2024-12-11T17:08:16-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150077564/is-the-rigidity-of-the-architectural-profession-constraining-innovation Sophia Bannert 2018-08-16T09:00:00-04:00 >2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/38b8c7bfc4b5f1b6c9ffc60bc3fd337e.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>When I started designing a door handle in my last practice, I was told not to bother. The firm had a standard door handle design that they used in all their projects. I soon discovered it was not just door handles that were standardized. Standards included elements such as materials and junctions between them, lighting concepts, entire layouts of bathrooms; everything from micro to macro had been standardized. It became apparent that my job was to mechanically arrange the standard details into a new arrangement, as if picking elements from a prefabricated home catalogue.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/87376636/aftershock-2-serendipity-machines-and-the-future-of-workplace-design Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2013-11-27T17:59:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lv/lv04qs1u2c6fqs3w.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/330501/aftershock" target="_blank"><strong>AfterShock </strong></a>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.</p>