Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-17 Thread Madame RD
Le 17/05/10 02:51, P. J. Alling a écrit : On 5/9/2010 12:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Doug Franklin On 2010-05-07 7:53, frank theriault wrote: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg I couldn't do that. I'm not an exhibitionist. I think it's something like a guest

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-16 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/7/2010 4:05 PM, Bob W wrote: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones.

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-16 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/9/2010 12:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Doug Franklin On 2010-05-07 7:53, frank theriault wrote: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg I couldn't do that. I'm not an exhibitionist. I think it's something like a guest house, someplace for a visitor to stay for

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-10 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi John, Right click on a location on the map and select What's Here and google will give you Longitude Latitude. You can use the numbers Google Maps gives you as a link. If you're talking about what I think you're talking about try plugging 51.669177,0.003191 into Google Maps as your

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread John Sessoms
Not originally my nit however. From: Jerry in Arizona Maybe a nit, but PBS only receives 15% of its funding from the feds. From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Completely, waaa OT: Architecture - Personal Message-ID: 4be43d7a.5070...@nc.rr.com Content

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin On 2010-05-07 22:58, paul stenquist wrote: uhh...it's a church! Yeah, but I was coming at it from the perspective of the design of a house I'd live in. For God's House, it's great, of course. Not so much for the place I park my car every evening. :-) Worked Ok for

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin On 2010-05-07 23:08, paul stenquist wrote: Don't know if it's a support member, but it feels like it. Nicely integrated, I'd say. If it's not load-bearing, there's a bloody mountain of steel hiding in there somewhere to support the floors. The walls can obviously

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin On 2010-05-07 7:53, frank theriault wrote: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg I couldn't do that. I'm not an exhibitionist. I think it's something like a guest house, someplace for a visitor to stay for a weekend. That sort of thing. I

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-09 12:00, John Sessoms wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if there were full size, wrap-around curtains that were removed temporarily during the photo shoot. Back in the early seventies, one of my aunts lived in Ft. Lauderdale. During a visit, we took a guided tour of the Intracoastal

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread John Francis
On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 12:00:23PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Doug Franklin On 2010-05-07 7:53, frank theriault wrote: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg I couldn't do that. I'm not an exhibitionist. I think it's something like a guest house, someplace for a

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Malcolm Smith Hi Doug, About five years ago, a development of six of these were put up twenty mins walk from me in a gated development off a main road. Is there a chance that knowing the location more precisely, I could find out more about them? If they're private homes,

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-07 14:54 , Jim King wrote: Nice use of glass: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/image/124305253.jpg here's a Pentax photo i found that shows it less as the powerful cross surmounting all, and makes me more comfortable with the design

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Doug, About five years ago, a development of six of these were put up twenty mins walk from me in a gated development off a main road. Is there a chance that knowing the location more precisely, I could find out more about them? If they're private homes, probably not, unless the

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Doug, Well, if I can realistically expect to afford a completely custom home, it means the Lottery Fairy visited and price is, practically, not really an object. So, if I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big. :-) Anyway, I'm more about the land than the house. If price is no object,

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread Jim King
Doug Franklin wrote on Fri, 07 May 2010 19:55:51 -0700 On 2010-05-07 16:54, Jim King wrote: Nice use of glass: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/image/124305253.jpg I love the exterior front, though I'd probably forego the Christian symbology. Needs a

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-08 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-07 21:10 , Doug Franklin wrote: Of course I've heard of him, but architecture for me isn't so much a discipline as part of the process of getting a place I want to live in. if that's so, you're lucky; 95% of Americans (and 98% of American realtors) will call a 50's ranch Victorian

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread John Sessoms
OK, this is so far off topic, ... anyway I've always been a minimalist in a lot of ways when it comes to style. Style in fashion, architecture, whatever (except I'm a hoarder, but what are you gonna do?). I'm a big fan of what we in the US call Scandinavian Modern furniture design (wood,

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones. People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones.

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Steven Desjardins I took a modern architecture course in college. I prefer FL Wright to Bauhaus. I am much more partial to a range of angles, eaves on houses, etc. I'm even a fan of Le Corbusier's Chapel. http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/ronchamp/index.htm I like building that have a bit

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Jerry in Arizona
Maybe a nit, but PBS only receives 15% of its funding from the feds. From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Completely, waaa OT: Architecture - Personal Message-ID: 4be43d7a.5070...@nc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Malcolm Smith
frank theriault wrote: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg At one time I had one of these in my garden. Granted it had more panes of glass, was smaller and I called it a greenhouse but in essence there were few differences (other than price - I bet this costs). More

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 12:26:53PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones. People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Bob W
[...] individual, multi acre plot. Bob said that modern architects don't give any thought to the way people live. [...] In fairness, the old architects weren't much better. Whoever designed this house in the 1890s obviously gave no thought at all to how I'd want to use it 120 years later.

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Bob W
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones.

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 16:05, Bob W wrote: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones.

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Jim King
Nice use of glass: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/image/124305253.jpg Regards, Jim __ Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 16:54, Jim King wrote: Nice use of glass: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/image/124305253.jpg I love the exterior front, though I'd probably forego the Christian symbology. Needs a lot more windows on the sides. Can't find photos of

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 12:19, John Sessoms wrote: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Barcelona_Pavilion.html http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Farnsworth_House.html http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Tugendhat_House.html Yep, replace some of that glass with opaque materials, and you're

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread paul stenquist
On May 7, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-05-07 16:54, Jim King wrote: Nice use of glass: the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ: http://www.pbase.com/jamesk8752/image/124305253.jpg I love the exterior front, though I'd probably forego the Christian symbology.

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 12:54, John Sessoms wrote: http://www.wayfarerschapel.org/your-visit/architecture-gallery/ Doesn't work for me. Too busy. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 22:58, paul stenquist wrote: uhh...it's a church! Yeah, but I was coming at it from the perspective of the design of a house I'd live in. For God's House, it's great, of course. Not so much for the place I park my car every evening. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread paul stenquist
On May 7, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-05-07 22:58, paul stenquist wrote: uhh...it's a church! Yeah, but I was coming at it from the perspective of the design of a house I'd live in. For God's House, it's great, of course. Not so much for the place I park my car

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 0:44, frank theriault wrote: I love Bauhaus. Apparently, so do I, though I've only known that for about 48 hours now. :-) Gropius. Ok, more library time. Mies van der Rohe. Of course I've heard of him, but architecture for me isn't so much a discipline as part of the

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 23:08, paul stenquist wrote: I'll go along with that. Don't want a cross on the front of the house. In all seriousness, I have friends from pretty much every end of the religious spectrum, from Wiccans to Orthodox Jews, and everything in between. I wouldn't want to do

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 3:27, Malcolm Smith wrote: About five years ago, a development of six of these were put up twenty mins walk from me in a gated development off a main road. Is there a chance that knowing the location more precisely, I could find out more about them? If they're private homes,

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 7:53, frank theriault wrote: http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg I couldn't do that. I'm not an exhibitionist. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-07 13:19, Malcolm Smith wrote: I expect they work better if you have it placed in a well screened, individual, multi acre plot. Well, if I can realistically expect to afford a completely custom home, it means the Lottery Fairy visited and price is, practically, not really an

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Doug, On PBS (US federal government funded TV) a few days ago, I saw an episode about Huf Haus. It's apparently an English company founded by Germans that does semi custom prefab houses in a way not many USicans will find familiar. I discovered on their web site that my taste in houses

RE: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Bob W
Architecture is something I find fascinating and something I enjoy taking photos of. About five years ago, a development of six of these were put up twenty mins walk from me in a gated development off a main road. I've always understood the panoramic views that can be had by locating

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The problem with modern architects is that they don't give any thought to the way people actually live. Take that house for example - useless if you like to throw stones. http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/l/glasshouse.jpg

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
I took a modern architecture course in college. I prefer FL Wright to Bauhaus. I am much more partial to a range of angles, eaves on houses, etc. I'm even a fan of Le Corbusier's Chapel. http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/ronchamp/index.htm I like building that have a bit of the whimsical

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
WOW! That is a very attractive structure, but how could anyone possibly live in it? Dan On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:53 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The problem with modern architects is that they don't give

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread eckinator
Lack of neighbors, you have to own all the surrounding land. Else, be exhibitionist. Tempting though, isn't it? Ecke 2010/5/7 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: WOW!  That is a very attractive structure, but how could anyone possibly live in it? Dan On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:53 AM,

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-07 Thread Jack Davis
Located in Windex Estates? Transition glass? Jack --- On Fri, 5/7/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Completely, waaa OT: Architecture - Personal To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, May 7, 2010

Re: Completely, waaayyyy OT: Architecture - Personal

2010-05-06 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: OK,  this is so far off topic, ... anyway I've always been a minimalist in a lot of ways when it comes to style. Style in fashion, architecture, whatever (except I'm a hoarder, but what are you gonna do?). I'm a