I remember this tradition from a short story I read long ago. This cartoon doesn’t have a punch line, its just meant to evoke a quiet scene in an ordinary neighborhood.
As soon as you see the house, you are aware of its obsessive geometry. (figure 1) One part of that obsession is the 16″ horizontal banding. It runs across all the exterior walls, and even over the living room corner window. All the design elements land on these bands: window tops and bottoms, door heads, changes in the building form such as roofs, walls and planters. Continue reading RM Schindler’s How House, 1925, part 3 of 4, many interesting things→