The Tuscon based D.U.S.T, was profiled in a recent Small Studio Snapshot. Thayer-D commented "This aesthetic seems to work well in desert like climates." which makes sense since D.U.S.T explained their approach as "doing our best to respond to the dreams, goals and desires of our clients and to each site, landscape and specific conditions of the natural environment that we have the opportunity to design for."
ICYMI, check out The Architecture of Artificial Intelligence (a 5-part video series, produced for Archinect by Otis Harley). The videos are based on ‘The Architecture of Artificial Intelligence' by Hannah Wood, published on Archinect last year.
jla-x couldn’t help worry about the future, "Awesome and exciting, but the problems are in the politics of an increasingly automated world. What happens when 80-90% of worker are no longer employable? I think its irresponsible to develop a technology without any conversation and idea of how such a disruption will manifest itself politically."
The new Miami Frost Science Museum faces a lawsuit from contractor Skanska, over unpaid bills. Even after reading the article, anthonystanton couldn’t help his feeling of "profound and real sarcasm." Yet, he also admits "it does look like a beautiful museum. The oculus is awesome."
Over at the Guardian, Rowan Moore finds admiring words for Grafton Architects principals; Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, the self-described "rock person" and "bog person".
Mackenzie Goldberg announced the winners of LA County's Yes to ADU Design Competition. Orhan Ayyüce applauded the Los Angeles County Arts Commission Civic Art Program team
"for this competition and bringing the countywide housing and homelessness issue forward and generating highly creative ideas for solutions. ADU's have a huge potential of solving LA's two big problems."
Though Donatello D'Anconia thought it a bit of a lost opportunity "that homelessness wasn't mentioned in any of the winning entries (save Jones') as this was half the premise of the competition."
Reacting to photos released of the Met’s new exhibition “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Marc Miller noted how "Lighting is always an important thing to consider in museums and exhibition design, but the level of drama used to light this show is amazing."
R.I.P. Will Alsop.
Both Non Sequitur and TED, commemorated his passing and their connection to him or his work.
If you are looking for work, interested in working a bit outside the box and for something more technology focused;
Rathbone Square in London, UK by Make Architects and Estée Lauder Companies in London, UK by MCM Architecture Ltd are just two, of the latest top projects (in no particular order) from the Archinect Pinterest board, Color.
Last month Erin Sharp Newton shared her thoughts on Diversity and belonging in the city. Outlining, ten "malleable story structures" for shaping empathic design-fictions and speculative-urbanism.
Episode #052 of The Midnight Charette podcast, featured Michael Sorkin on; neighborhoods, gentrification, smart cities, city development, teaching design and more!
Recently, Ricardo Rebolledo was working on an "...in progress, 5 residential units in Florida…" While Dana Krystle worked on a series of "ARCHITECTURE ILLUSTRATIONS | BLACK INK".
EDG Architecture | Engineering presented Modern Ornamental: a new form of digital sculpture.
A third year, Kingston University London, student Jack Bailey was awarded the SOM Prize for the project 'Music House, Chicago', at this year's 2016 RIBA President's Medals.
Landscape Architect and Artist, Martha Schwartz will speak at the commencement ceremony for the Boston Architectural College, on Friday, May 25.
rich_9999 wanted to talk about Gutterless Buildings and was particularly interested in help understanding the construction details.
proto’s guess, in most examples "there IS a gutter hidden in there & that bulk water collected from the horizontal area is moved away and not just trickled to the bottom of the wall via the rain screen cavity". citizen has similarly seen "drawings (though not the actual installation) of these shapes of impermeable pitched roofs (standing seam, or shingles) with integral gutters that sit below the roof surface, open above like a trough." Wood Guy made reference to EPDM, but noted "it could be this vapor-open product" and "neoprene gaskets or bushings".
By the time Schoon returned, the thread had devolved from "a civil discussion about gutters" to a priceless "dumpster fire".
jrharvey bemoaned The woes of getting paid. Miles Jaffe suggested "For overdue invoices mid-project put the brakes on...Final payment is another story. Best strategy I know is to make it as small as possible. Assume you're not going to get it and structure your fee accordingly." On a related note, senjohnblutarsky offered up "Bill less, more often."
tintt was looking for "support with documents and templates" but "for when the scope of work is not within the narrow confines of the AIA's model of practice". thisisnotmyname and Dangermouse both wisely advised "invest in having a lawyer help you out with developing the appropriate contract for what you are planning to do." Others recommended checking with a professional liability insurance agent. Rusty! clarified tintt should really be looking at AIA form B103 not B101 and the B105.
UN-Habitat suggests checking out their new Gender Equality Enhancer, which digs into the connection between resilience and women’s empowerment and argues that achieving Gender Equality is essential to building Resilient Cities.
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