Another example of artistic use of sunlight and mirror...

Here is an excellent description of many sunlight-related phenomena in the form of simple Q&A. Example: Why are any materials transparent?

An expensive, but instructive, example of concentrating sunlight for surgery...

Natural light glossary, because one forgets. Light pipe or sun tunnel is an example. There are better solutions, but they are expensive and hard to find.

JB writes, "I'd buy one. Click on Products then Hermit's Cabin."

Analemma via ericalba.org.

William R. Yelland, maker of warm houses people like, not the cold modernist cubes people hate, according to yesterday's Architext. Also Cliff May and Carr Jones.

This is great. Ikea clobbers Breuer.

The Data Processing Primitives
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72 x 84, our king size bed...

Along the lines of Rudofsky's vernacular architecture, we have caterina's finds.

Thick profile fake, fake, fake roofing...

Internship issues.

Read this in architect thing.

These stock plans look outstanding.

Malorama wrote about an artsfartsy interview.

Thumbnails of concrete and masonry details. This one looks especially good for retaining wall.

Requirement is to get religion over retaining wall to slab detail. Religion. More religion.

Off-the-grid special house. Does it really cost only $600,000? Is it really only 3,000 sq. ft.?

Cottage, 700 sq. ft. This one is smaller. Here is a simple design. Elaborate, but not in the sense of modern and big.