Monday, October 29, 2018

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY: You Go First

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The metaphorical equivalent to how we build buildings, even today. Incredibly, amid the dazzling advances of so many other technologies,...
Monday, October 22, 2018

PROPER SOLAR ORIENTATION: It's More Than Just Facing Mecca

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Developers just want to cram the most houses possible on their sites—they don't give a damn about solar orientation. Years ago, whe...
Monday, October 15, 2018

THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL STYLE: Getting It Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House of 1909, the best-known and most spectacular example of what became known as his "Prairie School...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

WHY ROOFS LEAK—And How To Avoid It

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Frank Lloyd Wright's 1935 masterpiece: Spectacular, but they didn't call it Fallingwater for nothing. The root purpose of every...
Monday, October 1, 2018

SPANISH REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE: My House Is Your House

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Goodhue's temporary Exposition buildings of 1915 were so popular that they were eventually rebuilt in permanent materials. They r...
Monday, September 24, 2018

INTELLIGENT HOUSE HUNTING: Getting Past Location, Location, Location

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You're better off with a small sunny house than a big one with lousy solar orientation. Everyone’s heard that old real estate saw a...
Monday, September 17, 2018

A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER: The Postwar Home Styles of the 1940s

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In 1947, builder William Levitt got the postwar housing ball rolling with his first mass-produced tract at Levittown, New York. This is ...