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Possibilities

3 September 2009

Dan Phillips on architecture:

You can’t defy the laws of physics or building codes, but beyond that, the possibilities are endless.”

He’s quoted about his work in a NYT article, One Man’s Trash. He builds homes for low-income folks using “mismatched bricks, shards of ceramic tiles, shattered mirrors, bottle butts, wine corks, old DVDs and even bones from nearby cattle yards” and other discarded scrap. (I wish there was a web design equivalent. Is there?) His work is beautiful.

Mr. Phillips used old shingles, arranged by color, to build the roof of what he calls "the storybook house."

Photo: Michael Stravato for The New York Times

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