Anthony kicked off Cross-Talk #3: Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions. For which Jonathan Rieke critiqued the Chicago Architecture Biennale noting "The biennial staged a pseudo-Félibienian sorting".
In response to the entry from Viola Ago and Hans Tursack, Galo Canizares agrees with the focus on alternative practices and exhibits of interstitial space but differentiates between the training of an MFA and BFA "This is particularly why architectural installations are (sometimes) seen as the beginning of something, and art installations are (sometimes) seen as the culmination of something."
Plus, Chris Alker sings in praise of Scaffolding aka "architecture that is highly versatile, requires no drawings due to it’s self evident assembly, can assume many different forms, and is erected and dismantled hundreds of times during it’s lifetime? Is this not worthy of being considered architecture?"
Donna Sink is a fan of Oyler Wu Collaborative’s latest tower, MONARCH, in Taipei. She explained "I had the pleasure of watching Dwayne Oyler present it to a small gathering of architects in Indy not long ago and it sounds like it was a very fun project that they worked through with their typical poetic/pragmatic process of drawing and modeling. Beautiful."
Reacting to the recent Musk controversy over public transit, Tad Chef argued "What do you expect? Musk makes money from selling cars. Of course he will denounce public transport. The serial killer scenario is also ridiculous."
The Archinect Sessions crew reflected on the highlights from 2017.
Fortune reported on a design flaw in Apple’s latest Chicago store, leading to icing issues. While most commentators were critical, Will Galloway argued "All the arguments for why this is bone-headed are true enough. It is a surprising lapse from Norman Foster, who is not a fool. Of course this is in hindsight a dumb mistake and perhaps could have been avoided...My hope is that his office and Apple will not act the way most of the people on this thread have" and closed with "A final thought, about beta architecture and history."
Apple later claimed "this problem was due to a software malfunction...It's hopefully a temporary problem." Though Positive Pete questioned any "architecture that needs software to ensure it functions correctly?"
ICYMI The deadline for Ed #2 'Disaster' submissions, has been extended until January 30!
R.I.P.; architect developer, John Portman and architectural historian critic and writer, Gavin Stamp. Later, Erik Evens commented that he felt Ed Soja’s 1990 take, on postmodern nature of the Portman’s Bonaventure Hotel, was "spot-on."
Positive Pete shared some Bright and Cheery Brutalism Adaptations (doodles).
Mitch McEwen started her recent post "I've been thinking more aggressively these past months about what we allow ourselves to know in the discipline." In the ensuing discussion Marc Miller suggested "This abandonment of one method of thinking versus another does reflect attitudes that are larger than architecture, but they are not aligned with capital and construction so much as they are aligned with capital and thinking."
Sky Factory (a global fine arts and technology company) called attention to the results of an award-winning study fMRI study, in neuroarchitecture.
The Free School of Architecture in Los Angeles has extended their application deadline, "You now have until the 15th of January to get your participant and teaching proposal submissions in."
For those looking for new employment in HigherEd, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto has two full-time tenure-stream appointments Urbanism and Urban Design as either an Assistant. Or, an Associate Professor.
Sheu necro’d an old thread, by +i, regarding Christmas bonuses. It apparently took a second for Medusa to realize "I read this whole thread intently, until I got to a comment that said 'looking forward to a more productive 2011.' Made me question my whole space-time continuum for a few seconds."
MDH-ARCH earned "a 20k bonus" in 2017. 77LightTemple is more curious to know whether anyone received a raise. Others, received anywhere from 7%-30% of salary, 2-4 weeks salary and/or % of salary in a 401k.
kyledonath wanted to talk client etiquette/hospitality. Specifically, "What do your firms offer clients, or potential clients as they walk in? How do you, or DO you push subliminal ideas on your clients". Formerlyunknown responded "Generally our receptionist asks if they'd like water, coffee, tea, etc. If it's late in the day we usually offer wine or beer." Some places have "a beer tap in the reception desk". Tinbeary There there believed "Bottled water would get you put in environmentally irresponsible camp here."
Following a renewal request for her AIA membership, maryjaneboughton wanted to be convinced of the ROI. The consensus was, it depends on how active one is. Maybe not for a "mailbox member" but "if you begin by making a concerted effort to participate meaningfully in the activities of your local chapter you will, over time, begin to see value that greatly exceeds the cost of membership." Kidding aside, LITS4FormZ remembered "the AIA in Dallas offered fantastic exam prep classes with free pizza. They also promoted happy hours for interns and newly licensed architects with lots of other networking opportunities."
As part of Curbed’s exploration of race and architecture, they (Asad Syrkett, Tanay Warerkar, and Patrick Sisson) asked 16 architects of color, to speak out about the industry's race problem.
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