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McMansion Hell Livestream Schedule July - September

Howdy folks, I know I've been MIA because of the book thing so I want to get back on track and start programming the livestreams again. Streams will be on Crowdcast.

Here is the schedule as follows:

July 11 8PM-9PM Central -- ALL PATRON LIVESTREAM

July 14 8PM-9PM Centra...

the motel room, or: on datedness

What does it mean for something to be dated? Why am I having an existential crisis in a god-awful. time capsule hotel room?

texas gothic revival

returning to the lone star state, one turret at a time.

ode to a faux grecian urn

or: towards a theory of styrofoam gothic

I AM WRITING A BOOK

Hello everyone! The word is out -- I am writing a book!

If you ever wanted to read a book about McMansions, 5-over-1s, the ignoble toil of architects, ridiculous baubles for rich people, hostile architecture, private equity, shopping (rip), offices (rip), loud restaurants, and starchitects ...

we've found it folks: McMansion Heaven

after this was submitted to the livestream, I couldn't look away. 

Reminder -- ALL PATRON livestream tonight at 8pm Central!

Link to the livestream can be found here -- let's look at some houses. Plus, some big news.

https://www.crowdcast.io/c/wyw52dhmgdvn

Kate

McMansion Hell ALL PATRON January Livestream - Jan 10 7:30-8:30 CST

Hi Everyone, 

We will be resuming monthy livestreams. I am trying to figure out how to use the new crowdcast which unfortunately limits livestreams to one hour so if there is demand we can do two per month instead of one. The first one will be open to all patrons because I know I have ...

the good house: "tudor" done right

Today's house is a historical one, built in 1928 at the height of the Tudor Revival in the US. 

The Tudor Revival look was always kind of funny. The original Tudors did not have g...

pre-recession, post-taste

putting the provincial in french provincial 

the good house: pomo prairie

Sometimes you see a house that makes you want to hang out with the people who live there, even if they're rich people. This 1994 house in St. Charles, IL, is one of them. 

2023-08-30 19:44:52 +0000 UTC View Post

mojo dojo casa house

you are not prepared for how massive this thing is

the good house: Norwood Park MCM

Today's good house comes to us from Norwood Park, Chicago, though it would look at home in California or perhaps on a lake: 

It's been a while since we've had a real mid-century mo...

dome sweet dome

McMansion Hell returns to Naperville because...look at this.

the death of the mcmansion has been vastly overstated

Howdy folks, I'm back in the Baffler with a new piece about the state of the McMansion -- and how it's more popular than ever. 

New McMansion Hell will be up Friday. Sorry for the delay, the present state of affairs has not been very conducive to making funny house posts. 

K...

I said what I said

Also this is my last column for the nation! mcmansion hell returns to its regular schedule next week! thank you all for reading. 

single stair good, exploitation bad

My Latest from The Nation. 

Just a note -- this column runs through the first week of April, after which we will return to all our normally scheduled content! I've never had to publish twice a week before and it's really taking a lot out of me. 

bike lanes are good actually

My latest for The Nation. 

in which i take on the windowless bedroom dipshits

my latest column for the nation!

AI is not disrupting architecture!

In my latest column for The Nation, I take on the idea that AI is coming for architects' jobs. 

Or, why everything is greige now

Hi everyone. Some exciting news. There will be a lot more Criticism Content from me in the coming weeks as I am doing a stint as critic-in-residence at The Nation. I'll be publishing there two times a week and cross posting the articles here as well. (Don't worry, there will still be the usual co...

in which i have some thoughts about architecture's biggest prize

here are some things i like

or: how to live like an architecture critic

Two New Articles!

Hello everyone! I'm back in the architecture criticism mines with two new articles published today. 

The first is about architecture firms' participation in Saudi Arabia's "The Line" project - a vanity bauble funded by oil money:2023-02-07 17:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post

The Little McHouse That Could

Sometimes the "good" post is devoted to houses with good architecture, but other times it's devoted to houses with architecture you just don't see anymore. In this case, this Milwaukee-area house, while deeply mid, has been virtually untouched since its building in 1999. It's not really a McMansi...

livestream updates / PLEASE join the discord server

Hello everyone: I am SO sorry about forgetting the livestream a few days ago. I uncharacteristically forgot to put it in my calendar and lost track of time. Not really an excuse, I know, and I'll make sure I do better in the future.

I also want to use this post to urge those who hav...