Just finished this wonderful little book. Kalkin is on the bleeding edge of architecture, his structures and creations being so out there, it's impossible to really get a grasp on them. Yet, people are living in them, and with great delight. I would love to take a road trip with this guy: oh, what fun!
Among the unexpected pleasures in the book: a description of his patented "Video Gravestone." The headstone is equipped with a flat-screen monitor which plays clips from the deceased person's life. Love it! Much better than just getting an email from them, or standing upside down in liquid nitrogen, don't you think?
As a bonus, the book includes his "100 Comments on Architecture and Hygiene." Number 37 is the one I've adopted as a working philosophy: "Create problems if none exist."
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