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Reflections on architecture, the value of design, and the ways our spaces shape everyday life.
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 first…
Read the article ↗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 suggested that the cause for this is the…
Read the article ↗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 not sculpture” is true but only so far…
Read the article ↗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 about it on www.designmyhome.com.…
Read the article ↗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…
Read the article ↗I've been thinking a lot lately about my life specifically, and life in general in the context of the current social dialogue about identity, community and tribalism. I have a thought or two I thought I would share. This is just one persons (developing) opinion. I can only…
Read the article ↗Thought I would share a couple of thoughts today. Last night, as a family, we reviewed the "admonition of Paul." If you don't know to what I refer, it is direction given by the Apostle Paul, in this case, to the people living in Philippi. Of course, he…
Read the article ↗A few minutes ago I was browsing through the ENDLESS digital pictures we have while thinking to myself how many of these are just plain junk. Then I came across this photo and it made me smile...big. This photo represents the culmination of a story that reminds me…
Read the article ↗A friend of mine just posted a link to this interesting article in the Huffington Post. It made me think and so I jotted down a few words. In this post, I will list each of the 25 items from the article with my thoughts about each item.…
Read the article ↗In 2009 and 2010 Architecture had the highest unemployment of any professional profession. While I have not technically been unemployed because I am self-employed it feels the same when the phone never rings. The housing bubble pop drove the cost of homes below the cost of the commodities…
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