What is a Chicago Three Flat? It is a very common housing type in Chicago neighborhoods–A residential building with three units typically two units directly above the first floor unit. Each unit will have the basic needs for a home including but not limited to bedrooms, at least one bathroom, a kitchen, heat and electric. […]
There are photos of drawings created by the amazing Charles Moore, he lived and built a house in Ausitn, TX while teaching at UT in the 1980s. These are some actual drawings of his earlier work. I made an appointment to look at these drawings in the archive, most people don’t know that his actual work exists […]
First I would like to tell you about a Documentary on the destruction of the public streetcars system by Private Oil and Car corporations: Taken for a Ride is a documentary film by Martha Olson and Jim Klein about the Great American Streetcar Scandal. The 55-minute film was first broadcast on August 6, 1996 on […]
Love Keith Haring’s work, even before I knew it was politcal, and that he came up out of the grit and fabulous-ness of NYC in the 1980’s.
I had aquired a book of his work, influenced by graffitti style, his work has always resignated with me.
I had a chance to go see his work […]
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I have always admired the work of Shigeru Ban, great Japanese architect. His houses in Japan have such a great scale and use of materials in a very transparent manner (you can see how his buildings are built).
Here are my photographs from my visit. It was fun, we went on a Sunday night after […]
There is a certain aesthetic that is used in contemporary architecture today. I call it “THIN BLDG”. …not because the walls are thin, but because the the floor plate or floor plan is thin. This can be viewed as a more traditional
This “style” of building is possibly more expensive, when you talk about price […]
So a long time ago in 2002, I went on an adventure in New Mexico. I had worked at a boy scout ranch in 1999 and 2000, so I was familiar with the area, during a rock climbing trip near Taos, I came upon the earthships. These were not entirely new to me, so I […]
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