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		<title>Geof Talks at DWR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Geof was one of three architects to present at Design Within Reach in San Francisco, July 21, 2011. The theme was &#8220;Modernizing Your Space&#8221;. Geof talked about modernism, history, and nature in his work.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2011/09/geof-talks-at-dwr/</link>
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		<title>Aw, Shucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the local AIA for establishing low-budget, pro-bono, and detail award categories &#8212;  I picked up a citation award for my reflector/shade device at the Bogan residence. AIA Constructed Realities Winners]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2011/09/aw-shucks/</link>
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		<title>Perspective Trick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This English Gothic church seems to use the Rennaisance technique of perspective distortion to enhance its presence on Church Street.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2011/03/perspective-trick/</link>
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		<title>Favorite Books on Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I come across a book so enlightening, so thought provoking, so intelligently written, it makes me want to toss out a score of others on my shelves lest I be tempted to waste time on them.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2010/09/favorite-books-on-architecture/</link>
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		<title>Tech Note: Radiant Barriers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always looking for &#8220;no-brainers&#8221; in construction &#8212; things to do that just make too much sense not to do. Here&#8217;s my experience with radiant barrier: Radiant barrier is a heavy-duty aluminum foil that reflects 97% of the infra-red spectrum. It&#8217;s available on the underside of plywood roof sheathing for new construction, or in rolls [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2010/03/tech-note-radiant-barriers/</link>
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		<title>Tech Note: Light Shelves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A surprisingly effective way to draw light into a room is by use of a light shelf. These horizontal reflectors are mounted either inside, outside, or on both sides of a southerly-facing window. Sunlight bounces off the surface and onto the ceiling within.  Any bright surface will diffuse daylight effectively. In my office though, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2009/12/tech-note-light-shelves/</link>
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		<title>Art, Death, and the Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early features of Mario Botta's San Francisco Museum of Modern Art bear resemblance to those of the Mausoleum of Emperor Augustus in Rome. Parallels between museums and mausolea are rife in the history of the de Young as well. What is it about art and death that moves us to inter them so?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2009/06/art-death-and-the-museum/</link>
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		<title>Takematsu Tidbit from &#8217;93</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a piece I wrote for the June 1993 Architectural Review. Shin Takamatsu had just designed his own exhibition in the top floor rotunda of the old San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the War Memorial Building on Van Ness&#8230; *** To anyone already familiar with his work, the most surprising quality of Shin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.actual-size.com/blog/2009/05/takematsu-tidbit-from-93/</link>
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