Friday Funny: Stoner Architect Drafts All-Foyer Mansion

The stunning design for an all-foyer mansion attracts national attention, but the work of stoner architects is tragically underfunded.

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August 16, 2002, 2:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Sadly, the field of stoner architecture is usually dismissed by conventional architects, who insist on clinging to such tired, ossified notions as functionality, coherence, and basic structural integrity," Gordon said. "Someone like Donovan can go a long way toward dispelling the myth that stoner architecture is all just arrested adolescents scribbling whacked-out bullshit in dimly lit basements while turgid '70s prog-rock plays in the background. I mean, sure, it definitely is that, but it's also so much more."

Thanks to Practice of New Urbanism Listserv

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