Such serendipity: Hey 19.
It’s a long and arduous path accomplishing anything in the discipline of architecture.
The controversial design: The scattered and ongoing drama of Future Systems/Jan Kaplicky’s Prague Library project is admirably gathered by editor AP . Are the Czech president and the Mayor of Prague wielding giant cans of Lysol?
The struggles with contractors: Sometimes they just flat-out say “No, I won’t build this”. Zaha’s vision for the Architecture Foundation has scared contractor Bovis Lend Lease away. Word on the street is contractors may start a blacklist noting architects whose projects tend to run over budget. Amanda Baillieu at BD Online wonders if prima donna behavior by listed architects might also be catalogued. What I wonder: how can anyone say no to Zaha when she smells so good?
The groundbreaking: the most optimistic day of every project. The city of Louisville, Kentucky turns out for free hard hats and a 20-foot shovel for the ceremonial groundbreaking of REX Architecture’s curious and controversial Museum Plaza. Louisville seems ready to become the city that ushers in new movements in architecture with a ground-breaking project every 25 years.
The architect becomes gossip: And speaking of OMA prodigy, the glamorous lifestyle of today’s celebrity-dating star architect. (I know which actor I’d date were I in those shoes!)
Finally, the recognition: Archinect editor Ali Jeevanjee gets much-deserved good press for his beautiful and personal house in Venice.
Or alternatively, the criticism: Johnathan Glancey writes a fairly scathing and immensely entertaining architectural review that damns the culture more than the building – excuse me, the up-to-the-nanosecond baroque'n'roll temple of consumer desire - that is produced by that culture.
And evidence that, even excluding natural disasters, all that we do is temporary: A building gets moved.
In the Forums:
Speaking of natural disasters, it has been a week of uncomfortable quiet on the discussion forums. The wildfires in California have left people displaced, many homeless, and many more concerned and wondering what to do next. Member beta (whose screenname accoutrements are beyond my ability to replicate), feeling the tension, asks Why can’t we all just slowly exhale. So here is my wish for all Archinecters this week: When you feel stress: breathe. You are in good company here.
5 Comments
architecture IS hard.
nicely done, lb!
man am I loving this guest editors stuff! Great job Liberty B....and you are right the discussions have been unusually quiet and tensions have been running along with it.
we should all just count to 10.
1...2...3...4...5...6...
nice job, lb. ;o)
lb you make the editor's pick a beautiful thing.
thanks for the props, and meditation seems to go hand in hand with the exhalation...i am still doing it s-l-o-w-l-y. . . . . . .
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