Unidimensional Christmas Tree – Holiday 2021
Preferring not to chop down a tree to decorate, and preferring to keep it simple, I hinged three pieces of wood to form a triagle, drilled holes, and gathered Ghost […]
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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 4 Sculpture in the Forest: The Creek House
Chapter 4 Sculpture in the Forest: The Creek House Until the children settle down, we rent the Creek House as a “Secluded Forest Retreat” on HomeAway (aka vrbo.com). Settling […]
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 […]
Dare I announce I’m really starting the book?
Here’s a draft of the intro I wrote this morning. Summer 15 – draft Living Outside the Box: Why AuthenticOrganic Architecture Is Worth It ? (too cute?) Audience: potential clients […]
Feeling Immediately At Home–the Eckert-Hallam Residence
When Phil and Giselle Hallam walked into Art Dyson’s Eckert Residence a decade ago, they felt immediately at home. With windows facing all directions, they view the Valley and the […]
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 […]
Glass and Mirrors
With glass and mirrors, the river, the trees, and the sky appear to surround us. The shot I just can’t get is how it seems in the shower in the […]
Two Arthur Dyson Houses–How These Things Start
Dennis and I were so fortunate: my grandmother owned the big ranch house on the north side of the property as well as the land on which we eventually built. […]
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