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on the dominant role of functionalism and an alternative approach to design that neither favors formalism nor eschews function
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In many ways, building or remodeling is about the most local, job-creating activity within the economy. Unless your construction is from very unconventional materials, they are most likely sourced relatively closely to the place of construction. ”Local” may mean the US, not the preferred 500 mile definition, but very few of the things consumers typically [...]
Eighteen months after the devastating Fourmile Fire swept away so many houses in the western foothills of Boulder, we have finally completed construction on a new home for Lynn and John Stasz. Like all projects it has been an exciting, frustrating and time-consuming task for everyone involved. This has been especially true for Lynn and [...]
for the fifth anniversary of M. Gerwing Architects, we went fishing on Sunday. (No buildings were harmed in the making of this event)
I sat on an architecture jury the other day and was reminded of a post from a while ago that laid out the necessity of this fraught process for the education of an architect. So a bit of recycling here, with some more recent thoughts on the changing nature of architectural juries. The basic process [...]