Cathy Lang Ho
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But let’s return to the introductory promise of a more balanced future housing bliss. All the examples prove is that, at $1,200 a square foot, you too can own a hyper-customized home that accommodates your elderly parents, an indoor lap pool, and/or your Lichtensteins. I already knew that from such examples as the Palazzo Medici and Izzy Garner’s house. The closest they come with this theme is in the introduction itself where they focus on the proposals for the temporarily hyped $75,000 house designs for Houston’s Fifth Ward. Of course these ultimately remain unbuilt as the costs of realization were probably a bit closer to $300,000 a pop – and conversely, I doubt the average 1998 home price within that Ward was beyond $35,000 at any rate. The three book divisions – Tectonics, Context, and Revolutions – are a bit dubious as well. A house dealing with domestic “Revolutions” might be a three bedroom house with a bit more spatial segregation to accommodate the kids visit for the weekend. Responding to “Context” apparently means not tearing down every tree on site or the violent interplay with hapless existing structures. I’m not necessarily disagreeing with any of the strategies – this is mostly sophisticated work – but the book is little more than a glamour shot portfolio of the hottest, ca. 1999 houses coated with a flimsy veneer of ethical/prognosticatory intent.… (mehr)