Archinect - Features

The Internet Was a Desert

2017-01-27T12:47:00-05:00

Looking for a picture that represents something related to the internet, we thought about the desert.

Art + Architecture: Schumacher vs. Post-Net

2014-07-09T17:23:00-04:00

In some architecture circles, hating on Patrik Shumacher’s “parametricism” is like hating on Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”. It signals a basic shared understanding that, among many other things, artistic professions are not removed from politics, that their practitioners do have responsibilities outside of formal concerns, and that replicating structures of violence is, in general, not a good thing. These conversations are so frequent that they are starting to feel rehearsed: first the staid question, then the momentary pause, finally the sigh of relief. “Now we can move on to the important things.”

Aftershock #2: "Serendipity Machines" and the Future of Workplace Design

2013-11-27T17:59:00-05:00

AfterShock is a non-conclusive series that grapples with the impact and responsibility of contemporary architectural design, hoping to instigate dialogues on how to make architecture more accountable.