Not So Grand Designs: view

This is our view on clear, cold autumn mornings.

The view from our front windows across the town sports oval and park on a crisp autumn morning - trees turning crimson and mist rising into the clear cold air.

As you can see, the fence hasn't progressed at all over the past week or so since Easter.

By the way, if anyone actually reads this blog, please, please comment. If I don't get some feedback soon, posts on this blog might very well dwindle. Not to threaten or anything! And, in case someone does read this blog, let me take this opportunity to say 'Thanks!' Let me know what things you really like to hear about or see and I will try to incorporate those things more.

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Principles of Design

'Shape the house so that light can enter every important room from at least two sides to create a balance.'

'A house and its site should be shaped so that the main flow of traffic moves along the edges of the common rooms, exposed to the activity within but not a part of it.'

'Give the commons a semiprivate edge, with places to sit and read or even just lean - places that allow people to take up a position away from the core but still be a part of it.'

'Contrast the various materials of construction, clarifying the connections among them, and celebrate the innate qualities of each rather than covering them up.'

'A home should have a number of secure, protected places that also permit an overview of the larger world beyond.'

Patterns of Home, The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design. By Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein and Barbara Winslow

Crisp Autumn Morning View

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