Oh, Let There Be Nothing on Earth but Laundry
Oh, Let There Be Nothing on Earth but Laundry (with gratitude to Richard Wilbur) When the wash cycle ends, the racket stops like boisterous children caught roughhousing in the […]
Category Archives: Orgatecturally Thinking
Essays on the orgatecture experience: dreaming it, creating it, living it.
Chapter 5. Architherapy
Chapter 5. Architherapy: How Does Architecture Impact Our Lives and Well-Being? First we shape our buildings, then they shape us. -Winston Churchill I’ve thought a lot about the psychological […]
Chapter 3: House as a Reflection of Our Selves
Chapter 3. House as a Reflection of Our Selves The space you choose to inhabit is an expression of your style, values, aspirations, and self-image. Architectural apathy, choosing not to […]
Chapter 2: Love Song to Our River House (draft)
Love Song to Our River House Shadows in this house hang confidently like art. Where water dances on the ceiling, There is the music of […]
Chapter 1 draft At Home: A Client’s Argument for Reflexive Architecture
At Home: A Client’s Argument for Reflexive Architecture Preface by Arthur Dyson Dedication For my husbands, who help my dreams spring to life: Greg Alan Lapp Dennis […]
The Grace of Flight-A Morning Poem
(and now, the fog rolls up the river like a cloud–see? the mountain’s gone!) ___________________________________ The Grace of Flight–A Morning Poem ___________________________________ Opening my eyes in the night, I […]
Working Prologue by Wallace Stevens
Prologue (I scribbled this stanza in Art’s copy of his book years ago) Rationalists, wearing square hats, Think, in square rooms, Looking at the floor. Looking at the ceiling. They […]
Location, Location,…
To stay at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur was out of our price range, so I found Richard Wangoe’s romantic canyon retreat on VRBO. Perched in a 700 […]
More of Robert Oshatz’ Work
Several people sent me these photos of Robert Oshatz’s Floating House as it appeared in Inside Outsidemagazine. We also saw this house on Extreme Homes, and Oshatz’s Miyasaka Residence is […]
Interview with Robert Oshatz: The Natural Beauty and Lyrical Music of Architecture
Interview with Robert Oshatz: The Natural Beauty and Lyrical Music of Architecture by Alex Levin on Freshome.com
