One of the first houses to go up at SOL, in 2009We always try to keep up to date with what Karrie Jacobs is working on, ever since we got introduced to her--and for that matter, or our long-time collaborator Brett Zamore--via her book The Perfect $100,000 House. So after enjoying her recent Metropolis piece about Austin's Domain shopping center and changing notions of urbanism, we couldn't help but wonder what she was doing in our old stomping grounds.
This morning over coffee and the Times' House and Home section, our curiosity was satisfied--and delighted--to discover her mission was to profile Hometta contributor Chris Krager of KRDB and his super-cool SOL development in East Austin.
Chris was one of Hometta's earliest contributors, and is someone we admire immensely for his creativity and dedication to improving the built environment through progressive architecture. So much so that we traveled to Austin in 2010 to check out SOL and do a couple of podcasts profiling KRDB and the Dogtrot Casita, plans for which are for sale at Hometta.
So if you enjoyed the Times piece today and would like to know more....
Here's my original blog post from that day, and the two videos we produced from our time there:
Meet KRDB from Hometta, Inc. on Vimeo.
Dogtrot Casita from Hometta, Inc. on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 11:36AM 
Herzog & de Meuron, Actelion Business Center, study models, 2010. Via Design Observer.•Design Observer publishes an interview with Jacques Herzog about his work and the Swiss ideas behind it. 
