2024-05-06T10:16:16-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/88610415/archinect-s-13-top-13-for-13 Archinect 2013-12-17T19:36:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s6/s6ajv0bgyztcg7eu.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It's <em>that</em> time of the year again, so let's take a look back at the year 2013 on Archinect by sharing the most trafficked and popular pages in Archinect's diverse online ecosystem, with a list of <strong>13 top 13 lists for '13</strong>.</p><p>Besides the most viewed pages in various sections (which are based exclusively on visits by unique page-views), we are this year also presenting some of the most heatedly debated articles, the most common job titles from <a href="http://salaries.archinect.com" target="_blank">Archinect's Salary Poll microsite</a>, the top architectural issues of the past twelve months, and &mdash; risking a look into our crystal ball &mdash; 13 predictions for 2014.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/32429010/contours-the-year-s-end-the-political-economic-and-social-perspective Sherin Wing 2011-12-27T16:58:56-05:00 >2011-12-29T12:19:21-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cp/cpxmnsggpg4g8s8x.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <em>By Sherin Wing &amp; Guy Horton</em></p> <p> We sit here in the joyous wreckage of The Holi-<em>daze</em> listening to one of the forgotten tunes of 2011, &ldquo;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89UNel7Fav4" target="_blank">Soothe Me</a>&rdquo; by the London-based band, Yuck. We think, yes, <em>soothe</em> us. Please. Just give us some good news. <em>Anything.</em> ABI? Unemployment? A functioning Congress? How about some cool projects that give us some hope that architecture matters in more than just narrow aesthetic terms? Too much to ask for?</p>