Sean Smith continues his series, in which three architects discuss their transition from student to professional. Therein, Eric Höweler of Höweler + Yoon makes the point that much of running a firm is about finding work;

 "In school everyone wants to be designers and have their own practice, but what most students don't connect is that having a practice is also being a businessman or woman – that you have to run a business which includes finding work, negotiating contracts and building consensus among people from different fields".

In Material Witness #4, Julia Ingalls explores how "In cinema, signage plays a duplicitous role".
 

News
NYC's historic 190 Bowery was part of a massive buy-up by developer RFR Holdings. Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, re-published a piece from 2008, for historical context. Fred Scharmen remembers "reading this when it originally posted. Thanks for putting it up again. Very sad that this unique space will be chewed up so that something not unique at all can take its place".

Artist Rick Lowe was named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. Earlier in the week, Alexis Stephens profiled Lowe’s dynamic approach to arts-driven community building. He is currently working as a multi-year resident of the Pearl Street Project, an alleyway transformation launched by Philadelphia’s Asian Arts Initiative but is perhaps better known for Project Row Houses in Houston (circa 1993).

Over at the Washington Post Peggy McGlone updated readers, on the latest status of Frank Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial design and possible alternatives. 

Steven Ward laments "I so wish Gehry would cut bait, the committee that is pushing all this nonsense would get their way, and they'd build something embarrassing like Duany's proposal...I've been a champion of Gehry's proposal all along".

The Getty Foundation officially announced the first 10 projects, to receive grants, for their Keeping it Modern initiative. DWLindeman was pleased but had one suggestion "the ten buildings they've chosen so far are top-drawer.  Hopefully, Getty will consider structures by the brilliant Paul Rudolph, since his oeuvre has already been unjustly trimmed".
 

Firms/Blogs/Work Updates
Evan Chakroff finally "got around to running a computational intelligibility analysis on the plan of Suzhou's Garden of the Master of Nets". midlander thought it made sense but;

"It would be interesting to see a similar analysis done on several other spaces for comparison. Maybe Boston Common and the Barcelona Pavilion, as both are compelling spaces with central ponds but very different approaches to space and formality".

Residence in Capitol Reef, UT by Imbue Design and C-House in Cleveland, OH by Robert Maschke Architects are just two of the projects from the latest Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Outdoors" Pinterest Board.

School/Blogs
amlocke started Greener Grass, promising to share the lessons and experiences learned as a former architecture student, starting a second year in the MDesS Real Estate Program at Harvard University’s.

At a Knowlton School at The Ohio State University affiliated school blog dapage, wrote about a lecture by Jim Diers, of neighborpower.org who recently spoke about crisis, communities and opportunities.

On September 20, a Design and Research studio from Georgia Institute of Technology, began a 2 week trip Hong Kong. The stated goal "research and design a major new initiative that serves as a counter-balance to the West Kowloon Cultural District institutions".

The Board of Trustees of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) appointed Hernan Diaz Alonso, architect and educator, as the Los Angeles architecture school’s new Director beginning September 2015.

Offering congratulations Olaf Design Ninja_ shared a story  from"Eight years or so ago" when he had a chance to meet the man of the new Director, "We were impressed ...I had also just read Peter Eisenman's essay Blue Lines (or something), where Peter essentially says the only thing left was exploring the arabesque and grotesque....Hernan was doing it!"
 

Discussions/Threads
izzieenwall sells/designs signage and "is looking for advice, Where exactly does exterior signage come into a project?...the owner or through the architect?" curtkram believed it couldn’t "hurt to talk to architects.  they're usually involved with projects that need signs, and can pass your info on to the owner". chigurh seemed to be speaking from experience, warning "If an architect does not address signage locations/sizes in some way shape or form, the owner/tenants will totally fuck up a building with shitty/unplanned signage".

ausin001 is a graduate student looking for tips on Architectural Theory. The recommendations included; "anthologies by Ockman (1948-68), Hays (1968-91?), Nesbit, and Sykes (1993-2009)...LOG...and ARCHINECT", "Walter Netsch’s (SOM) Field Theory" and "Salingaros for his stuff on biophilia, algorithmic design, and urban systems".

Finally, BrandonWarner has a hard-luck story of Non-Payment for Model. "Caveat venditor" citizen wrote and pointed to "small claims court" as a possible remedy. If nothing else go do it recommended looking "at it as a very cheap business class". geezertect also chimed in "Definitely talk to your dean about it.  He may know the guy, and sometimes there is nothing like being embarrassed in front of your mutual friends/peers to make somebody get in line".