Category Archives: Residential Design
September 30, 2011 Why is my town so ugly?
It’s been quite some time since my last posting. Things have been festering. It has been 18 months since I moved from Chicago to Redondo Beach, California and I’ve given myself adequate time to acclimate to the different aesthetics. At first, it was the vegetation. How strange everything seemed with palm trees, hollyhock, eucalyptus, all [...]
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May 20, 2010 Censorship from the AIA? OMG!
We just learned that last week BQE Software submitted the advertisement shown here to run in the AIA Florida/Caribbean Architect magazine. They received an email from an Account Manager at McGraw-Hill telling them that the Association (AIA), felt that this ad was “inappropriate for their audience.“ I nearly dropped my chai latte on my lap [...]
Tags: AIA, censorship, McGraw-Hill
May 5, 2010 A Woman’s Place Is In The Home
Hey, why are you nodding your head? It’s not politically correct. Didn’t you pay attention to Reagan and his cadre of etiquette and right-thinking acolytes? Ahhhh, you say your nodding head isn’t really a sign of approbation. Of course, you don’t agree with this headline. No siree Bob. If it weren’t for that neck injury [...]
Tags: architecture, home, myths, truth, women
