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                             How Buildings Learn

Years ago I read _How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built_ [1]
on a recommendation, and I wasn't disappointed (oddly enough, it seems more
programmers buy this book than architects). The book goes into depth on how
buildings are adapted (or not—Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings [2] are
notorious for their inability to adapt, in addition to the leaky roofs) by
successive tenants.

Now, the author of the book, Stewart Brand [3], has uploaded the documentary
based on the book to Youtube [4] (link via Jason Kottke [5]). For a brief
minute and a half peek at the type of content, there's The Oak Beams of New
College, Oxford [6] (one of my favorite bits from the book).

[1] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140139966/conmanlaborat-20
[2] http://www.franklloydwright.org/
[3] http://sb.longnow.org/SB_homepage/
[4] https://www.youtube.com/user/brandst/videos
[5] http://kottke.org/15/07/how-buildings-learn
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqH4eWR7jDQ

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