Letters from Paris: Why don't we build like this anymore?
The Notre Dame. Sacre Coeur. L’Hotel de Ville. Places des Vosges. The Saint Michel Fountain and the Louvre. The
Letters from Paris: On cities as museums.
It’s springtime in Paris and I have something to confess (although the fact that I feel the need to
Friday, Nov 1, 2013. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
I am on the other side of the table now. I am not the designer, but the designee. The client.
Friday, October 18th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
1 How to draw a line.
Architects use different lines for different purposes, but the line type most specific to
Friday, October 4th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
would have been these boots had I actually met him. I didn’t, though. Mark came by the house last
Tuesday, September 17th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
were white again, but suede this time. With black bows. Purchased at a little boutique in the Hamden neighborhood of
On architecture, skeuomorphism, and "peopled" spaces.
Architect William J. Hirsch Jr, in his book Designing Your Perfect House, expounds on the necessity of the artisanal and
The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
were weathered white oxfords with robin’s egg blue wingtips. Shoes with a point-of-view. To design a house is an
House love.
Dear 129,
It’s only been four hours since I last woke up in your arms. Those strong, vaulted arms,
When you're in love with a beautiful house.
On Saturday, after almost five years on the East Coast, I left Baltimore. On the plane ride to Seattle, I
