Nicholas Korody talked with Denise Scott Brown about Learning from Las Vegas. To be published as three edited parts, the first details her early biography and architectural influences. In part 2 she explains the unique pedagogical methods she pioneered, alongside Robert Venturi. 

"I was applying urban planning pedagogy to architecture; teaching students to oscillate from analysis to synthesis in the design process, and to see their creativity as lying in both."

Part 3, TBD...

Plus, Aaron Willette continued the Matters of Scale series, highlighting the work of C.W. Keller + Associates, an engineering and fabrication company who have worked with firms such as; Utile Architects, NADAA and Michael Maltzan Architecture.

News
R.I.P. Bing Thom

Prison expert Isabel Hight made the case for Why the design of prisons matters. vileradius noted (for anyone interested n this subject) the "folks at CLOG did a pretty great book on this awhile back (http://clog-online.com/shop/clog-prisons/)"

Reminiscing about The Samuel Novarro House in Los Angeles, designed by Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, Orhan Ayyüce commented "This is a beautiful house. I have been to it few times and used the swimming pool. It's a gem in every way."

Architect Peter Zellner of ZELLNERandCompany announced the 2017 launch of a new, tuition-free post-graduate school of architecture dubbed, appropriately, the Free School of Architecture (FSA). Olaf_ and wadeandrewdrake both felt Marc Miller’s take was "Brutal, but you're probably not wrong.  Though, in many ways architectural education resembles The Salon, visionary/paper architecture has a long tradition.  Dialogues between architects and their clients are becoming increasingly necessary if the potential economic and cinematic influence of architecture is going to continue to grow."

The Archinect Architecture Salary Poll data was broken down further by size of firms. In case you forgot "the Architecture Salary Poll isn’t scientific, as the data comes from a self-selecting demographic of architects who choose to self-report their salary info." Nonetheless bowling_ball found the data "very, very depressing...I had a rough day at work but after seeing this, i think I'll try to complain a little less."

Firms/Work Updates
West 83rd Street Townhouse in New York, NY by Space4Architecture and Nardini Research Centre and Auditorium in Vicenza, Italy by Studio Fuksas are just two of the project to be found in the latest Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Stairs" Pinterest Board.

adityaghosh13 started a new blog, Insane Cities, which she promises "will be a glimpse into everyday practices, with a strong bias towards un-designing urban-scape."

Recently Selim Senin worked on Kirsehir Planetarium and Eric Wynkoop shared his list of his top 15 design criteria, for the perfect home.

For anyone looking for work the University of North Carolina School of the Arts is looking for a University Architect. Otherwise NYC based Blank Space has put out the call for a Freelance Research/Events/Publications Assistant.

School/Blogs
Over at the blog affiliated with Knowlton School at Ohio State University, kaleyoverstreet recapped a lecture by Brooklyn-Based DLANDstudio (of award winning design for the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park fame) principal Susannah Drake.

Reacting to the news that a house built by University of Oregon students has been honored with the 2016 Golden Key Award (for Most Innovative Homeownership project in the state), makingspace griped "it's amazing how a ranch house with a sloped roof is awarded as being ‘innovative.’  it's essentially a highly insulated house that incorporates a few passive technologies.  while it is better than a typical tract house, there's nothing really remarkable about it.  in terms of affordability it's also a loser"
 

Discussions/Threads
1992bruin questioned whether Designing through section was still hip and/or why not? archiwutm8 perhaps struck a bit too close to home "IRL no one cares unless its a CD section..." thisisnotmyname opined "the dull sections being made in schools today come from a preoccupation with facade cladding skins and computer generated patterns." Later chigurh offered up an apocryphal of sorts -

"It was conscious decision for academia to discard the section as a drawing/view in which to design or consider building space.  Eisenmen did a lecture at the GSD titled:  ‘sections - what are they good for’...Soon after, students quit drawing sections and the profession quickly followed."

archietechie pointed out the latest Patrik vs Mark foster gage kerfuffle. Josh Mings criticized "Patrik's line of thinking actually isn't visionary at all. In fact, it is self-serving and ignorant of the world we live in." Dangermouse added "Rem is bullish on Europe and leveraging state infrastructures to create novel architectural projects, and I'll take his opining over Patrik every time." archietechie is ultimately just glad "Tom and MFG put him in his place"

Finally archi15 was looking for assistance with their b-arch final thesis. Specifically, designing a place for people suffering with depression. gual advised looking "at some recent discussions of healthcare architecture...there has been a lot of focus on making places like hospitals less depressing." Volunteer agreed that "climate and being outdoors in the sunlight". proto provided a long list of suggestions including the fundamental "What do you want to accomplish?"
 

Additionally
MClain Clutter penned some Notes on Ruin Porn