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Let us put an end to the endless disputes between those who think that "anything goes" (what the French call bouillon de culture: a sort of "culture medium" or "broth") and those who are unconditional supporters of a single, unique "good taste."
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Floods are the most frequent natural disaster in the United States. One in three federal disaster declarations is related to flooding, many as a result of hurricanes affecting heavily populated U.S. coastlines. Flooding is not new. Some flooding is part of the natural hydrologic cycle and the sustenance it brings to life on Earth.
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By the time I saw Lloyd House's "Leaf House," then the sauna he built, I realized he was the builder of my dreams. He did things I'd never seen a builder do. He was tuned deeply into his materials and surroundings, and there was joy and wit in addition to master craftsmanship. Here was a builder able to carry through on his own designs to the last detail. His creations took my breath away. When I came upon the sauna, I was stunned.
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More Building and Construction Tornado Resistant Dome Buildings in Oklahoma — Fox 23, 2011.0513Superblock Plan Gets OK from Baltimore Design Panel — Baltimore Business Journal, 2011.0512 Turkey to Build 2 'New Cities' for Istanbul — Associated Press, 2011.0511 Feature at Trade Center Is Halted after $10 Million — New York Times, 2011.0511 Boulevard of Broken Dreams... — WAN, 2011.0511 Quake to Spur Japan Homebuilding Boom, Sekisui House Says — San Francisco Chronicle, 2011.0509 U.S. Lumber Producer Looks Abroad — Wall Street Journal, 2011.0509 Redefining New York City's Skyscrapers — Crain's New York Business, 2011.0508 Architecture Building to Open Soon — Oklahoma Daily, 2011.0505 A Guilty Conscience Stifles Good Urban Design — The Globe and Mail, 2011.0505 Prebuilt Offices Now Draw Higher-End Tenants — New York Times, 2011.0504 West End Projects Bring Architectural Flair to DC — Greater Greater Washington, 2011.0504 Luxury Hotels Fully Recovered? Not so Fast — Wall Street Journal, 2011.0504 Group Criticizes Former HUD Secretary on Transfer Fees — Wall Street Journal, 2011.0504 Economy: Half Full or Half Empty — BuildingProductMarketing.com, 2011.0504 More Locales Found at Risk of Storm Surge — Boston Globe, 2011.0504 China Unveils Its Space Station — Nature, 2011.0504 Department of Education Launches Green Ribbon Schools — Ashland Current, 2011.0503 Beazer Homes Posts Q2 Loss as New Home Orders Fall — Reuters, 2011.0503 U.S. Construction Spending Rises More Than Forecast as Manufacturing Gains — Bloomberg, 2011.0502 A Bootless Month for Builders — Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2011.0430 Do Home Builders Have a Future? — Wall Street Journal, 2011.0429 In France, a Home Nestled in Nature — New York Times, 2011.0428 Coney Island Riding High — Architect's Newspaper, 2011.0427 Architect Paul Katz: Designer of Asia's Tallest Skyscrapers — CNN Go, 2011.0425 Saudi Royal Family Building a Mile High Tower, Literally — Reuters, 2011.0425 A New Brooklyn Bridge - This Time Made of Trees — Popular Mechanics, 2011.0425 The Decline of the Tacky Strip Mall — Oregon Business, 2011.0425 Seattle Allows Taller Buildings for South-Downtown Areas — Seattle Times, 2011.0425 Architect of Change — The Hindu, 2011.0425
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