The most beautiful house
2008-09-05 20:34:05.269978+02 by
Dan Lyke
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I think it was Nancy, the signature is a little tough to decipher, mailed us a copy of Witold Rybcyzynski![[Wiki]](/adbanners/lookingglass.png)
's The Most Beautiful House In The World, a light little piece by an architect about starting to build a workshop in which to construct a boat, and ending up with a home. It's an interesting ramble by an architect about architectural considerations of house design, but in the end felt a little bit light, a dilettante dabbling in construction and an architect who, like, it seems, most architects, has never really delved into what makes a space livable, more what makes a space "pretty".
There are a few insights, I'm not sorry to have read it, but I still want to find that book on architecture that goes deeper.
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#Comment Re: made: 2008-09-05 21:57:12.265197+02 by:
Nancy
A light little piece? That makes me laugh. It's a small book but I couldn't wade through it. Just didn't hold my interest at all. But somehow I thought you might enjoy it, so yes, it was I who sent it. Did it show up not long ago? Because I mailed my mom (in Alaska) a magazine at the same time (I think) and she's still waiting for it...just curious.
#Comment Re: made: 2008-09-05 22:43:47.771086+02 by:
spc476
You might like reading Stewart Brand's How Buildings Learn. It's all about usability and adaptability in buildings and a large rant against what Stewart calls "magazine architecture."
#Comment Re: made: 2008-09-05 22:48:41.083858+02 by:
spc476
Oh, and part one of a series based off How Buildings Learn, narrated by Stewart Brand.
#Comment Re: made: 2008-09-05 23:27:37.486804+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Yep, Nancy, it was something on the order of a month ago, I've just been remiss in getting to it and acknowledging it. And in saying "light", I don't necessarily mean that it was always easy reading, just that it seemed to skim a lot of territory with out delving too deeply.
#Comment Re: made: 2008-09-06 00:25:16.152412+02 by:
crasch
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Second spc476's recommendation of How Buildings Learn.
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