Some folks just aren’t happy with their fronts yards until they’ve erected a miniature stockade around them.  I couldn’t count how many 3-fo...

Turn on the television any evening, and chances are you’ll come across some TV lawyers engaged in brilliant verbal sparring in court or in s...

America is a car-centered culture, and its homes reflect that fact.  Since World War II, garage doors have been a dominant feature of suburb...

When do building codes meant to insure safety actually hinder it?   When they’re administered rigidly, reflexively, and without regard ...

The root purpose of every dwelling—one that dates back millennia—is to provide shelter from the elements.  Hence, an architect’s most fundam...

Travel down any residential street, and here and there you’re bound to find a few homes that scream, Addition!  Ironically, if you design an...

“We had an architect draw an addition for us, and the bids came in at twice the budget!”   That’s a complaint I hear all the time.  When yo...