Tag Archives: design

Book Review: To Engineer Is Human (2)

Posted on June 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

To Engineer Is Human:  The Role Of Failure In Successful Design, by Henry Petroski There is in this particular book a sense of the dynamic nature of engineering and the sort of tension that exists between a desire for safety … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Alcatraz: History And Design Of A Landmark

Posted on May 26, 2019 by nathanalbright

Alcatraz:  History And Design Of A Landmark, by Donald MacDonald and Ira Nadel Although from time to time I have visited a few prisons, I have never visited Alcatraz, nor have I even watched many of the large amount of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Perfectionists

Posted on May 22, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Perfectionists:  How Precision Engineers Created The Modern World, by Simon Winchester I must admit that when I started reading this book I was not very familiar with what the author meant about precision engineering.  To be sure, it is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Draft No. 4

Posted on May 21, 2019 by nathanalbright

Draft No. 4:  On The Writing Process, by John McPhee I must admit that my earliest reading of the author gave me a somewhat slanted perspective of who he was as a writer.  It so happened that my local library … Continue reading →

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So Often At Cross-Purposes

Posted on March 21, 2019 by nathanalbright

So often it seems as if those who seek to plan and develop spaces and those who use them are at cross-purposes.  Being someone who has spent a lifetime exploring the implications of these cross-purposes, I find this to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Animal Architecture

Posted on December 21, 2018 by nathanalbright

Animal Architecture, by Ingo Arndt, text by Jürgen Tautz There is a deep and fatal inconsistency in this book, and it demonstrates something larger and more troubling at the problems of science as it relates to design.  On the one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Compact Cabins

Posted on November 24, 2018 by nathanalbright

Compact Cabins:  62 Plans For Camps, Cottages, Lake Houses & Other Getaways, by Gerald Rowan Although this book is aimed at endorsing and advocating for small vacation properties for people as a second home, there is a great deal of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Compact Houses

Posted on November 24, 2018 by nathanalbright

Compact Houses:  50 Creative Floor Plans For Well-Designed Small Homes, by Gerald Rowan I think highly enough of this book that even after reading it I would consider buying a copy of this book for my own collection, at least … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Color: Light, Sight, Sense

Posted on June 1, 2018 by nathanalbright

Color:  Light, Sight, Sense, by Mortiz Zwimpfer I honestly do not know if I would have read this book had I not been casting a wide net for a reading challenge I took to read several German books in translation.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Undeniable

Posted on January 10, 2018 by nathanalbright

Undeniable:  How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed, by Douglas Axe I have heard about this book and author for a while, and was pleased to finally be able to read it.  As someone who is generally familiar … Continue reading →

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