My crawl space
| March 22, 2008

It's amazing how the most bizarre things can reenergize creative types sometime – we all have our odd quirks right?

With an ill-timed plumbing project intruding on my final project deadlines I found myself in our house’s crawl space looking for the main water shut off valve.  While down there I discovered that our foundation was largely in part constructed of the original World War Two workforce housing that sat on our property until 1950.  I have always wondered what happened to the original buildings… now I know.

I love making unexpected discoveries like this… they always manage to rejuvenate my passion for the profession and the connection to architecture of the past that directly impacts the design of today.

Tags:  architecture, construction, damp and, dark

Topic: Architecture