detail of really crazy gutter spout I found in Zermatt, Switzerland… over the top… but done of simple materials. It makes the whole building.
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beauty is in the details…
Posted in architecture, tagged architectural details on October 13, 2009| Leave a Comment »
good tile isn’t perfect
Posted in architecture, tagged mexican tile, tile roof on October 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
fantastic roof tile
Mexican Talavera tiles
There is a special quality to imperfect hand made tile. It cannot be replicated by machines. The imperfections are what makes it. This is one of those “qualities without a name”… (see Christopher Alexander’s “a Pattern Language”)
cool staircase
Posted in architecture on October 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
staircase bookshelf
this has to be one of the coolest staircases ever thought up. I have to build one of these someday.
Lucy’s house
Posted in architecture, tagged beatnik, modern architecture on October 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
My dad designed and built this 800 sq. ft. modern house… my mom Lucy met him as he was pounding the for sale sign into the dirt in 1954. She lived here until she passed away in 2004. I grew up here.
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