May 2019
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
6h 39m
English

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it’s a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that’s all.
—Harry Seidler
The Winchester Mystery House, located in San Jose, was built by the widow of firearm company founder William Winchester. Although it had approximately 160 rooms, it was missing something critical: a plan. The house was built without an architect; the widow Winchester just kept adding on to the building in a haphazard fashion. As a result, the home contains numerous oddities such as doors and stairs that go nowhere, windows ...
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