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I wasn't always fascinated with architecture and design. I'm not an architect, but I have come to realize how important good design is as an ingredient to better human health and well-being. And how important business skills are to successful practice.
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BASICS - STAIRS, RAMPS, AND SLOPES Stairs, ramps, and slopes are specific types of flooring assemblies that join two or more different levels. Their design is guided, in part, by larger design intentions that involve human movement through space, along with scale, location, orientation, wayfinding strategies, and their contextual fit within the immediate and surrounding environment. (Published 2012.0418)
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THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL: MAYBECK AND AALTO The San Francisco-based magazine Architectural News ceased publication in 1891 after only three issues, so there is no way of knowing what the specific contents of a planned future issue, a translation of Gottfried Semper's Der Stil by Bernard Maybeck, might have been. There is no evidence that the translation was ever made, of what sections he would have chosen, or what Semper's influence on Maybeck's work might be. (Published 2012.0404)
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