Amelia Taylor-Hochberg featured Orhan Ayyüce’s interview with "The Wire" actor Bob Wisdom from LA Forum's summer issue, in Screen/Print #45. 

Therein, the two spoke of the show’s depiction of race and crime in American cities, as well as the actor’s own observations on east vs. west coast urbanisms.

Plus, Julia Ingalls reviewed ‘Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future’ an "intimate, luscious documentary portrait of Eero Saarinen". Donna Sink was a bit surprisingly, "Feeling, very very conflicted about this entire article and film, but I do very much want to see it. That said, Eliel is my favorite Saarinen. With great  respect to Eero's incredible body of work, I just prefer Eliel's focus on craft."

News
MoMA's chief curator of architecture and design, Martino Stierli, was on One-to-One #38. LiMX was not impressed "nothing he is saying is particularly interesting or doesn't sound half-hearted corporate speak. Generally zzzzzzz. Amelia seems more up on arch curation than he...Bergdoll had a lot of great exhibitions on his watch".

According to Anthony Morey, Day one of Heliomorphism, the inaugural conference convened by the new research arm of the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Office for Urbanization, ended with Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects finally breaking through the jargon and superficiality of the topic at hand. Yet, during the second and final day of the conference, attendees found themselves again forcibly located at the epicenter of Ivy League semantic blurring and Copernican alignments.

Reacting to the news that Cooper Union has appointed its first woman president. AndrewOf wanted to remind everyone "just want to post this as a supplement: Why women are often put in charge of failing companies."

The Architecture Billings Index, dipped below 50 for month of August, though overall outlook was still reported as positive.

Emily Badger explored the downsides of the charming "holdout" houses in DC. The piece led Orhan Ayyüce and citizen to reflect back on "the house in front of Pelli's Blue Whale aka Pacific Design Center?" and a "property owner (whom) held fast for a couple of decades."
 

Firms/Work Updates

OMI Rock Pavilion in Ghent, NY by BRUSH and House J in Oulu, Finland by Archeus Oy are just two of the projects that can be found in the latest Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Details" Pinterest Board.

If you are looking for work, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation wants to hire an Architecture and Engineering Resource Manager. Otherwise, The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, is looking to hire their Director of Urban Design, who will lead PHS’s thinking and action in using horticulture to transform the region's public realm.
 

School/Blogs
kaleyoverstreet (affiliated with Knowlton School at The Ohio State University), summarized a recent lecture by Margaret Dewar, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the Taubman College.

"Focusing on Detroit as a case study, Dewar explained the stance that planners take in order to focus on redevelopment in cities that have experienced social abandonment and an economic collapse."

On the night of the first Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential Debate, Jamie Evelyn Goldsborough provided a quick recap of up to Week 6 of the Fall 2016 semester. To date, she has "been through two studio reviews, one cold, and zero papers."
 

Discussions/Threads
Olaf Design Ninja_ wanted someone to mansplain interior design to him. mespellrong gave it the "old college try", concluding "Again, blaming the victims of these programs just shows that the claims that our current system of professional protectionism only protects white male privilege."  Everyday Intern later offered up a long post explaining the difference between tile, grout, Mortar, thinset or dry-set mortar.

Donna Sink asked Archinect for some research out of the book 'Deborah Berke: House Rules'. Andrew.Circle came through "There is one house from Indiana in the book, the White River House...might or might not be in Indianapolis."

Later Andrew.Circle answered ivorykeyboard’s question about the benefit / ROI of restoring plaster and lath.

"Totally agree w/ Olaf, depending on where you (OP) are located, it might be hard to find someone to do good finish plaster work. And man is good plaster work noticeably better. Good luck to you."

Finally, Miles Battle wanted to know "Is it ever good to design a residential room taller than it is long or wide?" midlander shared "my apt has a bathrrom like that. 7 ft long, 3 ft wide, 9 ft tall. toilet centered on the end opposite the door. love it" tduds agreed "Canyonesque bathrooms can be fun sometimes though."
 

Additionally
Jacobin published an excerpt from 'In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis' by David Madden and Peter Marcuse.

h/t @AlJavieera