ARCHITEXT by Arrol Gellner
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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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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