Archinect - Features

Collaboration and Poetic Rigour - Celebrating the 'Rising Stars of Irish Architecture'

2017-10-04T04:00:00-04:00

There is a poetic rigour to the work of the practices I interviewed for my Irish Times piece: The Rising Stars of Irish Architecture. I’d spent all day — from my in-car interview with Douglas Carson, stuck in traffic on the City Quay, to Laurence Lord’s fascinating five minute cultural history of rural Irish housing — trying to avoid using the word ‘poetic’; I feared the cliche.

Short and Not-So-Sweet: A Collection of Architecture Haiku Criticism

2016-11-28T12:09:00-05:00

In honor of November's XS theme, we asked readers to send us notes of architectural criticism, in haiku: the Japanese poetic form restricted to three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, in that order. And boy, did folks deliver. You can pack a lot of sour into 17 syllables, but also beauty. Below are the best haiku from our open call, and a few from Archinect's forum. Enjoy.

A Snarky Haiku Collection Targets Architecture's Most Frustrating Moments

2016-11-22T12:03:00-05:00

Created by three contributors who wish to remain anonymous, Five Seven Five: Nine to Five is a collection of haiku that wryly (and occasionally cynically) explores the realities of day-to-day architectural employment, from choosing between SketchUp and Revit to the challenges of working with developers.

Working out of the Box: Abraham Burickson, poet, conceptual artist and founder of "Odyssey Works"

2015-03-27T12:13:00-04:00

Working out of the Box is a series of features presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.

In this installment, we're talking with Abraham Burickson, founder of Odyssey Works.

Are you an architect working out of the box? Do you know of someone that has changed careers and has an interesting story to share? If you would like to suggest an (ex-)architect, please send us a message.

Take a Walk: Mike the Poet on L.A.'s Grand Avenue

2014-01-20T13:34:00-05:00

On the verge of metamorphosis, Los Angeles' Grand Avenue could do with a check-up. To take a record of the historic street, Mike "The Poet" Sonksen walks its length from Grand Park to South Park, and muses on its rich history from downtown's beginnings.