Steep lot was unbuildable. He raised retro-futuristic home over lake by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2023 Robert Oshatz believes a house should fit the land and its residents, so his homes are all a bit fantastic. …
Experimenting keeps the magic going: beware of dogmatic “tradition” by Nicolás Boullosa on March 9, 2023 Thanks to the site and Kirsten’s YT channel, we’re lucky to be exposed to lots of architecture and (sometimes brilliant, …
Tinkering with post-industrial scraps to innovate in housing by Nicolás Boullosa on June 1, 2022 Thomas Edison defined discontent as the first necessity of progress. Optimism and progress are naïve constructions of non-conformists who believe …
Slow architecture: houses that understand people and place by Nicolás Boullosa on May 11, 2022 Idleness and boredom are a type of lucidity experienced by those brave enough to confront themselves instead of filling their …
Crisis Urbanism: medieval citadels to Soleri’s arcologies by Nicolás Boullosa on November 19, 2021 William Gibson was 22 when he visited a 1970 exhibition hosted by Paolo Soleri, an idealist architect who envisioned self-contained …
Futurism vs neo-Luddism: battle of frontiers of thought/tech by Nicolás Boullosa on October 25, 2021 For its proximity to San Francisco, mild weather, access to the outdoors such as Tamalpais, the old hippy enclaves by …
Modernists vs. traditionalists over beauty: a cautionary tale by Nicolás Boullosa on September 20, 2021 We prioritize what’s in front of us in the Now. Since Aristotle’s Physics, all we consider is based on “presence“, …
Buys ’50s home to fix it, falls for its indoor/outdoor mastery by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2020 In 1949, Wells Blackshear and his son Harold began designing and building their own home in South Austin, guided by …
Aventuras entre NY y Minesota: shackers y zonas periurbanas by Nicolás Boullosa on July 25, 2019 Llegar a la ciudad de Nueva York desde el interior del Estado, a través de la ruta que une la …
Balkrishna Doshi: enseñanzas del urbanismo «vastu» de Jaipur by Nicolás Boullosa on December 19, 2018 En 1978, cuando faltaban 11 años para la caída del Muro de Berlín y China acababa de reconocer los excesos …
