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Design depends largely on constraints.” — Charles Eames

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Intelligent Design, Eames-Style

For a while, I’ve had the fairly well-known Charles Eames quote “Design depends largely on constraints” as the tagline on my blog (if you read this in a feed...

published on Thursday, May 10 2007

Thoughts on a Suburban Nation

Interested in living in actual communities, rather than subdivisions or “pods”? Tired of spending most of your life in a car? I’ve been getting a lot of books from the...

published on Monday, March 22 2004 ( 2 comments )

The Gherkin

One of the most interesting examples of architecture I’ve seen in a while is the nearly-finished Swiss Re building(aka 30 St. Mary Axe) in London, also known as “The Gherkin”...

published on Wednesday, September 10 2003 ( 4 comments )