Sneaking Daylight into a Townhouse

October 25th, 2020

My new video on bringing natural light into a house form without side windows.

Decon Bling, Modern Poise

December 6th, 2015

I like deconstructivist architecture. I like it the same way, I think, that I’d like a night out on the town with Lady Gaga. But at the end of the evening, I’d rather return to a home like an Audrey Hepburn in that simple black dress. Home is, more than anything else, our place of […]

Bus Stop & Toilet Zealots

August 25th, 2015

  There’s a difficulty in designing one thing for multiple locations, such as a bus shelter or a public toilet. You can’t design for context since the surrounding of each installation is unique. Whatever the design, it can only display the unity of its own system. Too often, this frees a designer to promulgate his particular style at the expense of […]

Book as Coffee Table

December 31st, 2012

Nothing quite drives the last nail into the coffin of an architectural movement like a tombstone-sized retrospective.  Did Corbu even design a coffee table capable of supporting this 21-pound volume?

Geof Talks at DWR

September 18th, 2011

Geof was one of three architects to present at Design Within Reach in San Francisco, July 21, 2011. The theme was “Modernizing Your Space”. Geof talked about modernism, history, and nature in his work.