Designers: David Salmela
I quoted David Samela this Saturday and I’ve been thinking about his comment since then. Samela is of my role models – a midwestern architect who has done predominantly residential […]
I quoted David Samela this Saturday and I’ve been thinking about his comment since then. Samela is of my role models – a midwestern architect who has done predominantly residential […]
I was home in Madison this week, more on that in a later post, and went see Beginners with my parents on Saturday morning. (It’s a lovely movie by the […]
I’m pursuing that architectural rite of passage – designing a house for one’s parents. [Note: usually its “a house for his mother” by the male of the architectural species but […]
I’m going to formalize the trend of the last few posts into a theme; June will be the month of Small is Beautiful. Its impossible to talk about making houses […]
My irreverent, lapsed-catholic father occasionally answers a yes/no question with his own – ‘Does the Pope shit in the woods?’ Unlikely (although Dad usually means ‘hell, yes’). I, however, do […]
I’ve had a rocky relationship with Henry David. Like everyone, I read excerpts of Walden in 10th grade American Lit and didn’t particularly enjoy it. Early in college I learned […]
I’m re-reading a fascinating book by Geoffry Miller called Spent: Sex Evolution and Consumer Behavior (Viking, 2009). The main thrust of the book is to apply evolutionary psychology (a sort […]
Here is the rundown from another great SFI panel discussion: Brent Brown, bcWORKSHOP “HOW DO I GET CITY OFFICIALS ON BOARD WITH OUR WORK? I USE GUILT. I ASK WHY […]
As I continue to process all the amazing ideas and projects I learned about at Structures For Inclusion this past weekend I’ll keep downloading from my notes of the “panel […]
The conference was, as expected, completely amazing. I may be actually leaking information back out my ears. This is going to take a few posts to cover all the good […]