2024-11-21T11:22:05-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/124302971/the-erection-the-inkblot-and-the-rfra-riff-raff-morphosis-vals-tower-zumthor-s-lacma-and-hoosier-hospitality-confronts-rfra-on-archinect-sessions-episode-23 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-04-02T19:25:00-04:00 >2019-01-05T12:31:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3et5ujpw2tag66t7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It&rsquo;s been a strange week, especially in Indiana. On this episode, before getting to the RFRA-ff, we hit on a neat architectural inversion: LA-heavyweight <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123741481/morphosis-turns-vals-into-skyscraper-village" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Morphosis designs a "middle-finger" luxury tower in the quaint mountain town of Vals</a>, Switzerland, while the subtly grand Swiss museum-master <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123916644/christopher-hawthorne-dissects-zumthor-s-inkblot-with-lacma-director-michael-govan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Zumthor pushes a calligraphic inkblot for LACMA</a> on LA's Miracle Mile. Vals is already home to Zumthor's Therme Spa. It&rsquo;s like Trading Spaces, but with starchitects!</p><p>On the latter-half of our show, Amelia, Donna and Ken talk with Brian Newman, Archinect Sessions&rsquo; legal correspondent, about <a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/31/indianas-rfra-similar-federal-rfra/70729888/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indiana&rsquo;s controversial revisions to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act</a> &ndash; with our own Donna Sink on the ground in Indianapolis, we dig into how this national and local issue would affect architects and the profession.</p><p>Paul is away this week, on vacation in the outer reaches of Peru, blissfully out of Skype's reach. He'll be back as soon as he re-enters the connected world.</p><p>As always, you can send us&nbsp;y...</p>