The land one calls home is most definitely a place that is irreplaceable for a number of different reasons. However, I think that several careful analyzations of the physical property are necessary to ensure it is perfect and up to expectations. Renovations can be done as the building ages of course, but minimal ones will be needed when there are seven or more years of studying what to build on a single location. Mike Stone says in his review “the act of creating influences and enriches the design process,” which personally stuck out to me because in class we repeatedly discussed the sole importance of designing and planning before actually implementing set in.The main theme of Mike Stone’s project was set on the confidence confided in consistently testing a potential place of homeland. Stone states he built models of the home, tore them down, re-built them, and restarted again until he reached full satisfaction in his model. Until the house on that property represented everything Stone wanted and desired there would be constant testing, trial-and-error models, and other factors altering the potential house. Throughout this review I was exposed to the idea of manipulating the land to make it how one wants; it is difficult to do but necessary in some situations. For example, Stone says his drawings for the house plan began as intricately drafted at first but then they get riskier, artistically challenging, and “out-of-order” by the end of the drawing session. The architecture class theme of exploiting the importance of paying attention to the design/planning process was reinforced and encouraged in Mike Stone’s review. Spending lots of planning time and making multiple models was a major part of Stone’s review as well as a topic thoroughly covered in our class.