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What happened to Modernism?
Posted on 24 May 2011
Modernism week is an annual event held every February in Palm Springs, California. Thousands of people descend on the Coachella Valley to tour some of the incredible examples of Mid-Century Modern buildings that exist here. To call them fans of modernism is an understatement. Most that I met had some deep, near fanatical, obsession with [...] Continue Reading
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What we can learn from a toy kitchen
Posted on 27 December 2010
Originally posted at KBB With the holidays here, I was tasked with assembling the gifts for my 2-1/2 year old daughter. This is an occupational hazard of every architect and contractor I know. Let’s see: five years of undergrad, three years of internship and two in graduate school, and architects stand out as the best [...] Continue Reading
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Facebook designs better communities than Architects
Posted on 10 December 2010
Perhaps millions of us are flocking to online communities since the real ones are so lacking. My Grandfather used to fix and maintain his cars by himself. “Why pay someone to do something I can do?” he used to say, beaming with pride. Oil changes, tune ups, transmission work…he did it all. Today, I fix [...] Continue Reading
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Interview with Alex Wilson of BuildingGreen
Posted on 13 September 2010
I spoke last week with Alex Wilson, founder of BuildingGreen about green materials and his wish list. Continue Reading
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Efficiency First
Posted on 03 September 2010
For 30-plus years, the modern environmental movement has been preaching energy efficiency, but it has only been recently we've seen it being taken seriously. Why the change? Continue Reading
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CA’s Proposition 23 represents why we might be doomed
Posted on 30 August 2010
This November, California will vote on Prop 23, officially calling for a “suspension” of California's landmark global warming law - and it's funded by Oil Companies. Continue Reading
