Archinect - News 2024-12-23T14:47:00-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/55254679/editor-s-picks-277 Editor's Picks #277 Nam Henderson 2012-08-14T01:03:00-04:00 >2012-08-14T08:58:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5bg4kzvqgde6gpo5.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Artinfo spoke with Cathy Lang Ho curator of "Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good" the American Pavilion's inherently political theme at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. 18x32 opined "Go reread The Society of the Spectacle, get back to me with a new headline.&mdash;ed." The link is to a wikipedia entry on Betteridge's Law of Headlines.</p></em><br /><br /><p> <strong>News</strong></p> <p> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/54876973/wiel-arets-named-dean-of-illinois-institute-of-technology-college-of-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wiel Arets it was announced, has been named Dean of Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture</a>. <strong>lletdownl</strong> wrote in response to the news "<em>This news had been floating around, and i had my fingers crossed.&nbsp; Though i know almost nothing about how good a job Arets will be able to do actually running a school of architecture (or if he'll actually be asked to do that at all), i am still pleased that IIT was able to snag someone like this.&nbsp; Its a testament to how good a job Donna Robertson did over the past decade to revitalize the program.</em>"</p> <p> <br> Artinfo spoke with Cathy Lang Ho curator of "<em>Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good</em>" the American Pavilion's inherently political theme at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. The interview was published under the title "<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/54850788/is-counterculture-getting-mainstream-curating-the-venice-architecture-biennale-s-guerilla-u-s-pavilion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is Counterculture Getting Mainstream?" Curating the Venice Architecture Biennale's Guerilla U.S. Pavilion</a>&nbsp;<strong>18x32</strong> opined "<em>Go reread The Society of the Spectacle, get back to me with a...</em></p>