Our newest Showcase features the House in Hamadera. All that stained plywood sure makes for a pretty house.
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Our newest Showcase features the House in Hamadera. All that stained plywood sure makes for a pretty house.

Does LEED lead to bad indoor air quality?

Discussion Threads
Holz per usual posts some great photos in this discussion on skyways. Are skyways in direct conflict w/ urbanism You decided...

We discuss the controversy surrounding the proposed mosque adjacent to the WTC site

astew426 wants feedback on Catholic University's M.Arch program. All I know is they have the SPIRIT of PLACE / SPIRIT of DESIGN program. Which is a globally located design-build exploration program primarily for architecture students. The program also affiliates itself with the fields of anthropology, archeology, environment and the arts. The website can be found here. Architectural Record did a piece on the program a while back.

We also discussed some recent proposed masterplans, for the West Kowloon Cultural District and for the FRAMING A MODERN MASTERPIECE | The City + The Arch + The River, competition.

School Blogs
This fall Barry will be giving a guest lecture in CFAN 3480 Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010, being taught by my new acquaintance, Robert Gilmer it will be a joint session with his own seminar, LA 4755/5755 Infrastructure, Natural Systems.

Anthony at GSAPP has a late review of PS1 Warmup featuring Pole Dance by Solid Objectives.



While John Tubles of Cal Poly Pomona / Kyushu University recently gave a lecture as part of his last 10 days in Japan.