Julia Ingalls argued for The Genius of David Byrne who she likens to "the deadpan docent of the infrastructural realm".

 vado retro dropped by and chimed in "most of these lyrics were written before i ever attended architecture school and that was a very long time ago. i read a similar essay about byrne and architecture around the time True Stories came out. fa fa fafa fa fa fafa fa fa."

Plus, on the occasion of the release of Oyler Wu Collaborative’s (OWC) newly released book, 'Trilogy: SCI-Arc Pavilions', Anthony Morey attended an exhibit featuring some personal hand drawings by Dwayne Oyler.

Therein he writes "The release of the new OWC book gave the firm a chance to also exhibit some of Dwayne Oyler’s personal hand drawings...Dwayne Oyler, who worked for a period with Lebbeus Woods, has a deeply instilled drawing pedigree that continues to prosper in his work today". David J Pearson wanted "to hear more about the influence".
 

News
Jon Jerde has died. Orhan Ayyüce eulogized "He was under appreciated in academic circles. He was good. He left a mark in Istanbul. too".

For Episode 15, the Archinect Sessions crew gazed inward on the podcast, and frankly consider the "intro" segments, where each hosts shares what's going on in their lives. What do you think of the introductions? midlander "binged...after falling behind again" and feels "The podcasts have gotten much smoother and easier to follow....the intros are good and enjoy hearing about off topic stuff - but…"

The San Francisco Chronicle’s John King looked at the proposed residential tower at 160 Folsom St. by architect Jeanne Gang. Eric Chavkin likes it "Although this was done over thirty-years ago in Glen Small's SCI-Arc studio class. Twisting shapes and single or double helix' appear to be the form or choice  these days".

Justine Testado posted the 40 project shortlist, from 2015 Mies van der Rohe Award. jla-x commented "some nice work". 

RIBA published the results of their 2014 Appointment Skills Survey. Miles Jaffe argued "it's not the studio model that is broken, it's the context that it's placed in".
 

Firms/Blogs/Work Updates
Over at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) blog, Lian Chikako Chang shared the latest visualizations of Archinect's Architecture Salary Poll. Three new pages taking a more analytical look at this data, answering questions like these in three areas: firms, job titles and licensure, and gender. BulgarBlogger  was almost satisfied "good work, but I still have a few suggestions…"

Vincent DeFazio criticizes Wasteful Architecture writing "How can architecture be both expressive and sustainable?" There was some debate among the commentators as to whether he was arguing against wastefulness, for "reducing carbon emissions" or for "structural rationalism". davvid asked "What makes an ‘aesthetic of efficiency’ any different from what is already occurring in the more minimalist architecture circles?"

A design team from Clark Nexsen’s Raleigh office reimagined the classic Eames DSR chair, as the DSR2 to support the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Mark Hogan recently worked on "The Yard: OpenScope Studio is currently managing construction on a temporary activation project for the San Francisco Giants" meanwhile Donguk Kim worked on "DUK 2012-2015"
 

School/Blogs
Mary Miss is working with SARUP's Urban Design Community Redevelopment studio, this semester.

Students in Professor Gary Rohrbacher’s architecture studio, addressed the remediation of the contaminated groundwater at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, in Kentucky.

kbretzius announced the Board of Regents approval for the schematic design, of the new Taubman College building addition, by Preston Scott Cohen Inc. Donna Sink is hoping to "a floor plan of this, to see more about how it interacts with the existing building".

Dustin Page recapped Tom Wiscombe at the Knowlton School.

Discussions/Threads
Hinder started a thread looking for suggestions re: Recommend Architecture-related documentaries. go do it recommended an "Architecture Documentary in 23 Episodes", while Mr_Wiggin "An oldie but goodie: ‘The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces’..." by William H. Whyte. Larchinect owns "the maya Lin doc, good one. I'll have to look up manufactured landscapes. I have an old VHS of the eames powers of ten film".

jcrarch had a question about Helix. Specifically, "using it in a Faswall application". Menona advised "I don't think that would replace the rebar going up through the full height of the cavities. That said, I am not an architect..." snooker-doodle-dandy added "Looks to me like you are still going  to need rebar. Based upon…"

Finally, Brian2231 wanted to know, if his "school building design could be classified as mid century modern"? Volunteer and midlander both answered affirmatively "classic" + "Yup".