WELCOME TO

( in on-going construction phase )

ARCHITECTURE IS NOT THE SELECTING OF A ‘STYLE’ FOR A GIVEN PROJECT. ARCHITECTURAL STYLES ARE BUT REMAKES OF PAST GLORIES MOVING IN THEN FADING OUT OF FAVOR BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY IMITATIONS. NO-IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT-REAL ARCHITECTURE IS ABOUT- MAKING A STRONG, APPROPRIATE DESIGN RESPONSE -IN STRUCTURE, FORM,  MATERIALS AND PLANNING -- TO:

1.  A PROJECT’S PROPOSED FUNCTION ,

2. THE ENVIRONMENT INTO WHICH IT IS PLACED , NATURAL & MAN MADE,

3. THE EXTREMES & PREVAILING PATTERNS OF WEATHER- WIND, SUN,ETC.,

4. THE OWNER’S PROGRAM AND BUDGET,

5. ON GOING MAINTENANCE ALTERNATIVES.

6. THE USE OF SUSTAINABLE (GREEN) METHODS & MATERIALS.

THE (6) THE ELEMENTS ABOVE ARE THE SCIENCE OF GOOD ARCHITECTURE 

- THERE IS, HOWEVER, A (7th) MORE EVASIVE DESIGN ELEMENT      

7.  IS THE ART IN  ARCHITECTURE,

     IT IS  THAT INTANGIBLE SOMETHING --THE ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS, THE BALANCE OF PARTS, THE RYTHYM OF THE OVERALL DESIGN THAT CREATES AN EMOTIONAL REACTION IN THE VISITER, APPROPRIATE TO THE

SCIENCE OF THE ARCHITECTURE.

ONLY WHEN ALL ( 7) OF THESE  FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES BECOME THE BASIS OF A DESIGN WILL THAT  DESIGN ENDURE.

JAMES MAUL’S ARCHITECTURE

SAN JUAN ISL. WA.  FLY IN VACATION

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