The folks who design the house plans for sale on Hometta.com are not at all the type who toil, uncredited, in the dreary fields of stock houseplannery. They are leaders and innovators in their fields, speaking often at universities and museums worldwide. Sometimes they get on a roll, and we can scarcely keep up.

Meet the Nelsons by Wes JonesWe didn't get the news in time to alert you when Wes Jones, of Jones, Partners: Architecture spoke at SCI-Arc last week, but it's not too late for you to pick up a copy of his new book. Meet the Nelsons is based on his "notorious" mid-'90s comic strip, The Nelsons, which according to SCI-Arc "addresses themes ranging from the legacy of the machine aesthetic to the challenges of virtuality to key disciplinary personalities such as Buckminster Fuller and Manfredo Tafuri."

Now that's a book talk we wish we'd heard.

It's not too late, however, to make a date to see Hometta core architect Blair Satterfield, along with his partner Marc Swackhamer, on Feb. 25th at the fabulous Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The "Hou" in HouMinn devoutly wishes we could attend…

Drift House by HouMinn Practice

And mark your calendars for later this spring when David Erdman of Hometta's davidclovers presents on his groundbreaking Lunar House at SCI-Arc, in advance of a show that will feature finished panels from the house. Hometta visited the davidclovers workshop in Venice, California, last year, just before they decamped to Hong Kong (via a stint in Rome). The resulting podcast is here.

Lunar House by davidclovers