the new year begs to be ushered in. 2008. double aught eight. the 'noog quietly and patiently waits for us to get our act together. as luck would have it, we finally closed on our house in charlotte, and given the difficult real estate market these days we are amoung the fortunate. of course it took a young california couple with an eye for something different to appreciate our little bungalow.
so, the new year begins with the search for property, views, schools, and proximity. armed with nothing but preconceptions, we venture forth... furtile land for healthy roots.
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the adventures of 2 architects and their hilarious journey through the mine field of designing and building their own family-friendly, eco-friendly, budget-friendly home. will they survive? tune in to find out...
lewis carroll lessons...
Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people.
The Cat: Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
Alice: How do you know I'm mad?
The Cat: You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.
The Cat: Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
Alice: How do you know I'm mad?
The Cat: You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.
quotes-n-whatnot
It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.- from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough. - fear and loathing in las vegas
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. - Frank Herbert (Dune)
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.- Albert Camus
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.- Dorothy Parker
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.- Buckminster Fuller
The earth is not dying–it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses- Utah Philips
No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough. - fear and loathing in las vegas
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. - Frank Herbert (Dune)
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.- Albert Camus
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.- Dorothy Parker
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.- Buckminster Fuller
The earth is not dying–it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses- Utah Philips
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- TOMS
- architects associates
- arcspace
- re-modern
- pecha kucha
- think geek stuff
- biomega bikes
- dominus winery
- dwell mag
- sanders pace arch
- form-ula
- prefabulous dwellings
- wendell berry bio/links
- goldsworthy sheepfolds
- banksy
- Hawking... Stephen Hawking
- Hawken... Paul Hawken
- chatta green drinks
- daad
- chattanooga green spaces
- chatta culture at its finest
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