Historic Precedent in America Part 2

[@tricia8727]

I LOVE learning about all of the architecture and design details you present. You make the information easy to digest for the average person. THANK YOU for all of your hard work in sharing this with us all! I believe it is making a difference in shifting the way we look at our houses and surroundings.

[@BrentHull]

Thank you, that is the hope.

[@stevemiller7949]

The way we design, build, and finance cities, neighborhoods, streets, and houses has a massive impact on everyone. We need to build smarter, not harder . We need to stop conning ourselves that the " modern, American way" promoted by big business to maximize profit is really the best we can do. Many homes, closets, and basements are filled with expensive toys gathering dust, that no longer make us happy. Yet, we need to cut corners when we build homes. Making a home should be a high priority. Collectively, we can and should reform how we build. Brent, your work is vital and important . Thank you.😊😊

[@BrentHull]

Thanks so much. I agree.

[@stevemiller7949]

At the risk of sounding like a know it all, I pass on a suggestion. Make the phrase "subconcious fixation" a part of your vocabulary. When a building fails to give the subconcious mind a stimulating, nurturing composition to fixate on, the subconcious mind can NOT fixate on it and must seek out a health giving composition to fixate on elsewhere, to satisfy it's regular hunger requirements. This is an inescapable, biological need. This isn't about some vague ,abstract idea. This is a requirement of life, that can be objectively neasured. Our society is starving for beauty. We can't ignore this need anymore than we can ignore our need to sleep. Good design is necessary for good health. Anne Sussman and others came up with this, not me. 🙂🙂

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

You are like a guest lecturer that I would have seen in architecture school during the 1980's: very informative with loads of practical information.

[@BrentHull]

Thank you.

[@ThePolypam]

I've been waiting for Part 2. What a fascinating lecture this was. Thanks again for making this available free. If I may contribute a correction at the 20:20 mark - the Chateau de Chambord was completed in 1547, and most of the castles in the Loire Valley date back to the 15th and 16th centuries. They're Renaissance buildings.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for sharing! Cheers

[@Julianhache]

Thanks for everything you do Brent!

[@BrentHull]

Your welcome.

[@T_157-40]

He is our Professor of Architecture.

[@Julianhache]

@@T_157-40 changed my whole building philosophy

[@rogerhodges7656]

This talk is a walk down memory lane for me. There are so many parts that I wanted to comment on but, I realized that my comments meant something to me but wouldn't be important to be shared. LOVE your talks.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks so much.

[@jenniferzennifer6949]

Arts and crafts... my favorite time in architecture and art 😍. Such a contrast from Victorian.

[@BrentHull]

It really is!

[@Cryptoverse-pi2zm]

This was a fantastic and informative presentation Brent. I really enjoyed listening to your knowledge of home building in America. I have often wondered why everything has become so boring looking and true craftsmanship has disappeared in American homes. I chalked it up to money but you peeled back a few more layers for me. I do some wood working on the side with no formal education of it or a mentor that took me under their wing but I would love nothing more than to become a true craftsman of doors, trim, windows etc to add character to homes. After stumbling across you a few days ago I have really been taking in all the knowledge you are sharing, and thank you for that!

[@BrentHull]

So glad to hear it. Enjoy!

[@jefflawrentz1624]

Always fun and informative to watch your vlogs. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association was founded 1853 and that’s when the rescue of Washington home began. Thanks Brent!

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for the info!

[@garygibson133]

Thank you so much for these presentations, I very much appreciate the continuity of historical context. I understand these are a lot of work, I look forward to them...

[@BrentHull]

Wonderful! Thx.

[@Jared_Albert]

Fascinating excellent lecture. Thank you for sharing your expertise

[@BrentHull]

Welcome!

[@lossless4129]

Yessss! My house era is in this one. Thank you for sharing, so excited!

[@BrentHull]

You are so welcome!

[@mab49696]

great talk, I think this is my second time through. you mentioned the cheap , thin siding. I have a contractor buddy that was describing some of the cheap housing neighborhoods going up locally and he said "you can break into one of these houses with a boxcutter"

[@BrentHull]

YIkes! sad but true.

[@worldsbestdad617]

Love your videos, as an hvac installer for his own company in the MA NH area. I can guarantee you we think about and collaborate with home eff areas like insulation and windows. We install ERVs to prevent a lot of these issues and good insulation on our duct itself.

[@BrentHull]

Good to know. Thanks.

[@TS-mt6rm]

In Sweden we have all of the building standadized several times over. Most of the code is optional but unless specified otherwise is presumed to be part of the customers specification. It gives enough support for both architects, engineers, builders and customers to do what they want, and for the customer to get enough protection if the finished product is sub- par.

[@BrentHull]

That is what we need, we have too much. Thx.

[@jelsner5077]

Somehow, I missed this when it came out and I am really glad I finally caught it. It would be an interesting topic for you to give your thoughts on New Traditional developments like Poundbury in England. There are some developments in the Netherlands and South America that are being based on traditional, local architecture. The Aesthetic City channel here on KZbin features some of these and I would love to hear your perspective on them.

[@BrentHull]

Interesting. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into it.

[@KentuckyGirl]

Great lecture. 👏 Do you have one just on Craftsman style? That is my favorite house style.

[@BrentHull]

Yes, look at my Live talk- Building and Brews. I have a talk on the Arts adn Crafts.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

I am of the same stance with foam. It has a lot of long-term problems. What do you do with it when you want to renovate, upgrade the electrical/plumbing, and dispose of it? They are oil based, so when the oil degrades, the material falls apart. Just use the insulation bats.

[@BrentHull]

Agreed! Thx.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Brent, you were going to do a show on American Foursquares a few years ago but never got around to it. Just a reminder. If you want to talk about kit homes look up “Lustron houses” they were made of steel panels and the company was only in business from 1948-1950 before going bankrupt. They were “built” (assembled would be a better term) all over the country and many remain ( there is a webpage listing all the Lustron homes still standing in the US. A special truck containing all the parts and panel was used to deliver each home)

[@BrentHull]

Nice, 2 great ideas. Thanks.

[@Staceylamar]

I'm 100% behind you on the current building debacle...our home is only 10 years old but was built with spray foam and HomeDepot trim. We live in a high end area of FL panhandle where the price per square foot is through the roof-no pun intended. We are having so many issues with moisture and air quality. I also just hate how this boom in homebuilding will NOT age well and cheapen our beautful special place for generations to come:(

[@BrentHull]

That is my fear as well.

[@laurajojackson374]

Has anyone ever seen Gustav Stickley and Brent Hull in the same room? I'm just saying....

[@BrentHull]

hahaha

[@TheBrandonHazel]

Brent I love your content. Do you know of any resources or archives that would have those kit house companies design plans available? In case somebody wanted to manufacture their own kit? I think it would be really cool if we still built some of those houses. Obviously adjusting correctly for code. Thanks,

[@BrentHull]

Yes, you can find them online. There is a lot about the sears houses. Good luck.

[@GeorgePetrakov]

energy efficient it is good but we need to figure out how to do it. Oh God is so correct. Seems in past people knows much more about it when now.

[@BrentHull]

Agreed. Thx.

[@T_157-40]

Brent, what is your option or concerns about Post Frame construction for residential homes?

[@BrentHull]

Post frame? do you mean Timber Framed? I don't have any concerns. It is an historical fact that stands the test of time. Thx.

[@davidmoye2354]

I love aladdin homes!

[@BrentHull]

Me too. Thx.

[@stevemiller7949]

I suggest you make the phrase " unconcious fixation" part of your vocabulary. When a building fails to provide the subconcious mind with a nurturing composition , the subconcious mind can NOT fixate on it, so it must seek elsewhere, until it finds nutrition. This is an innate, uncontollable, inescapable physical need. We can not ignore this anymore than we can ignore our need to sleep. The subconcious mind is like a baby that needs regular nutrition. There is no use denying what it needs . Modern ideas about architecture have put us on a starvation diet. Modern architecture is harming us, and we don't realize it. Society is starving for beauty. Anne Sussman, and others came up with this, not me.🙂🙂

[@BrentHull]

Great point. Thx.

[@willbass2869]

I don't think folks fully comprehend the impact of war on housing. From soldiers bringing building styles back "home" to the impact of modularity and new materials. My father bounced from one Pacific island to another with his naval aviation unit while living in metal quonset huts and plywood floors only to return back to a 1890s Mississippi farm house built of virgin longleaf pine & cypress with hand split shakes on the roof. Now I see "security" features in homes and public buildings that look out straight out of Baghdad's "Green Zone". As an American, I just hate this trend of walled in front courtyards. It throws up an impenetrable barrier between house and sidewalk/street. A real separation of home and neighborhood. The psychology is bad. Like we live on Mogadishu or Fallujah (or Mexico, alas). Little civic engagement, no sense of community.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for sharing.

[@cborecky]

The Craftsman movement was the last attempt by designers to apply beauty to the "workingman's home". It's odd to me that we both abandoned Craftsman, and also didn't replace it with anything else for a century. Instead it's rows and rows of snout houses for the regular Joes. Ironically, craftsman shapes would be cheaper to build than most snout houses with their mountain-range rooflines, zig-zag exterior walls, and oversized lots. More energy-efficient too, because the ratio of exterior walls to interior space was lower. How long until we see a craftsman revival?

[@BrentHull]

Great point. THx.

[@Senthiuz]

I think the modern urbanist trends of mixed used development and trying to pare back zoning regulations might end up with better, or at least more interesting architecture. Mixed use might get architects back in to being comfortable designing for both residential and commercial projects. I think the predominace any non-detached single family residential being build to rent is a strong weight against that, possibly eeeing boring apartment block on top of boring strip mall, but there's a little more duplex and townhome development for sale happening. Zoning regulation often end up with the same final result of the McMansion, X feet setbacks, Y required open space, Z height limitations, P parking spaces. Eventually you end up with the biggest box you can legally fit on the smallest lot being the profit maximizing move for every home built in a city. Developers having to actually balance all these things for themselves and make hard choices might mean all the homes are different and people are able to find a home that perhaps doesn't fit the needs of most, but fits theirs.

[@BrentHull]

True. Thx.

[@annafilban2859]

I can't believe UT said you couldn't teach a class there. I get Dwell magazine. The latest issue featured a house that looks like a children's museum and a disturbing article about how restoring historic homes is unfair to indigenous people. 🙄 Excuse me? Where's my ancestor's casino and my 200k graduation bonus?!!

[@BrentHull]

Crazy. Thx for sharing.

[@jacobtracy7847]

Disneyland on drugs!!!😂😂😂

[@BrentHull]

haha.