1.0Spacing Nationalhttps://spacing.ca/nationalSean Ruthenhttps://spacing.ca/national/author/seanruthen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tGwMOq37gW"><a href="https://spacing.ca/national/2020/07/14/book-review-mcintyre-house/">Book Review: McIntyre House</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/national/2020/07/14/book-review-mcintyre-house/embed/#?secret=tGwMOq37gW" width="600" height="338" title="“Book Review: McIntyre House” — Spacing National" data-secret="tGwMOq37gW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/national/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/WC_Mcintyre_cover_600px.jpg600400UBC SALA West Coast Modern House Series Written by Sherry McKay, Preface by Douglas Coupland (ORO Editions 2020)  I miss that people once built houses like McIntyre House, homes that so elegantly address the time and place they live in, and which cost no more to build than ugly houses. Why are there no moreContinue reading