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william morgan.
a very interesting architect.marlon blackwell and james cutler
can you think of a similarity between all of them?

yea..
their architecture are concerned with nature.
integrating nature with the environment.
and the thing that i find about wanting to study an architect and his approach to material and structure is that.. the approach of one architect is not very different.. from the other.

there are givens in architecture
when considering site and context.
understanding of the site,
the geography of the site, its history,
the budget, the function of the building,
coupled with safety, and the capacity,
are all given.
How are people supposed to be housed.
that is also factored in
and the structure of the buildling also has to be taken into consideration when an architect wants to decide how people are going to be housed in it.

wooden architecture.

for a material such as wood.
due to the limitation affixed to it because of its limited strength in relation to other materials such as steel, wood is not used in the structure of mega structures such as sky scrapers.
its physical limitations thus dictate that wood can only go so far as a structural material.

however, wood has a richness in conveying meaning like no other material can.
especially in the context of a natural environment, wood as a primary strutural material seems like the logical choice. It blends into the surroundings much better than concrete or steel. Glass, though not often a

enough of babbling.. start with the work..