Todd Clarke @ August 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A good friend, developer, proffesor and author friend of mine, Chris Lienberger, wrote a fabulous book titled “Option of Urbanism” a couple of years ago. One of the items I was stunned to learn is that GM designed and presented their vision of a future metropolis - centered around cars.
Some sixty years [...]
Todd Clarke @ August 19, 2009 # One Comment
from the Cool Hunter website comes a possible design for a new W hotel…
The website features several perspectives and layouts on this apartment, which looks like a cross between BladeRunner and Space 1999.
Hey - who is that in my shower?
Todd Clarke @ June 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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Having visisted Graceland right before driving to Asheville, NC to see the Biltmore Estate, it was very clear this house was and still commands the status of an “estate”.
And I must admit that as a destination/tourist magnet, the property is one of the best run venues I’ve been to - on part with [...]
Todd Clarke @ June 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Our family was at Elvis former mansion and last resting place this week, Graceland , and I was struck by the fact that housing has changed a lot since Elvis’s hey day.
In 1970 the average house size was 1,100 sf. Today it’s over 2,200 sf. Elvis’s big amenities were 3 TV’s, and a hundred [...]
Todd Clarke @ January 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The New York Times has an article about a Hong Kong born/based architect who has maximized his 344 square foot studio apartment. Gary Chang has lived in this apartment for the last 32 years and recently spent over $200,000 improving it to by creating 24 different floorplans, uses and spaces.
He does this [...]
Todd Clarke @ December 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
There is often a fine line between real estate and personal property.
Manufactured homes are often considerd personal property, unless they are affixed to the ground, wheels removed, and the appear to be even more like real esate if a garage is added.
So what happens when you add a garage to a mobile home [...]
Todd Clarke @ December 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The old adage about location, location, location certainly applies to Upham, NM.
Whats that you say? Where the H-E, double hockey sticks is Uphan? As a native NM who was born not too far from there, I’m afraid to tell you I didn’t know where Upham was until a couple of years ago when the Governor [...]