 2019 | Architecture
I was digging through our old blog, www.designmyhome.com and came across this old post from 2006. I think this might have been my first blog post of any kind…ever. It made me giggle. Well, this is my first plan review post. Let me just say that I think this is...
