2024-11-22T21:23:10-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150004446/when-architects-build-homes-for-themselves Alexander Walter 2017-04-24T18:22:00-04:00 >2017-04-24T18:28:34-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lr/lr0rr9htvfoau71y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Architects use the design of their own homes both as a design experiment and as a representation of their own beliefs and ideals. Their grounding through education and experience may form a base or starting point, but the influences of their culture, lifestyle and the environment of their upbringing are naturally integrated into their architecture.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>"The size of an architect's own home is often an expression of their professional commitment. There is a small but current movement towards the micro unit, an expression of a need to achieve home ownership, however small. At the opposite scale, the McMansion is still popular, but architects' homes tend to be more responsible and they generally scale the size of their home as a direct relationship to their needs."</em></p><p>Um...duh.</p>