Category Archives: Design

RM Schindler’s How House, 1925, part 3 of 4, many interesting things

Geometry

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

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Too much of a good thing?

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I thought I would make a cartoon about being thankful. I ended up with a cartoon that doesn’t have any of the Thanksgiving trappings: food, pilgrims,…

Happy Thanksgiving to all my United States readers, and thanks to all my readers.