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I enjoyed that book like a cool beer on a hot day.
An architecture student loaned it to me – demanded I read it. He was that rare thing – an architect who had built buiuldings with his own hands – and they didn’t then leak! He was a bit upset with his fellow students who were getting the message from all sides in school that they were artists, sorry, pardon me, ARTISTS, and the wood and bricks and the little people who stuck them together were their tools. That book expressed his point of view of his chosen trade, sorry, pardon me, PROFESSION, and reinforced mine.
Stewart Brand has always been a breath of fresh air.
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The thread on architects that digressed to a discussion of Frank Lloyd Wright got me thinking about this book by Stewart Brand. I think it's a fantastic book and I re-read it about every six months. Anyone else out there read it?
*nick - i assume stewart's book is named "how buildings learn"?
*Buz- Yes, sorry for the lack of clarity.
*I enjoyed that book like a cool beer on a hot day. An architecture student loaned it to me - demanded I read it. He was that rare thing - an architect who had built buiuldings with his own hands - and they didn't then leak! He was a bit upset with his fellow students who were getting the message from all sides in school that they were artists, sorry, pardon me, ARTISTS, and the wood and bricks and the little people who stuck them together were their tools. That book expressed his point of view of his chosen trade, sorry, pardon me, PROFESSION, and reinforced mine.Stewart Brand has always been a breath of fresh air.
*I agree - excellent book - especially since I worked in one of his examples and worked on another. All very insightful.