Monday, September 28, 2015
A TALE OF TWO BRIDGES
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It’s a familiar sort of news item these days: A huge and vastly expensive bridge being proposed in California will forever alter one of th...
Monday, September 21, 2015
GUTTER TALK
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I’ve seen homeowners spend weeks agonizing over which shingle color and texture is best for their new roof. Then, after going to all this ...
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Monday, September 14, 2015
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
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Philip Johnson's AT&T Building (now the Sony Building): Socks are in the bottom drawer. Way back in 1978, at the dawn of Postm...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
ARCHITECTURE BY THE HOUR: Part Two of Two Parts
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Last time, we saw that designing a small remodeling project doesn’t always require the comprehensive services you typically get from an ar...
Monday, August 31, 2015
ARCHITECTURE BY THE HOUR Part One of Two Parts
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Save money by hiring an architect for hourly consulting instead of paying the usual commission fee. In this Do-It-Yourself era, can y...
Monday, August 24, 2015
THOSE FLAT, FLAT WINDOWS
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“Crackerbox.” That’s only one of the unflattering names we’ve given postwar tract houses thanks to their thin, flimsy look. Funny thing is...
Monday, August 17, 2015
GET THE HELL OUT! Part Two of Two Parts
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Last time, we noted how few people truly take advantage of the land around their homes, and we saw how a simple change like replacing cert...
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