Using the analogy of Rube Goldberg's complicated machines and the example of Chinese cities, I discuss the missteps taken in the pursuit of sustainable modernist architecture, and what we can learn from our ancestors.
Gratitude, What Next, and Competition
Perhaps more than any other year, 2018 has been a year of gratitude for me. Family members survived the California fire, my daughter and son in law are expecting, my lovely life partner has not gone totally bananas from my writing. For all these I am grateful, as well as for the inspiration, support, participation, …