McMansion Hell Bowl 2019: WHO WILL WIN
now you have a reason to care about (american) football!!!
2019-02-03 22:45:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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My personal website!
Howdy folks, I know some of you saw the conceptual internet project I put together back in September, but I wanted to let y'all know that I've started a page for my personal writing that will be up...
2019-01-30 17:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostMy first ever book review is up!
My first ever book review, in which I tackle The Man in the Glass House, Mark Lamster's biography of architect Phillip Johnson, is up at The Nation!
2019-01-29 16:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostIMPORTANT: Tonight's Livestream Rescheduled
Hey folks! Sorry to reschedule so last minute, but I've come down with an ugly cold and my throat and voicebox are pretty much shot. I don't think I can actually talk for 2 hours straight tonight, ...
2019-01-28 23:01:21 +0000 UTC View Postfor you aesthetics/architecture theory folks out there
more info about this horrifying failed castle development in Turkey: https://www.bu...
2019-01-23 20:39:37 +0000 UTC View PostMy latest op ed for Curbed, tackling the saying "We don't build em like we used to."
There's a reason for that!ย
2019-01-16 18:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you interested in my critical/political work outside McMansion Hell...
I wrote about the erasure of Internet culture for The Baffler.
2019-01-08 16:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostAnnouncing: The Winners of the 1st Annual McMansion Hell Gingerbread House Competition
This whole thing was so much fun and frankly may have been the best idea I've ever had.
2019-01-07 01:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Holidays!
I stitched this cute colonial revival house as one of my Christmas gifts and technically it counts as a good house of the week right??? Looking forward to the next year of McMansion Hell!
2018-12-24 18:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostReminder! Livestream tonight! 8:00-10:00 est!!
Update: Moving the Livestream back half an hour to 8PM EST
2018-12-03 16:07:35 +0000 UTC View PostMcMansion Hell Gingerbread Competition is now live!
Virginia post is next (it's taken me longer than expected to go through a state with such abhorrent houses), stay tuned!
2018-12-02 16:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostWebsite Downtime
Howdy, McMansionHell.com will be down this afternoon for troubleshooting/maintenance. It will be back up soon!
2018-11-28 20:42:58 +0000 UTC View PostMy latest for The Atlantic: How Restaurants Got So Loud
Finally putting my acoustics degree to good use!
2018-11-27 16:50:23 +0000 UTC View PostUpdates!
Howdy folks, I got hella snagged having to travel for work related purposes pretty much every week this month, and am thus behind on the rewards. (Sorry!) But here's some updates!
GHOT...
2018-11-26 18:44:17 +0000 UTC View PostNew Curbed Editorial: What makes a flexible house?
This was a lot of fun to write. Hope you enjoy!!
2018-11-14 16:30:40 +0000 UTC View Post
King County Bonus Material
Trick or Treat! (It's hard to tell which these fall under tbh)
As a special, Halloween surprise, here are a few houses that didn't make the top-10 cut, but are also extremely retched and terrible: 2018-10-31 20:51:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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2018-10-31 20:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostGood House of the Week: King County, Washington
Howdy folks!
This week's Good House of the Week is this cute 5 bed, 4.25 (?what does that mean?) bath neo-Craftsman built in 2015. It might not look like much, but I think this house does a lot wel...
new article
I wrote about preservation, Late Capitalismโข and flickr for The Baffler! (warning: some light politics)
2018-10-19 17:16:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomorrow! Doors Open Baltimore Kickoff Lecture Stream
Howdy folks! I'm giving a lecture on How to Look at Buildings in 30 Minutes for the Baltimore Architecture Foundation's Doors Open event, and if you're interested, it will be livestreamed on YouTube!&...
2018-10-03 18:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostI wrote an essay about climate change
Other things it's about: - a 30 year old Washington Post piece - postmodernism - oh yeah, the NJ Turnpike
2018-10-03 13:27:02 +0000 UTC View Post
To renovate or not to renovate
My latest op-ed for Curbed about making compromises on renovating historic homes.
2018-09-05 14:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Worst of Texas Final Round! Vote Now!
Hey folks, I have been totally overwhelmed since the DeVos piece launched and am only now getting out from under that collapsed ceiling to get back on schedule. BUT we will have a winner of this compe...
2018-08-14 15:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostMy history of (and manifesto on) closed spaces for CityLab!
This was a really in-depth essay that took months to write and fact-check. I hope you enjoy!
Worst of Texas Semifinals, and Happy 3rd Birthday to McMansion Hell!
3 Years!! 3 years!!! Utah Post will be up tomorrow! Plus, a McMansion Hell retrospective!
2018-07-30 16:23:41 +0000 UTC View Post