Writings

Bicycle Network Toolbox
A list of design tools for urban bicycle networks.

Bicycle Parking
How to provide well designed bicycle parking.

Pedestrian Retail
Designing retail that's oriented to the pedestrian is key to creating a vital urban environment.

Urban Field Notes: Mosaics
David Baker investigates the visual richness that community-based mosaic projects bring to the city.

Unbundle New Urban Parking + Housing
Lower parking requirements allow for more affordable housing, less urban traffic congestion, and increased urban vitality.

It's the Ceiling Heights, for One Thing
Why can't new buildings be as nice as old buildings?

Wabi Sabi
The Japanese concept of materiality and space.

Architectural Design Strategies
Lavishing creativity and consideration on the design of the human environment results in a link with future inhabitants.

Design of Community
Design implementation requires community involvement, contextual design, and a lot of communication.

Mr. + Mrs. Bernard W. Baker
Emilie Baker, 1914-2008 The best mom I ever had. Bernard W. Baker, 1899-1981 My dad was a self-trained architect who designed and built the solar house where I was born.

db Paints!
David Baker is painting again.

db Knits!
I recently learned how to knit and it's a blast.

db Bikes!
These are my bicycles that provide the majority of my transportation, both to the grocery store and the next hill town in Tuscany.

db Sits!
This is my collection of chairs—many of which came from my parents, who went through a modern awakening in the 1950s under the influence of Arts and Architecture magazine.

Details
Learning from our—and others'—mistakes. A close consideration of architectural details.

Links
A repository of David Baker-curated links to articles of interest.

Building Skins
A consideration of exterior materials and approaches.

Stormwater Management

Metric Scales
This guide will help you get a feel for what's going on by relating common metric scales to English counterparts.