More Ideas on Shelters
A relatively new design in metal buildings reworks the truss so that two moments are carried on two sides rather than one moment being...
The Homeless Shelter of the Future
The homeless shelter of the future must be reworked from the sprawling grid of cots completely devoid of privacy to the cubicle with...
It's Time To Redesign The Suburbs
In the traditional suburban development you subdivide your land into lots and put each house in the center of the lot. The front yard...
Deluxe Suburban Refuge w/ Pool & Storage
In a previous post I tried to devise an ICF suburban home suited to the urbanite seeking suburban refuge. In this post I develop a new...
Refuge In Suburbia
A constellation of factors is driving people out of cities and into the suburbs. At the same time the old 'builder' produced 'luxury'...
Post Covid Pod
With the arrival of the Covid crisis, the work-from-home employment model is displacing the work-at-office model. The real estate...
Clubs As Alternatives To Apartments ?
The whole theory of the modern mega-apartment complex is 'radically unsound' to paraphrase the great Irish bard. The time has come...
Was the Larkin Building the first RDBMS ?
The Larkin Soap Company was founded in 1875 by John D Larkin. Like Sears & Roebuck, mail order stores preceded the department store. ...
How Could Covid Rework The Workplace?
Winds in the east, mist coming in, Like somethin' is brewin' and 'bout to begin. Can't put me finger on what lies in store, But I feel...
The Post Covid Office
Geoffrey James looks to the time after the Covid crisis subsides in his latest article at Inc.com. Of particular interest is his...
