@drethelin @sarahdoingthing I grew up with no AC, but would be tough now. My sisters and I put our beds in front of the windows in summer.
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@FormerDeminTX my dad built our house right into the mountain side so it stayed cool in summer - no AC requires better design
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@sarahdoingthing A lot of it is climate, too. There is a reason Carolina Lowcountry houses were up on pilings and had deep eaves.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Our childhoods influence us. Nothing says "home" to me like the sort of houses in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Home-Southern-Vernacular-House/dp/0847838269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410489961&sr=8-1&keywords=southern+vernacular+house …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@FormerDeminTX yeah and I want small and cozy! very interesting...will have to think more about this. reminds me of a concept...
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@FormerDeminTX "architecture of the imagination" - the idea that no house we live in can be perfect because we need a future ideal space
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@FormerDeminTX (to imagine ourselves into - we live not just in the present architecture but past and future too!)
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@sarahdoingthing There was a time when houses stayed. Over decades and centuries. You added on. Continuing art.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Is one of my loves about old houses. You can see where a porch was enclosed, a wing thrown on. They feel like continuance.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing We've just lost any sense of anything being multi-generational in our culture, and our architecture reflects that.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@FormerDeminTX that's what my grandmother's house is like - built by great-grandparents, added on & remodeled gradually, weird shapes!
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@sarahdoingthing Yes. It can be done beautifully (if one has money to do it.) It actually takes money these days to be perfectly imperfect.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@FormerDeminTX her antique split-shingle roof is so weird she had to get it insured by Lloyd's of London haha
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