Duo Dickinson
Architect, Author, and Blogger at Freelance
I have built over 800 things, written 8 books, write now about architecture, homes, families and the human condition for 5 publications - come visit!
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1 week ago |
commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson
When you design homes, those who live in them are your circumstantial intimates. And, sometimes, far more. After about 700 residential projects—some new, others recreated—many of my “clients” became people I love, and who in turn love me and my family. If we’re lucky enough to live long enough, both the clients and the designer change. There is nothing magic about aging.
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2 weeks ago |
livingchurch.org | Duo Dickinson
Spires in the SunThe Carpenter Gothic Episcopal Churches of FloridaBy Johnathan Rich and Phil EschbachSt. John’s Cathedral Bookstore, 572 pages, $75Spires in the Sun is a five-pound masterwork. Technically, it is extremely focused, limited to the 39 small, wood-frame churches built in the 19th century, by Episcopalians in Florida. But the book also offers a window into universal truths. Humans have always sought ways to draw closer to God. We also know how to build things.
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3 weeks ago |
commonedge.org | Duo Dickinson |Martin C. Pedersen
Welcome to Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a monthly podcast produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut AIA, and Bridgeport public radio station WPKN. In many ways, design journalism in the 21st century is in uncharted territory. Digital technology has changed everything, eroding the business models of the previous century and catapulting everyone onto the infinitely fractured world of the internet.
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1 month ago |
savedbydesign.wordpress.com | Duo Dickinson
LIVE! NOON! WEDNESDAY APRIL 16: WPKN 89.5fm Streaming wpkn.orgIn a strange housing market, the zeitgeist of the moment is depression. High interest rates, low supply, insane prices make anywhere around a city bizarrely inaccessible. This means building is harder, too. But some persist: Why? Why would you have the courage to risk so much time and money in such a market?
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1 month ago |
savedbydesign.wordpress.com | Duo Dickinson
The Blunder is in estimate. Eternity is thereWe say, as of a Station —Meanwhile he is so nearHe joins me in my Ramble —Divides abode with me —No Friend have I that so persistsAs this Eternity. Emily Dickinson 168440 of 40What we believe has become more important than our lying eyes. Because our eyes see through what our culture shows us. We see a plausible baby carriage with Putin and Trump side by side. We are shown static images now moving. We show a 20 year old at 80.
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