Tuesday, May 26, 2020
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE SLEUTHING
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Yes, it's a "Victorian"—but more specifically, the cruved walls, turrets, and profusion of textures identify this house as ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
THE LATEST COLOR TREND IS GLOOM AND DOOM
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The Craftsman style of the early 20th century rebelled against both the ornament and carnival-like colors of the Victorian era. Cool a...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
WHY THE CONCEPT OF "GOOD TASTE" IS A MYTH
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Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce: She had no use for "gingerbread"—but no need to pull out a weapon over it. Channel surf...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
ARCHITECTURE'S MOMENTS FROZEN IN TIME
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A moment literally frozen in time: This brick in the wall of my office was bumped out of place by the mason. Note the frozen ribbon of ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: The Invisible Answer, Part III
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Is this your mental image of a manufactured home? Believe it or not, prior to the late 1930s, people who lived in travel trailers full-...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: The Invisible Answer, Part II
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Arthur Sherman's "Covered Wagon" trailers featured solid walls instead of canvas flaps—a modest start to today's ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: The Invisible Answer Part I
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Is this any way to house people in the richest nation on earth? (Image: Mark Brown/Chicago Sun-Times) Rising homelessness and the ...
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