My Morning Haiku – Searching the Stars
Is That a Curtain Made of Stone? Yep.
Here’s something I don’t do every day: design a stone wall with the fluidity and movement of a curtain, except that it doesn’t actually move and is not fluid (but it is stone, anyway). It took an exceptional contractor and group of
Simultaneous Sketching (a New Artform?)
When my son, Beck, was quite little I taught him the fine art of drawing monsters, mostly to show him what was lurking under his bed at night. While sitting on my lap trembling (hey, it was his idea!), we created a
Visualizing a Home Before it’s Too Late – An Example, via a Modern Home Plan
Here’s a plan of a home. Can you tell what the home looks like by looking at the plan? No? I can’t either. How about the elevation below? Does it help? My answer would be, “a little, but I still don’t really
I Have Seen the Light!
I put in hundreds of lights in every home I design, mostly in the kitchens to accentuate every glorious crumb on the counters, but sometimes in the dungeons, too (occasionally the homeowners want to clean out some of the dank
Solution to ‘House on an Island – An Architectural Logic Puzzle’
Designing an island home led to this logic puzzle. If you haven’t read the puzzle, follow this link (preferably before reading the solution below). Solution: The ferryman takes the contractor across to the island, leaving him there, alone. He goes back
A One-Word Poem on Life
Inspired by the shortest novel ever written, a six word story attributed to Hemingway, I have finally penned the penultimate poem (say that three times fast). My magnum opus. A single-word poem encompassing life, the universe and everything [pan to Douglas
House on an Island – An Architectural Logic Puzzle
I am currently designing an island home, so it only seems fitting to also create an architectural logic puzzle based on a classic conundrum: An architect, engineer and contractor are constructing a home on an island. They are not getting along. As