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more than beauty and function, many rooms have a kind of atmosphere, a history, that makes them intriguing.
First, it is not a product. Second, it is not a function of the architect’s ego. Third, it is not a function of the bank’s commodification And last, it is not a machine. When LeCorbusier first said “a house is a machine for living”, machines and technology were seen as liberating, not the soulless leviathans [...]
In all of our projects we go through an extensive process of trying to choose materials for interior finishes. there are an almost infinite number of choices available for tile, wall and ceiling colors, flooring, etc. The final selection should reinforce the ideas of the design as well as meet the technical and practical [...]
We have all been to plenty of places with good food but somehow dining there just isn’t particularly fun or relaxing. The experience of eating at a restaurant is such a simple, singular affair that even the smallest, most subtle oddity can easily tilt the whole moment out of kilter. Tables a little too close, [...]
The Chicago Architectural Club ran a competition last year to elicit ideas about what to do with the ill-fated Chicago Spire project. Our entry was never really considered for submission, but has been worked on and off since. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Spire was to be the self-described “most significant residential development in the [...]
an entry in the architect’s glossary on enfilade, a series of axially aligned rooms and openings
Part 2 of an attempt to define a Rocky Mountain regionalist architecture based on experiential and phenomenological responses rather than architectural styles and formal vernaculars.
some thoughts on making models and architecture, the design process and its products