Patrik Schumacher penned an op-ed, wherein he makes the case for seeing Brexit as a chance to roll back the interventionist state and unleash entrepreneurial creativity. 

Orhan Ayyüce summed up "Filed under, a case for neo/post deregulation and probable reregulation." For his part architect Chris Williamson responded with his own op-ed, wherein he argues British architects/designers "need to redouble our efforts to be at the forefront of quality and innovation...We all have to redouble our efforts to compete for investment from a wider world and not rely on Europe".

Plus, Nicholas Korody published a two (1 & 2) part interview with Deborah Natsios and John Young (of Natsios-Young Architects) behind the twenty year old project, Cryptome (and sister archive Cartome). The two are interested "in decentralized zones where architecture and public infrastructures intersect", democratic society, "the corrosive apparatus of national security secrecy" and how surveillance operates "in the city?"

News
Julia Ingalls analyzed the results of a CDC study looking at Suicide Rates by Occupational Group in 17 States. The first thing that jumped out at Donna Sink, is the fact that ladies were not included "in the chart shown above. Our suicide rates in those fields are too small to count."

Given recent events in Dallas and elsewhere, Aarian Marshall wondered about the connections between urban environments, urban police-forces and crime prevention through design. Contrary to some Marc Miller believes "Poor doors on a secondary building facade, cul de sacs, and gated communities counter the idea that design is potentially helpless in preventing crime, and are ways in which buildings, neighborhoods and cites have been designed to be preventative by anticipating a concern."

Archinect Sessions #72 covered the news about the $3M Architecture for Humanity lawsuit. LiMX's reaction?

"One thing I'll say about AFH, it says a lot about our society that a non-profit architecture group that has contributed much shelter as well as a larger humanitarian movement is singled out for mismanaging funds...there's nothing we love more than cutting people down, especially those doing good."

L.A. tightened the rules in an attempt to curb mansionization. makingspace admitted a bias, but still felt "ll this talk about changing the character of a neighborhood or what's appropriate for a neighborhood is the most refined NIMBYism of the 21st century in America...cities change and if someone wants to build a big new home on their property it's their right to be able to do so".
 

Firms/Work Updates
'Douglas House' designed by Richard Meier & Partners is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Jeffrey Pastva (the Communications Director for the AIA National Young Architects Forum and a Project Architect at JDavis in Philadelphia) returned to his Visiting Critic blog for the first time since Feb 2015, to share something he originally wrote for YAF Connection. Therein he makes the case for three concepts "recruitment, retention, and retraining", as key to workforce development.

Recently, Barry Brown worked on http://www.shoparc.com/projects/essex-crossing/, meanwhile Hossein N worked on NEGATIVE PRECISION.ON-SITE FABRICATION OF A PARAMETRIC BRICK FACADE//A DIY FOR ARCHITECTS//ßtudiomm16.

If you are looking for work Steven Holl Architects are hoping to hire a "candidate should have 8+ years of solid work experience" to work in their Beijing office.

Alternatively, ULI San Francisco needs a Senior Associate who will serve "as an informed resource for a variety of district council initiatives supporting the Institute’s policies and procedures and ensures that ULI San Francisco’s goals and objectives are met."

City of Westminster College in London, GB by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Conservatoire of Music, Dance and Dramatic Arts in Belfort, France by Dominique Coulon & associés are just two of the projects to be found in the latest Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Concrete" Pinterest Board.

School/Blogs
Over at the community Blog for IDS 420 Summer 2016, Rachel Mingle wrote about weeks 1, 2 and 3 at CBI – Knoxville. While Hannah Starnes caught us up on week 7 at McCarty Holsaple McCarty. One of her new colleagues Stuart Butcher, has been with McCarty for many years and is an incredibly talented architect "His hand drawings are amazing!"
 

Discussions/Threads
cipyboy was looking for tips on "using alternative workflow...whether its presentation or documentation", bootstrap alternatives to "juggernaut programs" like AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe etc. tduds questioned "Why fix what ain't broken? They're standards for a reason." That being said thisisnotmyname countered "The standards are pretty broken insofar as they have all turned into yearly bloatware subscriptions." Kicking it oldschool mightyaa pointed to "the dirt cheapest way: Hand draft + Written Reports/Narrative.  Seriously...In the olden days, we'd call it a stickyback drawing set."

piero1910 wanted to talk about "american architects or north american architects...considered under critical regionalist architecture." He got things rolling with a few names including "Rick Joy, Patkau Architects, Shim Sutcliffe, Lake Flato, Olson Kundig". David Cole added "David Miller of the Miller Hull Partnership literally wrote the book about critical regionalism in the Pacific Northwest, and that way of design thinking is still very strong in this area." Bench and Andrew.Circle then lead into a discussion about the overlap between critical regionalism, phenomenology and vernacular.

greatescape has noticed an uptick in residential work recently, and wonders "How is everyone here in the archinect space holding up in the residential sector? What are your fees roughly for services?" proto chimed in and suggested "http://architecturalfees.com/ might be worth a read". With some experience, jla-x keeps it simple "all residential and always on a 10-15% of projected cost". Reacting to some of the number thrown out mightyaa provided a formula for calculating billable rate "Basically the formula is ((C x Your Direct Salary Expenses) x OF)) x (1+B)".
 

Additionally
Sam Wallman created a comic about the dust of this planet & the role that land plays

h/t @elise hunchuck