@GabrielDuquette @St_Rev Old things with a close human-thing interface solved design problems by evolution, innovation introduces misfit.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette@St_Rev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernacular_architecture … http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZM08CE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004ZM08CE&linkCode=as2&tag=aro-20 … http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AFZ3PI4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00AFZ3PI4&linkCode=as2&tag=aro-20 …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette God, Frank Lloyd Wright, speaking of actively hostile architecture.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette Mixed feelings about Wright. Think Wolfe is right that Bauhaus/Brutalism is the main villain1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette Wright's designs were unliveable if you were taller than Wright. And his roofs leaked.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette Didn’t know that about the ceiling height. Seem to recall he blamed leaks on builders, not design.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette novel building envelope is a major risk factor though, just from its being novel2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette Yes... but leaking roofs can be fixed easily enough. Unusably-shaped spaces are much harder.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@Meaningness "leaky roof" is at least something we have a word for and know to acknowledge as a problem
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