Sophia Bannert worried Is the Rigidity of the Architectural Profession Constraining Innovation? For his part, Jason Buchheit found a problem or three with the piece "I'm going to be more pointed. Fundamentally I think your core argument is correct. The current model of architectural education does need to change to reflect the current demands of the profession. My issue lies is that all of the reasons you give undercut your own arguments."
Plus, the latest edition of From the Ground Up featured Eric Owen Moss's Playa Del Rey Triplex, which Orhan Ayyüce believes is "one of Eric’s best projects."
ICYMI, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s AT&T Building, now known as 550 Madison Avenue, a landmark. Contrary to some critics of the move, Thayer-D argued while "It's not even as good as the average 1920-1930 mid-town office building...this building was huge when it came out. It made visible the small but growing movement of architects...If Mies's Seagrams building deserves preservation, Johnson's Chippendale Tallboy certainly does."
Over at Architect Magazine, Esther Sperber penned an editorial on why rejecting the “lone wolf”/creative genius myth and emphasizing a collaborative culture instead are important steps to stopping abuse in architecture.
The author stopped by Archinect's discussion commenting "I love when people agree with me but a good debate about these issues is important for our field." Orhan Ayyüce chimed in "Get Ayn Rand's ghost out of your heads and start discussing abuse of power relationships which is the problem. Btw, a lot of celebrities, starchitects if you will, are not necessarily geniuses but business savvy people with talent in architecture like many who practice it. Business rigor is a must in that world."
As you may remember, randomised upon seeing MAD Architects’ design for the Southbank by Beulah tower in the heart of downtown Melbourne, suggested it "Looks very Australian...they often do things there that don't make any sense and which reinterpret other concepts or styles in a contemporary Po-Mo kind of way."
Chemex preferred the entry from UNStudio and OMA’s was roundly disliked. Ultimately, UNStudio won.
NCARB’s 2018 Board of Directors released a commitment and Policy for Diversity. Marc Miller responded "Ok, that's 2 of the three. The AIA has they will work to diversify the practice. NCARB has said something similar...Now NAAB needs to re-up (?) their commitment."
Everyone was suitably impressed with the latest photos of Zaha Hadid Architects' serpentine Napoli Afragola railway station. citizen for instance likes "that it deploys all the classic train station components...in an unusual form that's much more responsive to its non-urban, almost greenfield site...Well done."
Cubic Houses in Copenhagen, Denmark by ADEPT and Step House in London, UK by Bureau de Change are just two of the latest top images (in no particular order) from the Archinect Pinterest board Bricks & Stones.
R.I.P., retired principal (of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) Jon Jackson, who died August 17.
The plattenbau rad: (an adaption of Tom Wolfe and Theodor W. Adorno) saga continues, with a warning (for the kids) from Terrance McKenna about Icons.
The American Institute of Architects - Middle East chapter in Baghdad, officially launched, on August 28th, 2018.
Those looking for international work might consider applying to be;
Otherwise, KieranTimberlake is seeking a BIM Specialist, to join their office.
For #71 of Midnight Charette, David and Marina were joined by Karen Kubey, urbanist and architectural educator specializing in housing and health, to discuss affordable and public housing, the current volume of Architectural Design (AD), "Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards Social Equity," which she guest-edited and more.
In faculty hiring news, Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) announced Associate Professor Ivan Bernal as the new Director of Architecture programs. Meanwhile, The Knowlton School welcomed; Assistant Professors of Architecture Erik Herrmann and Ashley Bigham, co-directors of Outpost Office.
After more than fifty years a new, critical edition of Pier Luigi Nervi’s original lectures ‘Aesthetics and Technology in Building’, along with new essays by contemporary scholars, has been (re)published by the University of Illinois Press.
shellarchitect has been granted clearance to start "designing a house for us. Turns out that designing a house is hard, especially since all my work is commercial or govt...Can anyone recommend a good source for passive house type wall assemblies?" tduds the first to respond, wished "Good luck! I'm hoping to live that dream in 5-10 years." Wood Guy pointed out "there are lots of wall assembly details available at greenbuildingadvisor.com, and foursevenfive.com has several good assemblies. JLC and FHB regularly show creative new assemblies. Building Science Corp has some new ones as well."
mightyaa agreed with others "Been there, done that, nearly killed the marriage, and bought something else...KISS (Keep it simple & stupid)". Later, senjohnblutarsky added "Mineral wool is great, but damn it's expensive."
Donna Sink started a thread to get suggestions on cool ways to develop a mixed use project for a very low cost/sf, using non-traditional construction methods? mightyaa’s answer included; Prefabricated paneled systems, "local historic and available grants and tax breaks", cooperative/community housing and "urban" retirement communal villages. BulgarBlogger referenced "Interface Studio’s $100k house concept…" while others CLT or micro-living.
Paul Petrunia dropped by Thread Central to offer an explanation regarding a recent contretemps
"On Friday a brand new username popped up, "I am a liberal", and started posting comments clearly meant to antagonize. The account was banned. After realizing that it was Chris's account, with a newly changed username, we were going to restore his account and post history, but he asked that his forum posts and comments remain offline. We will be restoring his blog posts. It was a very civil *private* email exchange that won't be shared publicly, because it was private. We've enjoyed Chris's posts over the years, with equal parts laughs, cringes, and chin scratching, but we respect his desire to keep his history removed from the forum."
Finally, Manteno_Montenegro necro’d the Official Archinect Haiku Thread. As a reminder, popular topics that you may write a haiku about include:
"Sex, money, cars, landscaping, working, comedy, Internets, hurricanes...painting, office pranks, motorcycle wheelies that seem to last forever, problems sending email, portfolios, moronic professors, porcupines, and silk panties."
Back in July, Carl Elefante (the 2018 AIA President) FAIA, made the case for Architecture’s relevance revolution.
On a related note, check out some very, very smart thinking from @raphsperry of @ADPSR_org on the @AIANational's (well intentioned but ill-conceived) school safety initiative. h/t @Mark Lamster
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