So, I designed a website for someone I do business with and it's gone over so well I have two, maybe three, more websites lined up to do in the next two weeks. And given how much a decent website should bill for, I only need maybe 4 more websites to either buy a decent used car or move the hell out of here.
And two weeks ago, I didn't even know much about making websites!
phillip, borrows? holy shite, photoshop to the rescue it looks like. this is one of the reasons why i hate polished images, where is the process? show the work, and not just icing.
cynical me says it's irrelevant since it's not likely to get built. and *if* it gets built, by the *time* it gets built, it will look a whole lot different...
this project and this team were invented as a flash-in-the-pan, imho. they're not furthering architectural dialogue, just collecting what's in the air, re-presenting it for our facebook feeds, and reinforcing these things as the memes for winter '12.
well put SW... i would love to know if BIG/JDS complained about the image with the copenhagen harbor baths in it... there has to be a reason why it was taken down, not only from the bustler post, but also from the budcud website... big green head, what say you?
@will - those stepped decks on the bond tower are a nice idea, but you're in a bit of a fish bowl if you're sitting out on them - plus they will complicate the owner's ability to lease space around them (and restricts what kind of spaces you can put next to them). other than that it's a nice looking building - I have a thing for tall buildings on narrow sites...
This week is all about wrapping up major projects and moving onto the next ones. I so happy that my chapter for Sustainable Energy Landscapes is DONE! (expected to be out in September).
Can't discuss the other projects that I'm just starting - gotta keep mum till funding shows up or we're ready to make them public. All I can say is that I have too many ideas to pursue if they all come to fruition - so waiting to see what comes through first or with the most $$$.
@ toaster, yeah i can see that too. some issues to think about no doubt. i think is still more concept than reality. for winnipeg is amazing, and hell winning a p/a award 2 years in a row is quite an accomplishment. even more cool that they were my classmates just 10 years ago.
good luck with money barry. just had news we got funding for fairly large project at uni. looking forward to learning a whole bunch about designing eco cities in the next year!
goodness, it's so black. distracts from what might otherwise be a nice and effective design. can't imagine it will stay that way and get approved by whatever powers-that-be will have to approve it. i can already imagine the dismissive nick-names from the locals that it would attract.
yeah - winnepeg isn't exactly the first place you think of for groundbreaking architecture...
have I ever mentioned my love of vertical razor-thin structures? they're kind of impractical after a certain height because they eventually become all core, but there's something very seductive about those flying wedges - I blame barragan:
@ steven, hm am curious how that goes. they have already built a fair amount of stuff that is not exactly normal for the area so perhaps they can do it...
here in japanland it wouldn't matter cuz there are no powers that be. as long as safe structure and doesn't cast shadow nobody has a bloody say about what we build. which is the way it is supposed to be! libertarian nation is kinda cool sometimes. messy, but interesting.
it is pretty libertarian in lots of ways, certainly with its building code.
laws are performance-based rather than prescriptive, so personal choice creates city and community directly - mixed use and mixed income is normal, no planners required. actually more truthful to say planners have not so much power, cuz its in the hands of individuals - for better and for worse.
much of rest of society is similar - at least from where i sit. kind of ironic...
does anyone else watch "up with chris hayes"? if you don't know, it is a saturday/sunday morning politics/news show on msnbc... this morning they had a long segment with architect michael bell talking about the "foreclosed" exhibition at MoMA... it was pretty cool to see architecture being discussed on a mainstream news show... i'll post a link to the clip once they post it later today...
Oh I'm so glad I randomly read this thread! Thanks for posting that link. I went to the forum last Saturday and to the MoMA exhibition, as the issues that inspired Foreclosed are relevant to my thesis and those of about 10 of my classmates. We are either very topical or too late to the game. I think the suburbs are one of architecture's ones that got away; we just can't let them go.
My sister is in town, and last night husband had to work, so sis and I shared a bottle of wine while watching the red carpet shows, then ate roasted okra and popcorn for dinner, with dessert of "milk punch" (Eagle Brand, bourbon, and cinnamon on ice) while watching the awards. So, so yummy, and a perfect girl's night in.
That thread about architecture being a bad profession is so depressing. Because it's true.
I dunno donna - architecture is a tough profession, but I'm wondering why someone his age hasn't developed relationships with people who could potentially feed him work - and if he's been working this long, there are definitely skills that are far more valuable to a firm than advanced computer skills. I work in one of the most competitive markets for architecture in the US and not a single one of my bosses could even use CAD aside from maybe drawing a couple lines and printing things - project architects around here just need to know enough software so that they could pitch in with production when needed, but someone who is experienced in the field and knows the right people is worth way more than a room full of revit hotshots.
re: toasteroven's question on gravel @ foundation/wall one page back - this is a pretty standard detail in europe. helps w/ drainage at stemwall. keeps the stucco a little cleaner. keeps things from growing up/on the facade. i also think it looks a lot cleaner, as it provides a nice separation between house and land. a few of the projects i worked on didn't incorporate gutters, so it also allowed for rain shedding w/ out washing out the garden.
i agree with toasteroven. i'm in crazy competitive environment and we survive by our contacts not our cad skills. said before my partner is not cad magician but his other skills make him very valuable. better to blame on bad economy instead of systemic problems with profession no?
still it is sad that he is out of a job. that is never a good thing.
yeah - it's tough for everyone right now... I feel lucky that our office still has work trickling in...
One thing that really bothers me is seeing the unpaid internship and contractor vs employee thing crop up every once and a while, then get buried down several pages - I think archinect should provide at least links to resources in the employment section so that recent grads (and employers) can decide whether or not they want to knowingly break labor laws (and the risks of breaking said laws). I know this is a US centric request (maybe it's not as prevalent elsewhere?), but, IMO, education is the first step towards someone being able to advocate for themselves.
it's snowing in tokyo today. almost never happens and always so short that winter is usually more a formality than anything. but today is almost like canada. view from my office (at uni) is usually mostly green, but today is white. gotta admit quite like my over-glazed modernist box on days like today.
its very nice to see it snow, though the trains were crazy packed this morning and slow. a few centimeters of snow is enough to slow down even a well-organized place like tokyo. not sure how many thousands (or hundreds of thousands) use the line every day but it sure makes for a packed trip when it don't all go right....
hah! just annoyingly long commute here, but maybe for japan that is the equivalent of going crazy. at least there is no nuclear cloud hanging over us this time.
it all is a reminder that our cities are not particularly resilient creations at least in the short term. architects maybe need to start thinking about that sorta stuff so we can party instead of worry about the snow and the floods and cetera...
Here is a sneak peek of the recent activities. Two houses up from Tierman house with above views, my friends Unruh-Boyer is fixing up this Ain below, Orans residence (might as well be Orhan's residence.;.)
I am flat broke until payday tomorrow but I have been staying in, researching, enjoying these architectural beauties in last few days and getting some writing done. Like they say, money isn't everything...
The actual interiors are really beautiful with years of use and clutter/patina but the photos I can't publish yet. Stay tuned...
we are working on house for client that has aspirations for this era of american architecture, but on a flag-shaped site with neighbors on 4 sides and just a lane connecting to road. since the request we bin studying the typologies. quite amazing stiff in american housing back then. pity it wasn't copied more.
just had another earthquake. pretty big this time mag 5.4. nothing like your home feeling like walking in a canoe (and still sitting down).
not big enough to cause damage so i guess won't be in the news. but big enough to worry my kids and to send the ceiling lamps swinging for 10 minutes. amazingly my train was not delayed at all. a cm of snow will stop the trains but a pretty big earthquake? no problem!
am sure you have done something otherwise wrong, barry. obviously your interest in infrastructure makes you suspect and dangerous. possibly an alien (with antenna)
is kunstler actually FOR anything? he sure does complain a hecka lot. seems like he is more outa touch the older he gets.
thanks to Levitated Mass (and Kunstler) page views of my blog doubled yesterday and are on track for similar levels today.
Lead paint could explain a lot - maybe he's just bitter about being redundant/obsolete with Duany - that also explains a lot. Now if he hadn't been so critical about Heizer, I sort of like his paintings (lots of power lines and infrastructure), but now they are an easy target for representing his lack of sophistication about art as they are derivatively impressionistic (really, who paints contemporary urban landscapes as stylistically like a Monet?)
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So, I designed a website for someone I do business with and it's gone over so well I have two, maybe three, more websites lined up to do in the next two weeks. And given how much a decent website should bill for, I only need maybe 4 more websites to either buy a decent used car or move the hell out of here.
And two weeks ago, I didn't even know much about making websites!
Braggart.
phillip, borrows? holy shite, photoshop to the rescue it looks like. this is one of the reasons why i hate polished images, where is the process? show the work, and not just icing.
cynical me says it's irrelevant since it's not likely to get built. and *if* it gets built, by the *time* it gets built, it will look a whole lot different...
this project and this team were invented as a flash-in-the-pan, imho. they're not furthering architectural dialogue, just collecting what's in the air, re-presenting it for our facebook feeds, and reinforcing these things as the memes for winter '12.
and, i mean, really: "budcud"?!
moving on.
morning all,
Steven summarizes the situation quite nicely i think....
well put SW... i would love to know if BIG/JDS complained about the image with the copenhagen harbor baths in it... there has to be a reason why it was taken down, not only from the bustler post, but also from the budcud website... big green head, what say you?
i was starting to think Phillip Johnson had risen from his grave...and was giving new meaning to Architecture via the budcud site.
Ugh, I have an entire day of back to back meetings even though I NEED an entire day of uninterrupted work!
And yes, Steven summed it up perfectly: and, i mean, really: "budcud"?!
@will - those stepped decks on the bond tower are a nice idea, but you're in a bit of a fish bowl if you're sitting out on them - plus they will complicate the owner's ability to lease space around them (and restricts what kind of spaces you can put next to them). other than that it's a nice looking building - I have a thing for tall buildings on narrow sites...
This week is all about wrapping up major projects and moving onto the next ones. I so happy that my chapter for Sustainable Energy Landscapes is DONE! (expected to be out in September).
Can't discuss the other projects that I'm just starting - gotta keep mum till funding shows up or we're ready to make them public. All I can say is that I have too many ideas to pursue if they all come to fruition - so waiting to see what comes through first or with the most $$$.
@ toaster, yeah i can see that too. some issues to think about no doubt. i think is still more concept than reality. for winnipeg is amazing, and hell winning a p/a award 2 years in a row is quite an accomplishment. even more cool that they were my classmates just 10 years ago.
good luck with money barry. just had news we got funding for fairly large project at uni. looking forward to learning a whole bunch about designing eco cities in the next year!
goodness, it's so black. distracts from what might otherwise be a nice and effective design. can't imagine it will stay that way and get approved by whatever powers-that-be will have to approve it. i can already imagine the dismissive nick-names from the locals that it would attract.
yeah - winnepeg isn't exactly the first place you think of for groundbreaking architecture...
have I ever mentioned my love of vertical razor-thin structures? they're kind of impractical after a certain height because they eventually become all core, but there's something very seductive about those flying wedges - I blame barragan:
I imagine, these days, that I am the only architect in the entire state of Indiana who is on Archinect.
proof of good taste donna.
@ steven, hm am curious how that goes. they have already built a fair amount of stuff that is not exactly normal for the area so perhaps they can do it...
here in japanland it wouldn't matter cuz there are no powers that be. as long as safe structure and doesn't cast shadow nobody has a bloody say about what we build. which is the way it is supposed to be! libertarian nation is kinda cool sometimes. messy, but interesting.
hi all. took day off to go to hand specialist and paint my bathroom. finally, like 6 month later than intended and 2 months after buying materials...
will, i never before thought of Japan as a libertarian country. do you think that is really true?
@nam
it is pretty libertarian in lots of ways, certainly with its building code.
laws are performance-based rather than prescriptive, so personal choice creates city and community directly - mixed use and mixed income is normal, no planners required. actually more truthful to say planners have not so much power, cuz its in the hands of individuals - for better and for worse.
much of rest of society is similar - at least from where i sit. kind of ironic...
does anyone else watch "up with chris hayes"? if you don't know, it is a saturday/sunday morning politics/news show on msnbc... this morning they had a long segment with architect michael bell talking about the "foreclosed" exhibition at MoMA... it was pretty cool to see architecture being discussed on a mainstream news show... i'll post a link to the clip once they post it later today...
phillip....hope to catch the interview when you post it.
here's the link... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/46523147#46523147
Oh I'm so glad I randomly read this thread! Thanks for posting that link. I went to the forum last Saturday and to the MoMA exhibition, as the issues that inspired Foreclosed are relevant to my thesis and those of about 10 of my classmates. We are either very topical or too late to the game. I think the suburbs are one of architecture's ones that got away; we just can't let them go.
My sister is in town, and last night husband had to work, so sis and I shared a bottle of wine while watching the red carpet shows, then ate roasted okra and popcorn for dinner, with dessert of "milk punch" (Eagle Brand, bourbon, and cinnamon on ice) while watching the awards. So, so yummy, and a perfect girl's night in.
That thread about architecture being a bad profession is so depressing. Because it's true.
I dunno donna - architecture is a tough profession, but I'm wondering why someone his age hasn't developed relationships with people who could potentially feed him work - and if he's been working this long, there are definitely skills that are far more valuable to a firm than advanced computer skills. I work in one of the most competitive markets for architecture in the US and not a single one of my bosses could even use CAD aside from maybe drawing a couple lines and printing things - project architects around here just need to know enough software so that they could pitch in with production when needed, but someone who is experienced in the field and knows the right people is worth way more than a room full of revit hotshots.
re: toasteroven's question on gravel @ foundation/wall one page back - this is a pretty standard detail in europe. helps w/ drainage at stemwall. keeps the stucco a little cleaner. keeps things from growing up/on the facade. i also think it looks a lot cleaner, as it provides a nice separation between house and land. a few of the projects i worked on didn't incorporate gutters, so it also allowed for rain shedding w/ out washing out the garden.
holz - you'd need a drain in there, right? otherwise you'd have water sitting at the foundation.
naturlich. perf footing drain, same as we do here in the u.s., usually.
Naturlich. I smile when I say it out loud.
i agree with toasteroven. i'm in crazy competitive environment and we survive by our contacts not our cad skills. said before my partner is not cad magician but his other skills make him very valuable. better to blame on bad economy instead of systemic problems with profession no?
still it is sad that he is out of a job. that is never a good thing.
yeah - it's tough for everyone right now... I feel lucky that our office still has work trickling in...
One thing that really bothers me is seeing the unpaid internship and contractor vs employee thing crop up every once and a while, then get buried down several pages - I think archinect should provide at least links to resources in the employment section so that recent grads (and employers) can decide whether or not they want to knowingly break labor laws (and the risks of breaking said laws). I know this is a US centric request (maybe it's not as prevalent elsewhere?), but, IMO, education is the first step towards someone being able to advocate for themselves.
it's snowing in tokyo today. almost never happens and always so short that winter is usually more a formality than anything. but today is almost like canada. view from my office (at uni) is usually mostly green, but today is white. gotta admit quite like my over-glazed modernist box on days like today.
That's beautiful, Will. We didn't really get enough snow this year.
its very nice to see it snow, though the trains were crazy packed this morning and slow. a few centimeters of snow is enough to slow down even a well-organized place like tokyo. not sure how many thousands (or hundreds of thousands) use the line every day but it sure makes for a packed trip when it don't all go right....
ah, will - you have it lucky. we get 1cm of snow and the entire northwest goes nutso and shuts down. weirdest thing i ever saw
hah! just annoyingly long commute here, but maybe for japan that is the equivalent of going crazy. at least there is no nuclear cloud hanging over us this time.
it all is a reminder that our cities are not particularly resilient creations at least in the short term. architects maybe need to start thinking about that sorta stuff so we can party instead of worry about the snow and the floods and cetera...
Guten Morgen.. All sunshine here in temporary Gregory Ain land! 38 degrees outside, a freezing temp by LA standarts...
Good morning Orhan! been busy? haven't seen you around these parts much...
Love the back to back(ish) photos of the same view. kind of meta with Archinect in window on a screen framed in a window
Hi Nam, yes.
Here is a sneak peek of the recent activities. Two houses up from Tierman house with above views, my friends Unruh-Boyer is fixing up this Ain below, Orans residence (might as well be Orhan's residence.;.)
I am flat broke until payday tomorrow but I have been staying in, researching, enjoying these architectural beauties in last few days and getting some writing done. Like they say, money isn't everything...
The actual interiors are really beautiful with years of use and clutter/patina but the photos I can't publish yet. Stay tuned...
cool orhan
we are working on house for client that has aspirations for this era of american architecture, but on a flag-shaped site with neighbors on 4 sides and just a lane connecting to road. since the request we bin studying the typologies. quite amazing stiff in american housing back then. pity it wasn't copied more.
just had another earthquake. pretty big this time mag 5.4. nothing like your home feeling like walking in a canoe (and still sitting down).
Will, hope everybody is safe! this quake hasn't hit the news wires yet this side of the pacific.
-B
not big enough to cause damage so i guess won't be in the news. but big enough to worry my kids and to send the ceiling lamps swinging for 10 minutes. amazingly my train was not delayed at all. a cm of snow will stop the trains but a pretty big earthquake? no problem!
God, Wang Shu's work just makes me want to chuck it all and get a job at Target. It's incredible, so real.
Glad you're safe, will.
donna.
there are a number of folks lately that make me want to give it up and just go move boxes. it's great to see shu finally get some recognition.
JH Kunstler is clueless - I'm not the official site of Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass.
kunstler would bemoan stonehenge if it were built today, apparently.
am sure you have done something otherwise wrong, barry. obviously your interest in infrastructure makes you suspect and dangerous. possibly an alien (with antenna)
is kunstler actually FOR anything? he sure does complain a hecka lot. seems like he is more outa touch the older he gets.
I'm starting to wonder if it is because he lives in an old house with Lead Paint...
Seriously, snook, that's a good theory.
that could explain it
Argh, drafting with this so-called "smart mouse" is making me crrrraaaazzzyyy!!!
thanks to Levitated Mass (and Kunstler) page views of my blog doubled yesterday and are on track for similar levels today.
Lead paint could explain a lot - maybe he's just bitter about being redundant/obsolete with Duany - that also explains a lot. Now if he hadn't been so critical about Heizer, I sort of like his paintings (lots of power lines and infrastructure), but now they are an easy target for representing his lack of sophistication about art as they are derivatively impressionistic (really, who paints contemporary urban landscapes as stylistically like a Monet?)