On 2010-05-07 21:10 , Doug Franklin wrote:
Of course I've heard of him, but architecture for me isn't so much a discipline as part of the process of getting a place I want to live in.
if that's so, you're lucky; 95% of Americans (and 98% of American realtors) will call a 50's ranch "Victorian" if it has decorative trim somewhere or antiqued door latches
my interest in architecture was spurred by growing up with a student of Louis Khan; architectural sites were a regular part of my childhood vacations, and i still seek interesting architecture everywhere i go; i'm lucky (or cursed) to now live in an "historic district" where architecture is valued, though sometimes with a mummifying effect
there are some very stimulating movements in domestic architecture, including both prefab and locally sourced materials (almost opposites, but similar in how they refactor assumptions), but overall architecture is almost absent from everyday life -- there's little expectation that the design of a home or office should be special
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