ClevelandDesignCity

Call it kooky and kitschy but Malcolm Wells thoughtful work continuous battled with the burden that most architects and designers succumb to, an attempt to mark the land in such a way as to claim it for humanity.  Well’s solutions weren’t in any manner simplistic, nor did they rely heavily on futuristic technology to decrease mankind’s burden on the careful ecological balance of existing and “living”.  Instead time honored traditions and understanding of the natural world (as well as the mechanics of buildings) were continuously questioned and explored in order to develop less energy intensive systems, ones that wouldn’t scar the landscape but instead celebrate it… (go to article)