The Illegal Architect

1) architecture is about experience 2) architecture does not require Architects 3) building photos are not architecture photos 4) external critique is always better than internal

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House in Chiharada | Studio Velocity

I want to meet the family that lives here, what a dance they must do everyday.

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Sometimes we give up our freedom to roam and explore to delight in a carefully planned experience crafted by someone else.

[ryanpanos]

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Columbia Medical + Graduate Education Building | Diller Scofidio + Renfro | via ryanpanos

Continuing the theme of beautiful choreography.  This would be a great stage for Odyssey Works (probably a better one now than when it is complete)

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Architects of Life

Some real illegal architects take the choreographed sequences we often dream up in our heads to the extreme, arranging not just walls but life.

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All I Own House | PKMN Architectures

I love solutions like this but also know that I would tire quickly of moving things about.  Its like a whole house 'murphy' bed.

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Tiny Houses Have A Not-So-Tiny Problem

Whole-heartedly agree

[polychroniadis]

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Arquitectura & Urbanismo | El Helicoide | Via

Who says architects are our of touch with society?

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This is a great reminder that we must focus on what we can do for our clients not just what we want to do ourselves. It seems we have reached a tipping point, having given away so much of our work to consultants that our clients can legitimately ask why they need us.

No scope is below me because there is no project I cannot enrich with my God-given creativity.

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I'm legal now.

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Nendo | Bracket Desk

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SANNA | Vitra Factory Plans

A simple view of complexity.

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Landscape is the culture that contains all human cultures

Barry Lopez

[archatlas]

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Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs | Aki Inomata | via the-gasoline-station

More Mobile Homes...

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Brick Buildings | Eladio Dieste | via the-gasoline-station

"I studied engineering because I am interested physics astronomy - I am fascinated by the posibility of understanding reality through the physical mathematical language." Eladio Dieste

[worldssmallesttrampoline]

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House Movers, San Francisco | Dave Glass | via the-gasoline-station

It's funny how something can seem so permanent yet have such a mobile history.

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Golden Gate Bridge Construction | Unknown

Found this in a vintage photo shop a while back

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Tensegrity Structure | The Illegal Architect

Experiments with cable nets and tensegrity