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The Key of A
Houses are not built according to musical keys, as far as I know. But this is my musical moment, so I will make it so. Behold A Key to...
Carsten Sprotte
Jan 14, 20212 min read


Tree House
As a child, I aspired to make my home in the boughs of mighty trees. Something of this remained in me, and indeed as a species we remain...
Carsten Sprotte
Dec 20, 20202 min read


In the name of place
Our land is not a grid, the way many an American city would have it be. Places are distinct, special to some, and sacred to others. Even...
Carsten Sprotte
Dec 18, 20203 min read


Imagine...
What if a house breathed in the light Of the sun at day and the moon at night? What if you could contemplate the stars, as you slip...
Carsten Sprotte
Nov 29, 20201 min read


A House to Herald Change
This is a house that wants to change you. This is a house that wants to change the world, for it is by changing yourself that the world...
Carsten Sprotte
Nov 27, 20203 min read


A House Less Travelled By
On that clear-sky autumn day as you hiked over hills, two roads diverged in a yellow wood. You peered down both until their bends, both...
Carsten Sprotte
Nov 25, 20202 min read


Earth Erotica
One autumn day, in your weariness you lie down beneath a giant gingko to watch its golden leaves dance in the wind. As you gaze upwards,...
Carsten Sprotte
Nov 18, 20204 min read


Ode to a House that is Not
Written as a single word, we can define a lighthouse as a tower containing a beacon of light to guide ships. Written as two words, our...
Carsten Sprotte
Nov 11, 20201 min read
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