The designation between house and home - is it semantics or is there a difference. Can I as "the architect" influence the difference one way or another? According to Merriam Webster: house (n): … [Read more...]
AIA Dallas Tour of Homes 2010
The time is almost here for the 4th annual AIA Dallas Tour of Homes. I was the Committee Chair for this event last year and had a great time working with the different architects, homeowners, and the … [Read more...]
Design Studio: Top 10 Things you should know
It's that time of year once again and architecture students are either back in the studio environment or about to be back ... Aaahhhhh (breathing deeply) the familiar smell of despair, B.O. and … [Read more...]
Greene & Greene and Modernism: Complete Perfection
Sitting in for me today is David Mathias - a good friend of mine who has a book forthcoming titled: 'Greene & Greene Furniture - Poems of Wood & Light', an examination of the houses and … [Read more...]
The House Divided
Our office has come into possession of a bunch of old issues of The Architectural Forum magazine and I have been going back and reading through them with great pleasure. This magazine was first … [Read more...]
Modern House – Friendly Neighbor?
There is a new project by my office and as I have been watching it go up, it has made me think about architects + modern houses and if together they have any responsibility to the neighborhood where … [Read more...]