As part of the From the Ground Up series, Anthony Morey, profiled David Cabin, named after client Melvin David, by Frank Gehry.

mmandemnorris added further detail "A little more research would show this was Gehry's effort to connect to his earliest inspiration, historical Asian architecture. The house also shows traits of later early work, with exposed wood framing, geometric design and vertical line douglas fir throughout. Another very interesting and possible indelible mark on his his life/career, is this was the only build his difficult to please father ever saw and Gehry always felt he didn't like it."

Later, responding to Soapbox: American Architecture Now (1980), Alexander Morley commented "This series of interviews with Barbara Lee Diamonstein is an utterly fantastic time capsule into a fascinating moment of architecture...I recommend adding the interviews with Stanley Tigerman, Hugh Jacobsen, and Robert Stern as well."

News

Jan Dalley's spoke with David Chipperfield about architecture as a mere tool of the free market, the shrinking role of architects as society builders, and why we are building "horrible cities." Bench worried "I feel like the word ‘Crisis’ gets thrown around in architecture so often that it's starting to lose its meaning a little bit…"

Patrik Schumacher published an editorial on how when it comes to London’s housing crisis "Opening up the magic of the market would make us all better off, and bring more justice."

Miles Jaffe countered "The problem is distribution, not supply. It all boils down to economics, and this problem is because of neoconservative douche nozzles".

Four firms emerged as victors from the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design competition for attainable housing schemes: Digsau of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kevin Daly Architecture of Los Angeles; Merge Architects Inc. of Boston; and 5468796 Architecture of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Chemex opined "these remind me of the pre-Corbusier settlement urban-rural movement  around the world. Except these are informed by craft and regional modernism that would make it work better.  Arkansas has one of the more exciting programs in the country".

Francis Kéré is the latest architect commissioned to design a new permanent pavilion (to open in 2019) on the grounds of the 10,260-acre Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana. Dangermouse offered up some criticism

"Tippet Rise had a lot of potential, but instead it seems to be about making bunch of meaningless forms on a picturesque landscape without calling into question the construction of the land itself, or the picturesque gaze in the west, or the ongoing practice of oppression towards native bodies and ways of life."

The second issue of Archinect’s print publication Ed, is now available. As Nicholas Korody & Paul Petrunia explain, the issue grapples with the myriad disasters afflicting the present, probing the responsibilities and agencies of architecture within them.

ICYMI, the April Architecture Billings Index shows continued growth in billings and the overall score was 52.0. Furthermore, respondents indicated a tight labor market, for in the eyes of many firm leaders, experienced staff positions are currently the most difficult to fill.

Family of Tables -The Workshop of Dreams by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT and Diwani Chair by AE Superlab are just two of the latest top projects (in no particular order) from the Archinect's Pinterest board Furniture.

Firms/Work Updates

For those looking for work in higher-ed, facilities management, University of Cincinnati is accepting applications for the position of Department Manager of the newly renovated and revamped (in 2017) DAAP Build Lab. Otherwise, UCLA is looking to hire a Director of Building Operations, for management and oversight of the School of Law facilities.

Recently Tomasz Bulczak, worked on an urban intervention "Emerging Submerged | On-edge densification within the framework of Flanders landscape".

School/Blogs

Pascale Vonier (of ACSA) announced the release of 2018, Atlas, data. This year includes Classification of Instructional Programs (or CIP codes) from the National Center for Educational Statistics. Two data-points of note; a "Closing Gender Gap for Design Graduates" and yet there is a still a "Larger Gender Gap Among Undergraduates".

In faculty hires news, Sarah Deyong, has accepted the appointment of Architecture Program director with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture. Meanwhile, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture & Urban Planning faculty, elected Lingqian Hu as the new Department of Urban Planning chair.

Responding to some commentators concerns regarding the Deyong hire, randomised lamented "most people here don't consider philosophy, theory and education as a vital part of architecture ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

Discussions/Threads

Non Sequitur restarted Show us your caulk! with some photos of "not even the caulk I specified." Bench wondered "why would you need to spec one caulk over another ?" senjohnblutarsky provided a number of potential factors, while Non Sequitur noted the prescriptive role of ULC.

merryrogue wondered if "architecture is ... shall I say artsy enough for a most times covered but big tattoo to fly. (or allow me to get hired.)"?

Right out the gate mightyaa responded "I know plenty of architects & engineers with sleeve tattoos." However others like shellarchitect or Formerlyunknown thought it was a risk and could depend on the firm. geezertect pointed out the role generational differences while Rusty!’s response referenced Adolf Loos. Later, Miles Jaffe posted an image visualizing the relationship of tattoo locations to employment futures.

Finally, Sir Apple Chrissy was interested in discussing The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People as well as learning "What's your typical pattern?"

To won and done williams it was simple "Bottom line, you want to be a creative genius, quit your day job." archinine was attracted to "the schedules of those non 9-5ers" and "how people operate outside those narrowly defined and restrictive confines."

Additionally

Over at Curbed, Diana Budds laid out why; it’s time to reclaim the idea of third place(s) from corporations and how the most effective third places are community, civic spaces. "libraries, neighborhood parks...playgrounds...arts centers...health care clinics", not commercial spaces.