2024-12-04T04:21:25-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/108201416/editor-s-picks-383 Nam Henderson 2014-09-05T00:39:00-04:00 >2014-09-05T15:19:31-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hl/hl81q6f9mbtuxy3s.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/SeanS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sean Smith</a>&nbsp;published the first in a series of articles in which "<em>three architects (two designers and one licensed architect) discuss their transition from student to professional, their changed perceptions of the career and the challenges and joys of their current work</em>".</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/106956389/the-life-of-a-new-architect-elizabeth-christoforetti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The interview with Elizabeth Christoforetti</a>&nbsp;looks back at her time with <a href="http://www.aecom.com/strategyplus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DEGW</a>, her time at Harvard's Graduate School of Design and her work at Utile, where she tackles everything from "<em>front-end design work</em>"&nbsp;to "<em>entrepreneurially-oriented master plannin</em>g".</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/nf/nfl07q1g6je83il4.jpg"></p><p>After reading this interview and others like it, <a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/5808858/chris-teeter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Teeter</a>&nbsp;is convinced studio education "<em>of the architect should not be the dominant method for training an architect...somehow salary means working like studio and the only reason we work so long when we start is we learned very little on how to be an architect and know even less on how to offer additional non traditional input on projects that get sourced out to construction managers, lawyers, specialists, etc......</em></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/106195207/smart-city-states Nam Henderson 2014-08-09T23:24:00-04:00 >2014-08-13T22:16:12-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lk/lk7q2onid75z8k63.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>When somebody comes to make your city smart, he never comes by himself...billions in growth doesn't come without standards and industry alliances. I have never seen so many standards and industry alliances as I am seeing in 'Smart Cities' and 'Internet of Things', and foundations too.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Bruce Sterling recently spoke at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fab10.org/en/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FAB10Barcelona</a>.</p><p>Also check out his <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/sets/72157645746813181/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flickr set</a></p>