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McMansion Hell Bowl 2019: WHO WILL WIN

now you have a reason to care about (american) football!!!

My personal website!

Howdy folks, I know some of you saw the conceptual internet project I put together back in September, but I wanted to let y'all know that I've started a page for my personal writing that will be updated when I get in, as they say, a sentimental mood. 

Hope you enjoy!

Kate

My first ever book review is up!

My first ever book review, in which I tackle The Man in the Glass House,  Mark Lamster's biography of architect Phillip Johnson, is up at The Nation!

IMPORTANT: Tonight's Livestream Rescheduled

Hey folks! Sorry to reschedule so last minute, but I've come down with an ugly cold and my throat and voicebox are pretty much shot. I don't think I can actually talk for 2 hours straight tonight, considering I currently sound like I've been smoking three packs a day for thirty years. However, th...

for you aesthetics/architecture theory folks out there

more info about this horrifying failed castle development in Turkey: https://www.businessinsider.com/turkey-abandoned-disney-castles-villas-2019-1

My latest op ed for Curbed, tackling the saying "We don't build em like we used to."

There's a reason for that! 

Huge News

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For those of you interested in my critical/political work outside McMansion Hell...

I wrote about the erasure of Internet culture for The Baffler.

Announcing: The Winners of the 1st Annual McMansion Hell Gingerbread House Competition

This whole thing was so much fun and frankly may have been the best idea I've ever had.

Happy Holidays!

I stitched this cute colonial revival house as one of my Christmas gifts and technically it counts as a good house of the week right??? Looking forward to the next year of McMansion Hell!

Reminder! Livestream tonight! 8:00-10:00 est!!

Update: Moving the Livestream back half an hour to 8PM EST 

McMansion Hell Gingerbread Competition is now live!

Virginia post is next (it's taken me longer than expected to go through a state with such abhorrent houses), stay tuned! 

Website Downtime

Howdy, McMansionHell.com will be down this afternoon for troubleshooting/maintenance. It will be back up soon! 

My latest for The Atlantic: How Restaurants Got So Loud

Finally putting my acoustics degree to good use!

Updates!

Howdy folks, I got hella snagged having to travel for work related purposes pretty much every week this month, and am thus behind on the rewards. (Sorry!) But here's some updates! 

GHOTW: I'm wrapping up the Virginia post (it should be up later today or tomorrow) and have lot...

New Curbed Editorial: What makes a flexible house?

This was a lot of fun to write. Hope you enjoy!!

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King County Bonus Material

Trick or Treat! (It's hard to tell which these fall under tbh)

As a special, Halloween surprise, here are a few houses that didn't make the top-10 cut, but are also extremely retched and terrible:

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𝕱𝖎𝖋𝖙𝖞 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕸𝖈𝕸𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕳𝖊𝖑𝖑: 𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕮𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖞, 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓

ℌ𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔶 ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫!!

Good House of the Week: King County, Washington

Howdy folks!
This week's Good House of the Week is this cute 5 bed, 4.25 (?what does that mean?) bath neo-Craftsman built in 2015. It might not look like much, but I think this house does a lot well, considering the trend in King County to build freakishly hulking "Craftsmans" and horrendous pape...

new article

I wrote about preservation, Late Capitalism™ and flickr for The Baffler! (warning: some light politics)

50 States of McMansion Hell: Ohio County, West Virginia

Tomorrow! Doors Open Baltimore Kickoff Lecture Stream

Howdy folks! I'm giving a lecture on How to Look at Buildings in 30 Minutes for the Baltimore Architecture Foundation's Doors Open event, and if you're interested, it will be livestreamed on YouTube! Link to the Stream: 2018-10-03 18:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post