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Schindler, Pueblo Ribera construction photo: http://sdrdesign.com/puebloRiberaConst.jpg Pueblo Ribera is a great architectural work. Unfortunately today it a mere shadow of its former self. It stands as a prime example as to why historic preservation matters. http://www.hottr6.com/pueblo/ Rudolf Sc...

Similar to Willey, Meyer May had a glazed version of the open trellis. At Meyer the first floor living room envelope extended beyond the second floor above. In this first floor extension there were skylights with horizontal art glass windows below. With the adjacent vertical art glass windows the re...

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the re...

Historically I have split my presidential votes between Republican and Democratic candidates so I vote for what I believe to best for the country. However right now I find the increasingly strident political rhetoric spewed forth by Republicans to be skewing me away from Republican candidates. The R...

That is fantastic. The optimal home.

The new Modern Wing of the Art Institute was completed last September. It is a great building by a great architect and has a great art collection. Here is another great building to tour. The Charnley House by Adler and Sullivan which a young 20 something Frank Lloyd Wright worked on, under the super...

It is just a a bunch of political gibberish rationalizing the obliteration of a tiny part of the federal budget for something that the administration does not understand or cannot relate to. Meanwhile my wife's elementary school for 350 students got $400,000 ($11,500 per special ed student) to be sp...

Here's another fine building well worth a visit in the area: Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetary.
http://www.weissmanfredi.com/projects/w ... metery.php

A project like that would have SOM staff work on it without becoming an official SOM project. This would be done under the guidance of the Owner/Designer/SOM partner of course. No architect of any consequence is going to abdicate design responsibility on his own residence.

A bunch of the old posts were erased because they were "old".

I just got the same bogus message. The admins should update the security on this web site.

We used wood conditioner which made a big difference.

Last week, President Obama released his FY 2011 budget request that would eliminate funding for Save America’s Treasures (SAT) and Preserve America (PA), and cut funding for National Heritage Areas by 50 percent. These critical historic preservation programs matter now more than ever -- not only b...

My complete set is still available for sale.

We used a poplar for the cabinetry at the Davenport House because it was used throughout the house for wood trim, doors, and built-in furniture. The grain of the wood is much like the delicate grain in rift cut cherry. Although the poplar had been hand sorted, there is inconsistent color variation i...