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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:05 PM Original message |
Why hasn't residential architecture changed appreciably in the last hundreds of years? |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here, tell it to these guys... |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Come take a look over here in Canada and see.. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, I've seen those Dutch, hydraulically lifted houses. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Inertia, Cost and Custom |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Building codes and lawyers. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. My husband is an architect (although not residential) and we live in a very modern |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Dwell prefabs (in case anyone is interested): |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. now wait just a moment there... I live in a "trailer" |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. from a carpenter |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Architects Need To Lead The Way |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Oddly, I like the Sleeper house and don't like most FLW designs |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. I Suspect Partly Because Cities Became Less Involved In Planning |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. The new houses have good insulation, but I think that is about it |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because people haven't changed appreciably in the last hundreds of years. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. We have in america , cardboard boxes are the next craze |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Scale, and because we don't live in sci-fi books. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because there are only three architects in the country and two of them |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Most houses are not designed by architects... |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. I Disagree |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. They don't use balloon framing anymore |
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