Being back in the American South, I have had plenty of opportunity to drink in the vernacular styles of housebuilding here. In particular I have been looking at, and thinking about, the “big houses” be they plantation or city houses, so popular before and immediately after the Civil War.
They aspire to a classicism, and that [...]
On Southern Architecture
The Banality of our Surroundings
The Banality of our Surroundings
The Site Of Reversible Destiny
The Site Of Reversible Destiny
Desolation Row
Desolation Row
“Necessary” by Design
Dan Lockton writes about “architectures of control“:
Increasingly, many products are being designed with features that intentionally restrict the way the user can behave, or enforce certain modes of behaviour. The same intentions are also evident in the design of many systems and environments.
I personally find the list of products he has talked about to be [...]
Waterworld, China
Waterworld, China
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