Self Taught Home Designers?

[sutcac]

Not true. Fundamental design skills can be, and are, taught successfully. That doesn't make you the new Frank Lloyd Wright or Frank Gehry but it can make you at least a competent designer. We're not talking about abstract expressionism here, we're talking about tangible things like floor plan flow and function, scale, balance, composition, proportion, proper access to natural light, responding to local environments, sustainability, etc. Quality residential design is not just in the "eye of the beholder". It can be quantified.

[Dave Pitman]

... That doesn't make you the new [] Frank Gehry

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I would not call Mr Gehry a skilled designer, but obviously many do. I totally agree that good design can be taught, but the teacher may be a university, job experience, or fine observation.