This week Donna, Ken, and Paul discuss Exhibit Columbus's Miller Prize announcement, gender equality in lecture school lineups, and the recent illumination of Detroit.
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Kreysler & Associates 's Bill Kreylser attended the symposium and discussed the use of composites in architecture. It was a freaking cool presentation!
I still can't remember if it's pronounced ZAYner or ZAAHner, but Zahner are super important too.
The Hip Hop Architect, Michael Ford and the #AIAchat with him from a week ago.
I'm glad you highlighted the Detroit article, was nice considering the lights are now worth more than the houses they light. Seriously, did anybody chuckle when they saw the image?
Amazed by the 180 between story 1 (Columbus) and story 2 (Detroit). 1 features architects considering a particular site, while 2 celebrates a large, just-completed infrastructure project. One is critical and specific, the other abstract, dismissive of critique and cultivates a narrative.
Have to say I'm underwhelmed by the current CityLab zeitgeist that seems to have infected the NYTimes. I'm skeptical when the first thing the reviewer does is run to kiss the mayor ass. I would agree the NYTimes could use an architecture expert to counterbalance the left-brained urbanist's lack of expertise in detail. The Times scapegoating of architects as cost-adders specifically and blind embrace of large private/public orgs is troubling, but in line with a trend I'm seeing.
Hope you (and otheres) keep your eye on this private/public industrial complex growing. It's amounting to a government subsidized private takeover under our noses. The best thing an architect can bring to this discussion is a sense of accountability to specifics. I don't think it's going to come from the NYTimes.
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