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Critical Exposure
A Chicago historian, John Maloof, was looking for information about his neighborhood and came across a storage locker at auction that...
Peter VanderPoel
Mar 26, 20243 min read


Weighing In-LEED vs PH
I recently started a weight loss program. For me, diets could be considered a chronic condition. It brings to mind the Mark Twain quote,...
Peter VanderPoel
Mar 5, 20244 min read


Alexa, Finish These Construction Documents
A book I’m reading, Merleau-Ponty for Architects, mentions a question regarding tools. Where is the boundary for a human and their...
Peter VanderPoel
Feb 5, 20244 min read


AI in A and I
Javad, There was a poem from Lao Tzu, written several thousand years ago, that I had given as a graphic design assignment in Design...
Peter VanderPoel
Jan 27, 20243 min read


Aesthetics by a Nose
I was at a homey, homely seafood restaurant along the Potomac not too long ago. As is the fashion now, televisions dotted the walls so...
Peter VanderPoel
Jan 25, 20244 min read


Hats Off to Quality
For my birthday, my sister sent me a Shetland Fisherman’s that she knit herself. A similar hat could have been purchased online or at any...
Peter VanderPoel
Jan 10, 20244 min read


Keep What You Got
Passive House Before the widespread use of mechanical heating and air conditioning, all houses were passive houses. New England...
Peter VanderPoel
Jul 13, 20232 min read


Washington Post Post
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Athletic Aesthetics
Soccer is known as “The beautiful game”. But other sports are just as beautiful. The rules or the shape of the ball is not what interests...
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Why the Hell Would You Do That?
One of the assignments for sophomore architecture students was developed over three related projects. The first part was to draw a Roman...
Peter VanderPoel
Feb 20, 20193 min read


Better Late than On Time
In Support of Procrastination In professional baseball, when a batter would come to the plate and obliterate the back chalk line of the...
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