Architecture...

Here is a clip from an article I read on "organic architecture." Its really interesting, you should click on the link and read the whole thing. My friend Dave (commonly known as Dardy) is an architect and has taught me about the importance of allowing the surroundings of a design and its intended function to determine what the design will look like.  That stems from the teachings of Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan, "Form follows function" and "Form and function are one." 

(“So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal and the teaching so much needed if we are to see the whole of life, and to now serve the whole of life, holding no ‘traditions’ essential to the great TRADITION. Nor cherishing any preconceived form fixing upon us either past, present or future, but—instead—exalting the simple laws of common sense—or of super-sense if you prefer—determining form by way of the nature of materials...”
— Frank Lloyd Wright, An Organic Architecture, 1939

Although the word ‘organic’ in common usage refers to something which has the characteristics of animals or plants, Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture takes on a new meaning. It is not a style of imitation, because he did not claim to be building forms which were representative of nature. Instead, organic architecture is a reinterpretation of nature’s principles as they had been filtered through the intelligent minds of men and women who could then build forms which are more natural than nature itself.)

-Kimberly Elman

Click here for the article.

I've been fascinated lately with the country of Iceland. Its incredibly beautiful and has some pretty interesting history behind it as well. Here are some Icelandic homes