- Architectonik -

The title is a piece of sound advice given to me as a young carpenter -- to which I would add; think like warm air, think like sunlight, think like the wind.



From a blog I've been enjoying lately:

If modernity in architecture is characterized by simplification, and using contemporary technology to achieve a rational elegance of simplicity that distills architecture to its very essence, then

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(full-screen viewing will be rewarded)

A promotional film from Davis Estates showing the design of British homes from 1935. Shows scenes of house building, London streets and the Ideal Home Exhibition.

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Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the husband and wife team who lead the Miami architectural firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ), received the 2008 Richard H. Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. The Prize is endowed the Prize through the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture because of its reputation as a national leader in incorporating the principles of traditional and classical architecture into the task of modern urban development. ...