DIY decry - Letters: keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming - Letter to the Editor

Residential Architect, May, 2003 by Brett A. Huttman

Kudos! It's about time someone noticed what's been happening (or not happening) in today's subdivisions and suburbs ("Where Will the Loft-Lovers Live?" January/ February 2003, page 13).

It seems the trend in "forward thinking" in residential architecture in America is simply to add more technology and "gadgetry" to an otherwise ordinary envelope. I envy those in Spain, Italy, and other European countries where modern architecture flourishes because they have faith in their architects and designers. Unfortunately, here in the United States, the "do-it-yourself" attitude runs rampant; builders, developers and sometimes owners have taken it upon themselves to design on their own. Let's face it, we can't all be Frank Lloyd Wright.

Brett A. Huttman, AIA, ASHE

Optimus Architecture

Rhinebeck, N. Y.