My Date with Mickey Meunnig
After hearing about Mickey Meunnig from Fred Stitt at San Francisco Institute of Architecture (http://www.sfia.net/), I wanted to meet the creative organic architect on the cloudy coast. I had heard […]
Category Archives: Orgatecturally Thinking
Essays on the orgatecture experience: dreaming it, creating it, living it.
Windows Are for Letting in the Wind
On a night when my brain won’t rest, done with sleep and much on my mind, I pad across the bamboo floors, tight and quiet and warm on my […]
Architecture is Child’s Play
In a fascinating article in the Atlantic Monthly this month (April 2014) entitled “Hey Parents, Leave those Kids Alone,” Hanna Rosin quotes sociologist Roger Hart, who studied children’s play. Describing […]
a retreat to the den
The den/guest bedroom is a good retreat for a light sleeper kept awake by barking dogs across the river.
Wallace Stevens “Six Significant Landscapes” (VI)
Rationalists, wearing square hats, Think, in square rooms, Looking at the floor. Looking at the ceiling. They confine themselves To right-angled triangles. If they tried rhomboids, Cones, waving lines. ellipses— […]
4th of July Decoration
4th of July Decoration-fennel and spearmint
Sustainability is an organic idea
Sustainability in the Balance Eat local-go green-give back-get exercise-save energy-don’t burn-go off the grid-pinch pennies-pay it forward- save water-avoid waste simplify-eat organic-grow your own-support the community-live close to nature-clear brush. […]
Dog Days of Summer
It’s well over the century mark here in Central California, but I’m working under the dramatic cantilevered roofline, and I’m perfectly comfortable. With the overhang, river breeze, and ceiling fans, […]
The Lencioni Res on Architizer
http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/lencioni-residence/26671/?sr=1#.UbjLTevgJ_l One site promoting the message of innovative architecture is a website called Architizer. Several of Arthur Dyson’s buildings are featured, but only the Lencioni residence received comments–some flattering (“magnificent,” […]
The Client’s Perspective
I live in an unusual home—it’s been called a “wooden shell,” a “paisley,” a “hobbit house,” “The Eye.” My late husband Dennis Lencioni and I built this organic, sensual passive-solar […]
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