With the presidential candidates heading into the final stretch for the nomination for 2008, it's time to rate the candidates' homes! Although it's far from being a complete listing, you can check out the pictures along with background information of the homes of...
I dread each time my wife says, "I think we need to rearrange this room." I have experience in this area and know all too well we'll spend lots of time moving furniture into place only to move the same pieces back when we find they don't fit. I understand my wife's...
Whenever I entertain visitors from out of town, I take them to see the MIT building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that I call "The Crazy Building" —more commonly known as the Stata Center. It never fails to get a "Wow" from them. Architecture has tremendous influence...
I know a fair amount about the building business, after all I live with an architect. So, you'd think nothing would surprise me. Wrong! I was baffled to find myself in the fray as I put a small remodeling project out to bid. "This won't be bad," I thought. "I have the...
Who knew that the snout house was such a confrontational design? Apparently these houses that present a large garage on the street-facing facade are much maligned. Some communties are going so far as to pass ordinances banning them. Come on, now—this sloping garage...
