D Fletcher Dunham
@dfdunham.bsky.social
architecture, social housing, & posts about bldgs 🏢📚🌈
Name & shame the supporters
Measure ULA supporters, including the oversight board, claimed that the transfer tax has already "created 10,000 union construction jobs."
UCLA professor Mike Manville looked at the basis for this number and found out that it's bullshit: each “job” represents 19 potential future work days.
UCLA professor Mike Manville looked at the basis for this number and found out that it's bullshit: each “job” represents 19 potential future work days.
How did an ‘implausible’ claim about jobs created by LA’s ‘mansion tax’ get cited by watchdogs?
A committee tasked with oversight of the city’s controversial tax said it has created 10,000 union construction jobs. LAist tracked down the claim’s origins.
laist.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Name & shame the supporters
it’s my oomfs in print @katewagner.wehwalt.net @lisairontongue.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
it’s my oomfs in print @katewagner.wehwalt.net @lisairontongue.bsky.social
saw some bldgs in Texas
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
saw some bldgs in Texas
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I feel like I just found a gold nugget! During my daily streetview ambling I just now discovered a 1925 apartment building designed by RM Schindler that was thought to have been demolished for the 101 freeway. But it wasn’t! It was *moved.* (first screenshot is from US Modernist)
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I feel like I just found a gold nugget! During my daily streetview ambling I just now discovered a 1925 apartment building designed by RM Schindler that was thought to have been demolished for the 101 freeway. But it wasn’t! It was *moved.* (first screenshot is from US Modernist)
“Dingbats” but they’re six story mass timber single stair bldgs in former single family neighborhoods
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Dingbats” but they’re six story mass timber single stair bldgs in former single family neighborhoods
“I can’t go square dancing, I’m in Brooks Brothers” is a thing I just said in Dallas
November 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“I can’t go square dancing, I’m in Brooks Brothers” is a thing I just said in Dallas
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Nithya Raman: "we downzoned all these neighborhoods and streets in [Los Angeles] and that led to the current housing crisis. Now feels like for the first time that saying no to housing has a political cost."
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Nithya Raman: "we downzoned all these neighborhoods and streets in [Los Angeles] and that led to the current housing crisis. Now feels like for the first time that saying no to housing has a political cost."
planners hate this one weird trick
yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review
www.cannodesign.com
www.cannodesign.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
planners hate this one weird trick
Everyone in Texas is so chatty until I say what I’m here for
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Everyone in Texas is so chatty until I say what I’m here for
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we built the stately pleasure dome from the classic poem don’t build the stately pleasure dome
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
we built the stately pleasure dome from the classic poem don’t build the stately pleasure dome
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Single-stair plus multifam zoning on single-fam lots might be what prefab needs to take off. Manufacturing processes require scale and repeatability; only single-family lots deliver those. Homeowners want too much customization in ADUs, but developers might be profit-minded enough to see the vision.
We could panelize it and assemble the whole thing with mass timber
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Single-stair plus multifam zoning on single-fam lots might be what prefab needs to take off. Manufacturing processes require scale and repeatability; only single-family lots deliver those. Homeowners want too much customization in ADUs, but developers might be profit-minded enough to see the vision.
trying to watch House of Dynamite but there are too many explosions outside
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
trying to watch House of Dynamite but there are too many explosions outside
Now accepting food recommendations for Dallas & Houston
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Now accepting food recommendations for Dallas & Houston
hahahaha
The American tackiness that you put up with for so long has been finally weaponised and you don't have a good counter, coast people with degrees.
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
hahahaha
omg the jade vitrolite
here’s what it used to look like
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
omg the jade vitrolite
RETVRN
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
RETVRN
Palms remains undefeated
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Palms remains undefeated
LA vernacular is so powerful
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
LA vernacular is so powerful
It’s been 15 years but I still miss “veuillez trouver ci-joint” which is just a lovely thing to type
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It’s been 15 years but I still miss “veuillez trouver ci-joint” which is just a lovely thing to type
tbh they should raze the west wing too
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
tbh they should raze the west wing too
always slightly weird when architecture is in the news
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
always slightly weird when architecture is in the news
wait ahaha omg???
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
wait ahaha omg???
I cannot bring myself to care about the East Wing, sorry
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I cannot bring myself to care about the East Wing, sorry
*clears throat* Crescent City California
So much of the country feels homogenous and samey. Tell me some more about American micro-regions that actually have unique economies and cultures. The Imperial Valley. The Oregon Coast. The Iron Range. That part of Northern maine where they all speak French.
What are some other ones
What are some other ones
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
*clears throat* Crescent City California