Wednesday, September 23, 2020

FUTURE SCHLOCK

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Author's Note: Please excuse the godawful layout of this blog. Google, in its infinite wisdom, has recently seen fit to introduce an ...
Monday, September 14, 2020

INDIRECT LIGHTING: From The Stage To Your Living Room

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Early predecessor of indirect lighting: Limelight spotlight, used to illuminate the front stage area of theaters until the end of the ninete...
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

IN AMERICA, ALAS, THE CAR IS STILL KING

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Heaven help the pedestrian in shopping centers like this one— which unfortunately are typical across the nation. A few blocks from my ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

THE ARCHITECTURAL OUTSIDERS Part Three of Three Parts

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The Great Pyramid of Giza, built 2580 to 2560 BC. Architect/master builder: Hemiunu In the past, an architect was just what the Latin ...
Monday, August 24, 2020

ARCHITECTURAL OUTSIDERS Part Two of Three Parts

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Architect Carr Jones managed to conjure lyrical homes out of castoff materials—practicing green architecture long before that term was ...
Monday, August 17, 2020

ARCHITECTURAL OUTSIDERS: Part One of Three Parts

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One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest and least-known "commissions"—this curious windmill tower built for his family'...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

TO THE DETRIMENT OF DESIGN, THERE WAS ONLY ONE STEVE JOBS

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The IPhone screen, with its idiot-proof icons, builds on the long evolution of Apple's graphic user interface. For close to a dec...