A whole new setting (II)
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Well as much as any heart would sing when faced with a cesspool. The designer said very interesting in making their extension and when he got back to his office he asked for architects drawing of the original cesspool. The designer had found precisely what he expected. It was deeply sunk into the ground on piles and the foundations of a building which measures some twenty-four feet by thirty-seven feet were there to be exploited. I completed a series of site drawings. I visualized the whole new setting of the old house. Certainly there was need for a new dining room in the old place. But apart from that there was nothing startling to be done. But that cesspool really switched me on as an architect. (more…)
