ARCHITEXT by Arrol Gellner
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

BACK IN GRAY

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 Author's note: Hello, folks, it's been quite a while. Back in 2020, already adrift in the midst of Covid, I became so disgusted wit...
Monday, September 21, 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 ...
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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 nine...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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'...
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Arrol Gellner
Arrol Gellner is an architect with over thirty years experience in residential, commercial, and institutional architecture. He is the author of three well-regarded books on historic architecture, "Storybook Style", "Red Tile Style", and "Ready to Roll", all published by Penguin/Putnam. Gellner has also written his "Architext" syndicated column for nearly twenty years. The column has been a regular feature in newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle. Gellner is an honors graduate of the College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley.
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