Archinect - News 2024-05-03T19:40:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/125819571/what-makes-good-architecture-criticism-these-writers-define-the-traits What makes "good" architecture criticism? These writers define the traits Justine Testado 2015-04-21T13:52:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/uf/uf0pfrpa1jdlevff.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>What is 'serious criticism' in architecture? This is a vital topic, since architecture critics often shape public opinion as much as architects themselves do, if not more so.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Derived from John Ruskin's 1849 essay <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Lamps_of_Architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Seven Lamps of Architecture"</a>, architect Lance Hosey compiled a list of comments from the small group of architecture writers pictured above about what they believe are the defining characteristics of good architectural criticism and its role in today's society.</p><p>Related:</p><ul><li><a title="Powers of 10 with Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic at the LA Times, on Archinect Sessions #10!" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/115666803/powers-of-10-with-christopher-hawthorne-architecture-critic-at-the-la-times-on-archinect-sessions-10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Powers of 10 with Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic at the LA Times, on Archinect Sessions #10!</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/84992115/the-psychology-of-online-comments The Psychology of Online Comments Archinect 2013-10-25T15:59:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/18c40a79e9569e989e9a17dcda018dd4?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>the nastier the comments, the more polarized readers became about the contents of the article, a phenomenon they dubbed the &ldquo;nasty effect.&rdquo; But the nasty effect isn&rsquo;t new, or unique to the Internet. Psychologists have long worried about the difference between face-to-face communication and more removed ways of talking&mdash;the letter, the telegraph, the phone. Without the traditional trappings of personal communication, like non-verbal cues, context, and tone, comments can become overly impersonal...</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>