Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Why aren’t houses more fun? We design our houses for sleeping, eating, washing and sitting (toilets and sofas). That’s about it. Oh, a bit of laundry. Is this really the best we can do with human existence? Think about the houses you remember from childhood. Other people’s houses mostly. Your grandmother’s. Your friend’s. The cupboard […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Without Prejudice. I think I’m coming to the end. It’s starting to feel like time to change direction. I’ve designed enough buildings. Just over one a week for the past twenty years. Alongside that, I’ve been teaching continuously. Some are small, some big. Mostly houses, but also adventure playgrounds, coffee shops, offices and industrial buildings. […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Complexity & Contradiction. Cave. The first studio apartment. Roof, walls. A single window and door combo. Your place. Sleep, cook, think. What more? Houses haven’t changed much. Where there is space, we add more rooms. Where there isn’t, we manage with less. They adapt. Progress means complexity. We have all this stuff. Often marketed for […]
