tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118094056356737952.post793249319994847635..comments2024-02-22T23:23:48.792-05:00Comments on Jane Griswold Radocchia: Reading House, c. 1795, Part 2: PlanJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118094056356737952.post-4791468971231813572013-04-23T13:51:34.174-04:002013-04-23T13:51:34.174-04:00PS - Jay: I hope you'll read the first post on...PS - Jay: I hope you'll read the first post on the Reading House, posted the same day - it shows a way of applying the Golden Section I've never seen.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118094056356737952.post-6135452131407917432013-04-23T13:47:26.734-04:002013-04-23T13:47:26.734-04:00Thanks, Jay.
The earlier posts on the Locke Tavern...Thanks, Jay.<br />The earlier posts on the Locke Tavern illustrate your point. The c.1740 house was updated about 1790: larger windows, a hip roof instead of gable, squaring of the house, entries. They work because the later builder respected and played off the original use of the Golden Section. <br />I think timber framers and GC's can learn to use the Golden Section. After all their fore-bearers - the master carpenters - used it. Many architects don't know how to apply it if they know about it at all.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960577578174018923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118094056356737952.post-45858835119382766612013-04-23T11:43:40.979-04:002013-04-23T11:43:40.979-04:00Hi Jane,
I love reading your thought on this subj...Hi Jane,<br /><br />I love reading your thought on this subject. I am always talking to other builders and designers about the golden mean and natural proportions. I am really taken aback by how many designer/architects don't think about it more in there work, and when I bring it up among contractors, they look at me like I have two heads. As of late, I have had several "GC" and a "timber wrights" comment about not needing an architect or designer on there jobs. In each case they are adding onto vintage frames. I explain that they really do, if they don't have a design/art back ground at a minimum. They ask, "why?" I ask if they know what the golden section is...they don't, and I then I explain what it is, and why they shouldn't be doing the design work. Look forward to your next piece.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />jayJay C. White Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16327164403578757417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118094056356737952.post-66326832003973086642013-04-23T11:38:52.029-04:002013-04-23T11:38:52.029-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jay C. White Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16327164403578757417noreply@blogger.com