Monday, February 23, 2015
LE CORBUSIER: Order Above All Else
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“Architecture,” pronounced the famed modern architect Le Corbusier, “is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
WHAT COMES TOO CHEAP
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“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly;” said the American Revolutionary Thomas Paine. “It is dearness only that gives everything ...
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Monday, February 9, 2015
MONEY OUT THE WINDOW
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Talk about misplaced priorities: In the name of saving energy, many people think nothing of spending tens of thousands of dollars on replac...
Monday, February 2, 2015
SEEKING SALVATION Part Two of Two Parts
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Is this the porch lamp you've been looking for? Last time we paid a visit to the architectural salvage yard--a place where, if you’...
Monday, January 26, 2015
SEEKING SALVATION: Part One of Two Parts
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Suppose there was a place you could buy high quality building products at fire sale prices, and do it in the greenest possible manner to boo...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
IN PURSUIT OF IMPERFECTION
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Oh no— these steps are imperfect! Sociologists like to complain about all the beautiful people that populate advertising and the media...
Monday, January 12, 2015
ALL SHOW, NO GO: The Fad-Filled Kitchen
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The typical "dream kitchen" of the design magazine crowd is usually one like this— big, busy, and slathered in stainless. “...
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