Architecture, Home Repair & Restoration

I am interested in architecture in part because we have a neat old house, and also because of I got interested in the work of Christopher Alexander through my associations in the software Patterns community.

Places To Visit	Arcosanti , Paolo Soleri's Urban Laboratory Drayton Hall , a National Trust for Historic Preservation site near Charleston, SC The National Building Museum in Washington D.C.
Resources	The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training of the National Parks Service. Dan Holohan Associates :lots of info on hydronic heating systems. Old House Journal Homes.wsj.com , a Dow Jones site. Rejuvenation Lamp & Fixture Company Cool Reproduction Lighting, and their site has links to sites with info on Preservation. Ball & Ball is a great source for reproduction hardware. The Great Buildings Collection . PatternLanguage.Com A somewhat garish and hard to navigate site that has some good content about the work of The Center For Environmental Structure where Christopher Alexander developed this theories. Suggested Books on Patterns in Architecture & Christopher Alexander. Ask The Builder is the website for a home improvement newspaper column that has all sorts of information about planning and making repairs.
Preservation Related Sites	The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy The Nature Conservancy