"If it'a' been a snake it'a' bit me." I was gobsmacked and moved. I'm not over it. I was a little early so I decided to cruise around Architecture Tourist style. There's STILL a campground on Campground Road just north of McDonough. I'd stumbled int… Read more »
Glare Bombs: The eye-level bare bulb'ed pendant lights over the kitchen island are awful. Here are similar lights.Does this ever work? I asked the agent to turn them off for me - instant relief.It's a tear-down in my neighborhood. It's a safe design,… Read more »
On Tuesday morning the low winter sun lit the south side of McLendon and this little house caught my eye. Tax records say it's about 1,200 square feet, built in 1940. It's so good.There are 1000's of great ways to detail this wall but a billion bad w… Read more »
Why does this terrific house stay on the market so long?It was a late 80's near teardown, 4,500 square feet, great lot, great street, great neighborhood. It's a "statement" house, modern-ish, very well designed by Barry Doss R.I.P.. It's well built, … Read more »
What a year. See Part 1 "The Year in Diptychs, Triptychs, and N-tychs - Atlanta 2013."Uplit gloATL performed "Liquid Culture Utopia Station III" at the Goat Farm. Virginia Coleman performs gloATL's "Liquid Culture Utopia Station IV" with the High Mus… Read more »
Dencity Design ranks high on "edgy" in the Architecture Tourist scale of modernist home design. Once you know it's a Dencity, it's fun to guess whether it's a Bryan Russel (left) or Staffan Svenson (right) design. I think I can tell. I've house-sat … Read more »
I enjoy doing these. See "Part 2 - 2013 in N-tychs - People, Dance, Art, Houses, Cats, Turkey"The very first pickup of the very first season of WonderRoot CSA (Community Supported Art) featured art by Jessica Caldas, Nick Madden and Wret Rausaw, at … Read more »
Some of best "new urbanism" personalities spoke in Atlanta in last year.While I don't want to argue about urbanist definitions, I will argue that urbanist lectures are lots of fun. The standard for urbanist lectures is high. All compete with Jane Ja… Read more »