So the point of residential architecture is to be special and unusual? What about comfort? Concerns about environmental damage? (Glass and aluminum have very high rates of embodied energy, and m...

While there are some really beautiful elements to that home, it strikes me a bit odd in a couple of ways: -They boast about using plastic stickers to achieve 75% opacity.......on gigan...

The cord-winder thing comes from an old DIY design from Popular Mechanics in the late 70's-early 80's. They propose that you can do it yourself by cutting a couple of holes in a thin piece of met...

Aesthetics aside, the word is neither 'swag' nor 'swagging,' but rather 'to swage' or 'swaging.' Makes a big difference!