Archinect's newest Working out of the Box feature profiles Kim Knollenberg, an architect turned organic farmer.
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Archinect's newest Working out of the Box feature profiles Kim Knollenberg, an architect turned organic farmer.

Barry Lehrman makes a pun.

Orhan provides a BIP to assist with understanding the last weeks of events in Egypt.

Archinectors have begun sharing their predictions for this year's Pritzker Prize. Some popular picks include TWBTA, Steven Holl, and Charles Correa. Put in your 2¢ here.

School Blogs
Roberto at the University of Edinburgh visited Siccar Point the site for the project in his Design Unit entitled Language of Stone.

Danny at Cooper Union wonders how with only one post last year, he had the third most popular school blog. He also fills us in on what he did last year. Which included; working at Lyn Rice Architects, at the Architecture Archive of the Cooper Union where he worked on building a model for the Paul Rudolph Lower Manhattan Expressway exhibition, helping a friend install their entry for the Sukkah City competition and riding his bicycle over summer break, 1800 miles from Ohio to New Orleans.



Lian at Harvard GSD does the school blog equivalent of a drunk dial does the school blog equivalent of a drunk dial.. For now, I just wanted to tell you that this is where I'm at. This doesn't change the fact that I'm going to work as hard as I can, and learn as much as possible, in studio and in my other courses. But it means that I'm no longer going to ask myself to chase a goal that, if I think honestly about my priorities right now, isn't really my goal.

Shannon and her boyfriend at University of Manitoba continue with her poetic dismantling of her thesis site.

Joao at Canterbury School of Architecture discusses his approach to thesis work Discussing, questioning and making proposals, some of them more realistic, others more utopian. The important thing is that after reading it, leaves no doubt that is as interesting as useful. The thesis should be, in my point of view, a challenge. Present a problem and ascertain responsibilities. In addition, submit a strategy. An interventional strategy.

John Tubles at Cal Poly Pomona / Kyushu University recently met with his professor and it sounds like he was given a reality check re: his thesis Cemetery/Crematorium/Housing Project.

Bo at Kansas State University CAPD has been sidelined by an injury and the lack of mobility has made him think about the tension between accessibility and defensibility. Especially in an old city like Castiglion Fiorentino, in Italy.

Discussion Threads
Cherith Cutestory points out the bleak business landscape facing California visual effect firms as a result of cheaper foreign competitors. Then wonders can it be long before we start outsourcing the grunt work to other countries?

We discuss Steven Holl's approved design for a new library in Queens. Which prompts Steven Ward to respond to a questions about Holl's 'fame' by saying i' think that IS why aspect. the simplicity of the work that we see on paper and in models yields a material, spatial, and functional complexity in reality. i never underestimate the skill and effort it takes to keep things in such an essental form: it's hard as hell, and holl is a master at it.

p2an starts a thread to discuss (hidden) projects. Meaning small or non-glamorous projects by 'high profile' firms, which pay the bills but don't get publicized, even on firm's website. For instance a supermarket in holland by UN Studio.

Additionally
Bruce Mau in Architect Magazine challenges architects, You Can Do Better!!! If you realize your colleagues have been so busy policing the fence of exclusivity that they forgot to open the door of possibility, then get in the game. If you understand that the practice of architecture—the practice of synthesis that generates coherent unity from massively complex and diverse inputs—just might be the operating system that we need to solve the challenges that we face in meeting the needs of the next generation, then join the movement.