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Milennia ago, Vitruvius said: "Architecture hath three things: Firmness, Commodity and Delight!"

Those such as "The Architect", who would only arrogantly USE the resources of others to enable build ...

"T.A",

I find your comments rather pathetic. Not only are you so self-absorbed that you are useless to both yourself and the evolution of human society, but also you expose your ignorance to all ...

Reaf...

Thanks for the background. Good to hear of your interest in environmental issues in architecture...this has been too long neglected by too many in the architectural community!

So, what ...

Reaf,

Where are you speaking/writing from? What country?

What is your field of endeavor / occupation...is it related to architecture?

To what kind of a group will you be spoeaking...are thes ...

This was an interesting design and it was good to see the attention paid to materials, air quality and energy conservation. I also liked the "family group" concept.

I am left with a couple of ques ...

Several elemnts of this article's discussion of concrete were contrary to my understanding:

Greenhouse Gasses - Rather than being given off "during curing", it's my understanding that fossil carbon ...

I regret that I didn't see your post untill too late. If you are truly intersted in the possibility of going into architecture, I would refer you to my rely under another post below on the forum page ...

I chose NOT to be an "architect", many years ago.

I was "trained" in architecture at a university, and I completed sufficient work-apprentiseship in offices under the oversight of licenced archit ...

This was certainly an interesting article on the innovative "resurrection" of an ancient FLLW design.

However, I find it most ecologically disturbing to note that the design's implementation called ...

Kurt,

I appreciate your most even-handed comments.

What I was getting at, in regard to "the architects convincing the clients", is that it seems that, all too often, it's the other way around. ...

This article was a SO-TWENTIETH-CENTURTY review of a so-twentieth-century design.

No mention was made of how (or if) it addressed such environmental issues as minimizing over-heating, natural ven ...

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Topic: why would u become a architecture
Don Stephens Replies: 11 Views: 13838	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:47 am Subject: why would u become a architecture
Don Stephens Replies: 11 Views: 13838	Milennia ago, Vitruvius said: "Architecture hath three things: Firmness, Commodity and Delight!" Those such as "The Architect", who would only arrogantly USE the resources of others to enable build ...
Topic: why would u become a architecture
Don Stephens Replies: 11 Views: 13838	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:28 pm Subject: why would u become a architecture
Don Stephens Replies: 11 Views: 13838	"T.A", I find your comments rather pathetic. Not only are you so self-absorbed that you are useless to both yourself and the evolution of human society, but also you expose your ignorance to all ...
Topic: ArchWeek - Spec'ing Green
Don Stephens Replies: 7 Views: 12158	Forum: Green Building & Climate Forum Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:15 pm Subject: Seeking clarification
Don Stephens Replies: 7 Views: 12158	Reaf... Thanks for the background. Good to hear of your interest in environmental issues in architecture...this has been too long neglected by too many in the architectural community! So, what ...
Topic: ArchWeek - Spec'ing Green
Don Stephens Replies: 7 Views: 12158	Forum: Green Building & Climate Forum Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:47 pm Subject: ArchWeek - Spec'ing Green
Don Stephens Replies: 7 Views: 12158	Reaf, Where are you speaking/writing from? What country? What is your field of endeavor / occupation...is it related to architecture? To what kind of a group will you be spoeaking...are thes ...
Topic: ArchWeek - Environmental Eldercare
Don Stephens Replies: 1 Views: 4187	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:35 am Subject: The untold stories...
Don Stephens Replies: 1 Views: 4187	This was an interesting design and it was good to see the attention paid to materials, air quality and energy conservation. I also liked the "family group" concept. I am left with a couple of ques ...
Topic: ArchWeek - Spec'ing Green
Don Stephens Replies: 7 Views: 12158	Forum: Green Building & Climate Forum Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:56 am Subject: Concrete as building material
Don Stephens Replies: 7 Views: 12158	Several elemnts of this article's discussion of concrete were contrary to my understanding: Greenhouse Gasses - Rather than being given off "during curing", it's my understanding that fossil carbon ...
Topic: Please help, occupation questions
Don Stephens Replies: 2 Views: 3954	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:17 pm Subject: Please help, occupation questions
Don Stephens Replies: 2 Views: 3954	I regret that I didn't see your post untill too late. If you are truly intersted in the possibility of going into architecture, I would refer you to my rely under another post below on the forum page ...
Topic: why would u become a architecture
Don Stephens Replies: 11 Views: 13838	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:48 am Subject: why would u become a architecture
Don Stephens Replies: 11 Views: 13838	I chose NOT to be an "architect", many years ago. I was "trained" in architecture at a university, and I completed sufficient work-apprentiseship in offices under the oversight of licenced archit ...
Topic: On "Measuring Up Wright"
Don Stephens Replies: 1 Views: 3123	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:50 am Subject: On "Measuring Up Wright"
Don Stephens Replies: 1 Views: 3123	This was certainly an interesting article on the innovative "resurrection" of an ancient FLLW design. However, I find it most ecologically disturbing to note that the design's implementation called ...
Topic: Article on "Chambers of the Villa Nautilus"
Don Stephens Replies: 2 Views: 5325	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:49 pm Subject: nautilus house review
Don Stephens Replies: 2 Views: 5325	Kurt, I appreciate your most even-handed comments. What I was getting at, in regard to "the architects convincing the clients", is that it seems that, all too often, it's the other way around. ...
Topic: Article on "Chambers of the Villa Nautilus"
Don Stephens Replies: 2 Views: 5325	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:34 am Subject: Article on "Chambers of the Villa Nautilus"
Don Stephens Replies: 2 Views: 5325	This article was a SO-TWENTIETH-CENTURTY review of a so-twentieth-century design. No mention was made of how (or if) it addressed such environmental issues as minimizing over-heating, natural ven ...