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Working notes on how buildings get planned, drawn, detailed and built — written for people about to start one.
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- VastuVastu as a planning disciplineTreated as a set of principles about orientation, sequence and placement, Vastu resolves inside a working plan rather than fighting it.26 August 2025
- MaterialsThe case for fewer materialsA short palette, used consistently, reads as considered. A long one reads as indecision, however good each individual choice was.14 July 2025
- RenovationWhat a renovation survey should establishBefore a single new layout is drawn, four things about the existing building need to be known with certainty.30 May 2025
- ConstructionDetailing for the people who build itA drawing that cannot be built from is not finished, however well it reads on screen.11 March 2025
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