Oh, but it’s great to be an Angel, And be dirty all the time!   Meanwhile, the Angels were discovering the goddamnedest thing.  Usually, most places they headed into on their runs, they tested people’s cool....But these mollyfocking Pranksters were test-proof.  The Angels didn't know what... View full entry

 Corb and Bacon never saw it coming. The Crossy -  Frogger Urban Complex [from the movie Office Space (1999)] [for comparison with Crossy-Frogger Urbanism, below is a model developed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Property -"...by means of transparent planes, the complex interactions... View full entry

Much what we've done here blogging on archinect under various posts or monikers has involved a process in which we download 3D models from Sketch-up Warehouse or TurboSquid and edit them into our final image presentation. [plattenbauerpost] Are these collages? [no stop city by archizoom] Collages... View full entry

The experience – that was the word!  And it began to fall into place.  In fact, none of the great founded religions, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, none of them began with a philosophical framework or even a main idea.  They all began with an... View full entry

Read some: Tom Wolfe "From Bauhaus to our House"for those who need intellectual comfort (aka - half-ass archispeak word salads): Read the book, have some drinks, call me in the morning.  You ever been brainwashed?  Well, yeah, you have!You are on archinect and probably went to architecture... View full entry

Disenchantment of the concept is the antidote of [architecture]. -ND+ Lake Pontchartrain is like a great big beautiful spacious – space! – park on the water.  They pull the bus up in a parking area and there are nice trees round and all that endless nice water and they put on their bathing... View full entry

And you don’t even know, bub….with these drugs your perception is altered enough that you find yourself looking out of completely strange eyeholes.  All of us have a great deal of our minds locked shut.  We’re shut off from our own world.  And these drugs seem to be the key to open these... View full entry

...evokes many sources, among them an archaeological section whose elements lie in a chance order or, better, in a disarray whose order can no longer be traced by excavation.  This 'archaeological' section has a concrete power to perform like a deed bound directly to the imagination, not unlike... View full entry

. [English: Here we go!] [English: No] [English:He's not human, he's like a piece of iron.] No shit sherlock, it says he's the CPU player, so yeah he's iron. Come-on Drago-ra! Question is: Is 1850 pounds force enough to crack a brick? You may wonder: What do the Merry Pranksters and Theodor W... View full entry

. to be continued.... the yada yada: For each chapter of Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test a few paragraphs form Theodor W. Adorno's Negative Dialecticswill be ripped off and modified.  Drago from Rocky IV (authors personal hero at age 8) and Devito (his various movie characters) will... View full entry

. The End.  Inspiration for this test by Simon Stalenhagsoundtrack byLaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo View full entry

The Story of the Pool (1977) is a short text by Rem Koolhaas, often found at the end of Delirious New York also by Rem Koolhaas.  Go get a copy and read it.  In case you don’t have that kind of attention span, try an animation interpretation shown below by Heidi Arad (architect). [Threadkilla... View full entry

A mood board is that surface you drop a whole bunch of images and materials on that essentially give the feel and description of what you're designing. A collage of sorts. The old school way was to put stuff on a foam core board and schlepp it around to client meetings, etc... Then came... View full entry

Concrete is fun!  Make it all concrete.List of Buildings:Ennis House by Frank Lloyd WrightRiverside Museum by Zaha Hadid ArchitectsJubilee Church by Richard MeierWexner Center for Visual Arts by Peter Eisenman View full entry

[scene 1] Escaping the post-apocalyptic city outside you arrive inside the architecture school.   Over the loud speakers the course ‘Sharing the City’ is described.   Most desks are empty except one corner section of the building.  This corner is crowded with students on the floor, on the... View full entry

This is a collection of NY Times news stories that appear when you search the 150+ years of the NY Times archives for the phrase “building collapse”.  If you do not understand why building codes exist, I believe this should help.    CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSE IN TIMES SQUARE: THE BUILDING... View full entry

... That feeling in the morning before you’re supposed to wake, prior to 6am, that half dream state, apocalyptic dreams ending…it’s cold out and you’re anxious and you don’t know why.  You put on your blue jeans and white t-shirt, white socks and boots, grab your keys – it’s almost... View full entry

It's pretty clear we are on the dark side of the force these days in architecture.  Beyond the HGTV predictables, the Trump brass bricks of bullshit with no sound insulation in the walls, nevermind him...we NOW HAVE Darth Schumacher, who has been putting the parametric death star together using... View full entry

If reading building codes does not get you excited, you’re reading them wrong.  This is a brief blog post on brick and mortar within the literal confines of building codes, state laws, and colonial law language for the city and state of New York.    The commonly misunderstood oldest existing... View full entry

Based on two fellow archinectors input and feedback, the following is further development on a recent random blog post The Tron lighting effect has been incorporated into the column capitals and some research on the Lally Column was done as well. [the Tron Column integrated with a Lally Column]... View full entry

Located on the Jersey Shore, little over an hour from New York city (on a good day of traffic) is Asbury Park, New Jersey.    If you like Elk Sausage and one liter mugs of German Beer there’s the Festhalle.  Then there’s the Zombie Walk holding the world record for largest gathering of... View full entry

Not yet available at Home Depot or Lowes.It's the future, a glowing column!Tron design it!Are you into glowing columns bruh?What about lightening rod parametric framing, bruh? Don't make me explain myself or this post. Is nice?________________________________________________________@ Zulu... View full entry

Best click bait you'll ever click-on (as an architect): #Woodrow Wilson #Princeton #Hilbersheimer #Public Housing #Pruit-Igoe #Architect as Human ouija-board#rape [full text pdf link] The intro to Collage City waivers between two quotes on nature and the mind, science and poetics, ideals and... View full entry

Twenty (20) years ago (1997) as incoming freshmen students we were told by academics – “You’ll learn construction drawings and contract documents when you get a job, but if you’re interested there always is Architectural Graphic Standards and D.K. Ching and exam study guides.”  This is... View full entry

1. Fullfilment- the achievement of something desired, promised, or predicted. Satisfaction or happiness as a result of fully developing one's abilities or character. The meeting of a requirement or condition. The performance of a task, duty, or role as required, pledged, or expected.     2. A... View full entry

Back at the office…“Bob, where are you man?”“Bob, you see that Barcelona Chair? It’s on to me.  Where is my red stapler?"“Bob, did Bill take my Swingline Stapler?!?”“Bob!”“Here buddy I took some pics of some lonely architectural details for you!” - Bob[A man unable to shut... View full entry

many times on the NJ train I noted that some small warehouse is the same size as the Red Bull football stadium...well all that tax relief and bull shit Harrision, NJ gave up, what did you get?__________ and - who the hell is Kid PK?and where is Harrison, NJ? google it, you know...it's as tall as... View full entry

Format:Name of MaterialPhotos of Material at Human Vision ScalePhotos at 10x scans and/or to 50x magnification (with a microscope of course) 2.01   Vinyl Stainmaster Handscraped Nook by Lowe's[10x scan] Finish Surface 2.02   Vinyl Stainmaster Washed Oak by Lowe's[10x scan] Finish... View full entry

The last human in Motherboard, NJ never had any interest in humanity.  This fact remained the same even after everyone was gone.The bars near the cooling tower crafted by makerbots in pure white plastic with the smells of a western saloons filtered into the mechanical duct system were open for as... View full entry

You ever watch that movie "Ubreakable" with Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson?How often in life do you have that choice: Bruce Willis or Samuel L. Jackson?Probably never.Back to Motherboard, NJ...our man had that choice daily. You remember the guy who survived the meltdown by doing sub-grade work... View full entry