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on the dominant role of functionalism and an alternative approach to design that neither favors formalism nor eschews function

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a case against the design and construction of modular houses as a substitute for architecture made site-, and client-specific.

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more than beauty and function, many rooms have a kind of atmosphere, a history, that makes them intriguing.

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I posted this a couple of years ago and thought I would put it back up today in honor of the great Maurice Sendak who just passed away. This little sequence, where Max’s room turns into a forest, is one of the reasons I became an architect. Thank you Mr. Sendak. “That very night in [...]

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The sky was as full of motion and change as the desert beneath it was monotonous and still, – and there was so much sky, more than at sea, more than anywhere else in the world. The plain was there, under one’s feet, but what one saw when one looked about was that brilliant blue [...]

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Of the many things that stand between architects and clients, none is so fraught as the architect’s quest for architectural integrity which often masquerades as Truth.  Please don’t get me wrong, I am not asserting that all architects are questing for Truth while our clients really were only looking for a building.  I have rarely [...]

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a brief look at an emerging trend in artificial landscapes – man-made hills and mountain ranges and their role as symbol in the future of cities.

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a criticism of some recent buildings as architecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder including the new Center for Community and Wolf Law Building and Bear Creek Apartments

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