She's a brickhouse!
Or maybe she’s floor-to-ceiling windowed cot! Or a cardboard box on Michigan Avenue! Coding out of my home here in Suburbia Illinois, I’m constantly reminded of the bland architectural styles of the Midwest. Apart from the beauty of the Plano Mies/Farnsworth House ,
what do we have to be proud of out here? I’m surrounded by McMansions, and it makes me green with envy that all of my associates out in LA are enjoying their nice modern homes. Homes that don’t sacrifice their integrity by succumbing to the rampant ubiquity of prepackaged wannabe Victorian stylings.
My Resolution for 2007, among others, is to get a house that respects the environment, that avoids the ‘mine-is-bigger-than-yours’ infantile mindset that seems to govern the suburban Chicago housing market. A home that will look to the future, and that will look good, and that will have enough space in the basement so that I can build my 6 30” Cinema Display “Swordfish” setup. Evil clowns will rejoice at the abomination that will be my office. A testament to techno-Bourgeoisie excess.
Anyway, what do you guys think? Should I get an LVL with a basement from Rocio Romero (beautiful homes, really, check em out..) ?
One of those Living Homes from Dwell Magazine over in LA, would be awesome, except, imagine spending a cold Illinois winter in that glass monstrosity. One word… SHRIVEL.
Or should I just buy something already made and tempered by the tyranny of time. Maybe I could listen to Andrew Lloyd Weber in my Frank Lloyd Wright. It’d be better than listening to Rent in my lakefront Rental (No offense Mr. Larson, RIP).
Whatever it is, I guarantee, it’ll be comfortable. It’ll have a PS4,XBox720, AND a Wii2 all ready to go for ‘work-breaks’. It’ll have a guitar in every room (Yes, I play a little bit ;) ). And, I even have screaming kids to round out the package!
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