Comments on: American Architecture Housing Awards: 10 Best American Homes of 2009

By: mayad el hajj

mayad el hajj — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:26:05 +0000

i liked all the above desgnes ..who could believe that the projects that we do on papers could seek into the real world in that beauty …we r living in a modern world so why we dont have a modern thinking and modern homes…yeah its boxes …but the combination of those boxes is the creativity the let it shine …eventhought i dont mind if the imagination became the standerds

By: Y. ReiSoleil

Y. ReiSoleil — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:34:08 +0000

I've won international design award and AIA award before (but now I'm an investment banker), and I think Wrights work is still ugly!

Some are quite good above. Some are just tacky and lazy. Design in this country is generally lacking…

By: lindsey

lindsey — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:45:19 +0000

Chuckanut= my favorite. Stunning. Would live there in a heartbeat.

By: ehsaan

ehsaan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:06:06 +0000

there was a time where doing architecture like this was considered blasphemous, its funny to see how far weve come, the interesting moral to the story is that things that might seem blasphemous to us now like bloby organic buildings that push the structural limits of even our imaginations will soon become the standard.

By: Richard Taylor, AIA

Richard Taylor, AIA — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:51:32 +0000

I'm a residential Architect and am not surprised at the comments above! The vast majority of homes built today are of a "traditional" lineage and unfortunately, that's a genre that Architects often disdain. There is certainly room (and need) to create interesting and unique residential Architecture out of more familiar elements.

Having said that, it is also true that modern architectural elements offer Architects a much greater degree of flexibilty in the composition of a work of Architecture. And it is generally far simpler to make a modern home "green" than it is for traditional styles.

But are they attractive? At first glance, the answer is often "no". But study homes like these in more detail (go to the original article, or better yet visit one or two) and many people find that there's a beauty to them that they didn't see right away.

Some folks thought Wright's work was ugly at first, too!

By: ivana

ivana — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:01:42 +0000

LOL ugly indeed!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:19 +0000

People live in there? And feel good while they are in there?

By: meh

meh — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:03:44 +0000

I'm sorry but I think most of these are really tacky. Unique doesn't always mean good

By: HMG

HMG — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:28:46 +0000

Sad state of affairs. Boxes are not architecture.

By: annonymous

annonymous — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:16:17 +0000

i think they're beautiful.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:00:27 +0000

One word………UGLY !

By: Andy Richardson

Andy Richardson — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:03:39 +0000

I would agree that they all have a feel of modern architecture. Being in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, I am glad to see that the Mount Pleasant house made the list. More importantly, they made the necessary preparations for hurricanes.

Andy Richardson
http://www.hurricaneresourcecenter.com