style…final words

Sigh…thanks Brian Paletz for suggesting this.

no faux though

I don’t like fake things or fake people (see past post on masquerade).

dear future architects

words of wisdom :: friendly advice :: aphorisms :: warnings cautions :: who knows?

worlds of architecture

Recent personal events coupled with the loss of a well-known, hard to be ignored architect have made me ponder what I call worlds of architecture. These are the worlds of what could be, what should be and what are.

search for authentic

Car #13 off the line in 1952

I love diners. I don’t mean old 70’s suburban or roadside buildings that serve burgers and gravy and call themselves a diner.

what are the rules?

Disclaimer: Architectural Historians beware, I make sweeping generalizations and reference a limited portion of world architecture here to make a larger point.

For centuries, if not millennia, architects, master builders, kings and rulers have created large public works and other works of architecture that we would categorize under a particular style.

must we – create the better?

This question has no single answer to define what is ‘better; but it comes up almost daily in my world as an architect.