By Michael Pollan
There is a huge gap between dreams and reality.
This book covers the two years it took Pollan to build a small cabin behind his house. Much of the book covers the gap between the cabin's architect, and the contractor. The architect trying to make the cabin as nice as possible. The contractor dealing the expensive, and sometimes impractical reality of the architects choices.
There is a good amount of opinion in this book on modern architecture and it's challenges. I found these sections fascinating. Many modern architects are so driven by the art of the building that the functional requirements are an afterthought to the aesthetics. The consequences of this are buildings that look the best the day before the client moves in, that have leaky roofs, that age poorly.
There is a huge gap between dreams and reality.
This book covers the two years it took Pollan to build a small cabin behind his house. Much of the book covers the gap between the cabin's architect, and the contractor. The architect trying to make the cabin as nice as possible. The contractor dealing the expensive, and sometimes impractical reality of the architects choices.
There is a good amount of opinion in this book on modern architecture and it's challenges. I found these sections fascinating. Many modern architects are so driven by the art of the building that the functional requirements are an afterthought to the aesthetics. The consequences of this are buildings that look the best the day before the client moves in, that have leaky roofs, that age poorly.
