The #AffordableHousing crisis parallels the #HousingCrisis after World War 2, both caused by a shortage of land, labor, building materials, financing, and excessive bureaucracy that created inflation. Experts, activists, pundits, reporters, and politicians all sang in chorus “we

With the announcement GM General Motors is moving out of Detroit's Renaissance Center I had to find my copy of 'The Architect as Developer' signed by Architect John Portman. The 1976 book featured renderings of the proposed development, including two south offices tower and

Keep hearing “why aren’t houses made in factories?”. High-tech housing startups are essentially repackaging old concepts with modern styling. Panelized, pre-cut, prefab homes shipped to site have been available for 100 years. Transportation, financing, building codes were

Architects & Planners have dreamed of the #15MinuteCity for decades, the most prominent example being the “Walkable City” by the British architectural design firm #Archigram ”. Their visionary self-sustained high-tech society consisted of standardized interchangeable

My friend Rose is looking for a house in Edwardsville Illinois and noticed this listing on Zillow. There is no description for the laundry room and the unusual arrangement of the washer & dryer, so I suggest 'laundry room is small but functional'. Anyone with alternative captions

On #Caturday Greyson watches goldfish videos

Had a chance to visit Detroit’s first 3D printed house & the builder gave me an unscheduled inside tour. Many have questioned the 225K price for the 2-bedroom 1 bath 1000 sqft house but this is for a new single-family residence in city where the median age of houses is 70 years.

Architects & Planners have dreamed of the #15MinuteCity for decades, the most prominent example being the “Walkable City” by the British architectural design firm #Archigram ”. Their visionary self-sustained high-tech society consisted of standardized interchangeable

Pre-cut housing manufacturer #GordonVanTine (Davenport Iowa) offered their own version of #FrankLloydWright ’s 1908 Stockman House (Mason City Iowa), altering the Stockman design sufficiently to avoid copyright infringement, a standard practice in the precut housing industry. For

Another #ModernArchitecture #MidCenturyModern treasure I found cleaning out the basement is the 1965 recording 'Conversations Regarding the Future of Architecture' with commentary by #MiesVanDerRohe , #EeroSaarinen , #GordonBunshaft , #PhilipJohnson , #RichardNeutra , and

For fans of #ModernArchitecture and #MidCenturyModern , I was cleaning out the basement and found my 1961 #FrankLloydWright record album, a lecture the world's most famous #Architect gave June 1956 in New York City. #Architect ure

Queen Olivia taking a #CatBoxSunday nap. #CatsofX #CatsOfTwitter

Had a chance to visit Detroit’s first 3D printed house & the builder gave me an unscheduled inside tour. Many have questioned the 225K price for the 2-bedroom 1 bath 1000 sqft house but this is for a new single-family residence in city where the median age of houses is 70 years.

An #AffordableHousing crisis during World War One was solved by prefabricated housing manufacturers such as Sears Homes & Aladdin Homes. They offered stylish mail-order pre-cut house kits that customers were encouraged to customize. A perfect Aladdin Winthrop in Linton Indiana.

I was halfway up the basement steps when I heard the clothes dryer going THUMP MEOW THUMP MEOW. Fred had jumped inside among the warm moist towels when I wasn't looking, and I closed the door! Fred is OK and hopefully he learned a valuable lesson. #CatsofX #Caturday

Ralph the Cat takes a break from watching TV to help with home improvement projects. #Caturday #CatsofX #CatsofTwitter

'Has anyone seen the cat?

My cat Ralph hiding behind the door, waiting to attack. #Caturday #CatsofX #CatsofTwitter