Arrol Gellner

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Arrol Gellner is a practicing architect with 30 years' experience in residential and commercial architecture. He is a graduate of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley. Gellner's column, Architext, appears in newspapers nationwide, include the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Gellner is the author of several books on historic architecture. He is also a frequent speaker on design subjects, and has served on panels with some of California's most distinguished architects. Gellner works in a renovated turn-of-the-century fire hose factory near San Francisco. He also maintains an office and a home in Suzhou, China, where he spends his summers. His other interests include classic cars and music recording.

When cast iron was king

Inventions that changed architecture

May 22

What gives home 'good bones'?

Few architects achieve such design by accident

May 8

Architectural errors frozen in time

Every building has its story

Apr 24

Architects and CAD: a love-hate relationship

Despite benefits, freeform designs hard to come by

Apr 10

Words that changed architecture

How ornamentation met its demise

Mar 27

Affordable building materials come at a price

The labor-cost effect

Mar 13

Patina is where the heart is

So why the obsession with flawlessness in new buildings?

Feb 27

Long live the arch

Inventions that changed architecture

Feb 13

Sorry state of architecture school

Many learning aesthetics, but lack building experience

Jan 30

How NOT to design front walkway

Oftentimes, less is more

Jan 16

China takes technology to next level

Part 4: The rise of China

Jan 7

China at forefront of environmentalism?

Part 3: The rise of China

Dec 19

As China grows, so do its problems

Part 2: The rise of China

Dec 5

China's growth has lessons for U.S.

Part 1: The rise of China

Nov 21

Technology may be architecture's worst enemy

Is another aesthetic backlash on horizon?

Nov 7

America's urban planning on wrong track

Rethinking the asphalt nation

Oct 24

It takes a forest to build a house

A look at America's declining resource efficiency

Oct 10

Central heating's come a long way

Quest for energy efficiency fuels innovation

Sep 26

Mom-and-pops can't compete in 'Anywhere U.S.A'

With chain stores taking over, it's not just economic value that's lost

Sep 12

Urban planning's future: people, not cars

History suggests gas-powered transport cannot last

Aug 29

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