Monthly Archives: January 2019

“The Primal Pattern” for Architecture Worldwide? the Face

What connects us to other people? One commonality: we share an evolutionary path that gave us very similar internal templates. That’s what the ‘House Experiment’ demonstrates so well. Asked to “draw a house as if they’re five years old,” people draw … Continue reading

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The “Primal Pattern” for Architecture is in Us

What happens when you ask people to “draw a house as if they were five?” Last year I gave 19 talks, in the U.S. and Berlin, and asked more than 500 people just that. The results are in – and they … Continue reading

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How Architecture Makes Us Feel – Matters!

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou Maya got that right: people never forget how you make them feel. The … Continue reading

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