Pattern Language: Old People Everywhere   I discovered this pattern a few days after writing “Disease of Greece – Polikatikia,” where it’s briefly mentioned how high density housing units split traditional households into generational pockets, that can be...

The  Barn Silent Spaces A common building sprinkled across farmlands, often overlooked for its architectural value. Today the best fate an old barn can have is residential renovation, although a more common fate is under a bulldozer. Before authentic barns become extinct, visit one! How...

How the Greek “polikatikia” (high rise apartment buildings) destroyed a nation. As political and economic turmoil in Greece continues to shake the world, I reflect on how the invisible corruption and cheapening of this modern Greece is reflected through the physical city of...