2024-11-24T07:19:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149988431/no-particular-place-to-go-archinect-sessions-95 Archinect 2017-01-26T20:05:00-05:00 >2017-01-26T20:22:05-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8s/8szgs7ggpgxo9hl4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This week on the podcast we are joined by <a href="http://archinect.com/evanchakroff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evan </a><a href="http://archinect.com/evanchakroff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chakroff</a>. We discuss <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149983483/no-particular-place-to-go-cuba-2016" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his latest piece on Cuba and Cuban architecture</a>, travel, 360&deg; photography, and more.&nbsp;</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;episode 95 of&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Archinect Sessions</strong></a>, "No Particular Place To Go":</p><ul></ul><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/archinect-sessions/id928222819" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen</a>, and click the "Subscribe" button below the logo to automatically download new episodes.</li><li><strong>Apple Podcast App (iOS)</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="pcast://archinect.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to subscribe</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://soundcloud.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to follow Archinect</a></li><li><strong>RSS</strong>: subscribe with any of your favorite podcasting apps via our RSS feed:&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://archinect.libsyn.com/rss</a></li><li><strong>Download</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/archinect/Archinect-Sessions-95.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this episode</a></li></ul><p></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/142982682/touring-china-s-past-present-and-future-an-examination-of-architectural-guide-china Julia Ingalls 2015-12-09T18:02:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hk/hkk1bs4yd6kjzqn6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>If architecture is the ultimate fourth dimensional experience, then &ldquo;Architectural Guide China&rdquo; by Evan Chakroff, Addison Godel and Jacqueline Gargus is a remarkable fourth dimensional tour guide. It encapsulates not only the physical attributes and detailed locations of architecture in China, but its complex journey through time in a way that's compact enough to be useful, yet thorough enough to be thought-provoking.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/la/labowx5dheu2d6m5.jpg"></p><p>The guide begins with three introductory essays, each of which attempts to make sense of the thousands of years of history, philosophy, and socio-economic realities that have informed both classical and contemporary Chinese architecture (all in less than fifty pages). This is of course a daunting if not impossible task, but each essay wisely chooses a specific aspect of this overwhelming scope to make a particular point. For his part, <a href="http://archinect.com/evanchakroff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evan Chakroff</a> chooses to tackle what he describes as the centuries-old notion of &lsquo;scalelessness&rsquo; in conjunction with rigidly defined diag...</p>