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 Asked
which of his works he would select as his masterpiece,
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright at the age of 83 replied, "My
next one."
Gifted individuals
inhabit every locale.
-They are not required to bear signs of public notice.
Serve and satisfy.
That's the outcome of design. Serve
a function. Satisfy a sense. The better the design, the better it
serves and satisfies.
Things architectural
have two parents: construction
and art. Construction serves. Art satisfies.
Beware: those
sugar plums can turn bitter when the bids start coming in. Our society
makes it so easy to mix need and want into the same pot.
A mutual assurance
between
client and contractor that each understands what the client more
knowledgeably has chosen and expects and what the contractor more
clearly understands will be built - that's what I'm after.
Designing and
drafting are
intensely thoughtful processes, and your thoughts count for a great
deal in the making.
Symmetry?
The
eye looks for it, the mind's eye expects it, the mind is comforted
by it. It's a designer's habituation. Reined in this side of obsession,
it suits principles if not purposes.
A
tradesman
is someone who just might know more than you think he does, work
harder than you realize, and may be better at what he does than
you are at what you do, nine out of ten.
Stock
plans exemplify
that old advertising shibboleth, "One size fits all."
The good news is that you might be ahead of the game in that a lot
of smart, hard thought and complex deeds have gone before you, saved
you much time and effort, because it's tough to get the pieces of
a house to fit well, functionally, artfully. The bad news is that
those pieces probably won't exactly fit you and yours. One size
in stock plans does not fit all.
Some of the
best designed
spaces are the ones you hardly recognize, while they keep on doing
that which they're supposed to do.
A bad architect
is
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