Josh Niland interviewed Graham Foundation grantee Alican Taylan. Their chat referenced Archizoom’s 1969 No-Stop City, Virilio and dromology among other things. A key phrase, overcoming or even "Confronting Carbon Form".
Both Donna Sink and Will Galloway found "Lots to think about" and felt the work "fantastic".
Plus, Katherine highlighted Weronika Zdziarska's research proposal, ‘Don't Stay Out Alone’ whose "methodology is based on evaluating previous interventions carried out by international, regional, and local organizations in South America. Five cities were selected, representative of different attitudes and responses to the research topic".
OMA New York released an update about the Audrey Irmas Pavilion, it is expected to open in January 2022. ae_0 was surprised the "Details and materiality...turned out rather...nice actually...from a construction point of view looks like OMA/Gruen pulled a quality job above US standards here."
Most ‘Nectors thought Miles Jaffe had misplaced feelings in the debate over Norman Foster’s "defense" of the firm’s airport projects. As tduds explained "the main pushback you're getting here. The object of your ire is capitalism, not airports." In fact, archanonymous thought it’d be an interesting challenge to try and design "an airport/ city area holistically to minimize emissions and environmental impacts".
MAD Architects released images for a tower, featuring landscaped gardens and terraces integrated throughout its 22 floors. randomised commented "I like the futuristic naivety of this blob...feels very Haus-Rucker-Co / early CoopHimmelb(l)au!" Orhan Ayyüce was also in favor
"Do I want to see it built? Sure, there's nothing sacrilegious about that stretch of Sunset Blvd. The scale imparities are already in place...This is another characteristic of LA's look and feel. Stop dreaming as if Los Angeles arteries should be like Champs Élysées. They are...all like whatever man. Personally, I love it that way. It pumps down the developers' iconic designs for a spectacle, blends it with whateverness even perhaps it's not whatever."
After reading about a MVRDV courtyard apartment building (with social housing and green space!) in Bordeaux, co-designed with local architects Flint, monosierra requested "Some plans and sections...to better understand the apartment layouts!"
KPF shared details for the studio’s first mass timber tower, to be sited in Vancouver, Canada. As exciting as the mainstreaming of mass-timber is, folks questioned (some of) the details. Later midlander offered their perspective "i feel like some of the debate on the potential environmental benefits vs harms of mass timber construction are very narrowly focused and ignore the enormous volume of construction in n. america that is already wood-based. the partial adoption of wood for structural use in high rise buildings is an incremental change, and will have far less impact than directly reducing emissions in materials production."
Johns Hopkins University demolished its Tod Williams and Billie Tsien-designed Mattin Center, in order to make way for a new $250 million student center designed by BIG (with help of Rockwell Group and academic design specialist Shepley Bulfinch). samolddoctor summed up the consensus "The BIG design truly f***ing sucks. The TWBTA complex seems extremely well thought of, resolved and executed."
R.I.P., Lance Hosey, who passed away on August 27th at age 56. A Fellow of both the American Institute of Architects and the U.S Green Building Council.
CME Center at 10+30 S. Wacker in Chicago, IL by Krueck Sexton Partners and Queen Richmond Centre West in Toronto, Canada by Sweeny&Co Architects are just two of the latest top images (in no particular order) from the Archinect Pinterest board Glass.
The construction of a $25.76 performing arts center, designed by Chicago-based Krueck Sexton Partners, for Loyola Academy (a private Jesuit college preparatory school in Wilmette, IL) has kicked off.
Back in September, Bill Caplan announced "After 3 years of research/writing ’THWART CLIMATE CHANGE NOW’ has finally made it to the printer. Published by the critically acclaimed Environmental Law Institute's ELI Press, a release date and more information to follow soon".
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The University of New Mexico (UNM) has hired Chris Cornelius (founding principal of studio:indigenous) as their new Chair of the Department of Architecture.
CCA’s Bachelor in Interior Design program was awarded a $75,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation. Over the next three years this grant will support the expansion and development of the program’s Materiality and Space curriculum, which is one of Interior Design’s three core curricular streams, along with Interior Design Studio and Design Media.
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Towards the beginning of August, Wood Guy was looking for in the wild examples of a "brise soleil detail...a solid roof to keep rain off the door...The goal is to protect the door, provide some window shading and screen a view to the road". As they need to win over a client, on the idea. Though he was also happy to take feedback on the detail(ing) itself. SneakyPete and natematt both questioned the seam "Most standing seam manufactures are not going to warrantee a product with 1/4" slope...You would have to use something higher grade like zinc or copper, and even then, I'm skeptical." Alternative materials ranging from flat seam zinc panel, freedom gray copper, painted steel or even glass were suggested.
JLC-1 came through with an example pic by Olson Kundig while mightyaa listed a variety of alternative details/options. While noting "Cost is going to be your biggest hurdle. To save the most; lose the brackets and just cantilever some microlams about 8’o.c. and infill between. Less penetrations through the shell but no expensive fabrication. Use TPO membrane, spill to edge, and spend some money on the fascia & soffit that people will see."
G4tor was curious what folks think is the appropriate "level of detail" when making a punch list? Where is the balance in terms of managing relationship with GC? While some were sensitive to this, Non Sequitur takes a harder line "I don’t care about the GC’s feelings, the client is paying me after all." gibbost shared a disarming way to approach the matter and noted they’d become less "pedantic" over-age/time.
Speaking of pedantic, Everyday Architect reminded folks that if you are using AIA A201 (or something similar) "the goal in receiving the contractor's punch list and reviewing it is for the architect to make sure the contractor is generally aware of the items that aren't complete and to determine whether it reflects a project that is substantially complete. The goal *should not* be that we put forth a bunch of effort to make an exhaustive list of everything the contractor must finish in order to be finished with the job."
Finally, Archi-nerd needed to vent and thought others could use an outlet too. b3tadine[sutures] can’t stand "Micro-managing by people who are too invested in shit that is not worthy of their billable rate. You. Are. Killing. My. Budget. Asshat." For sameolddoctor its "Bean counter PMs". newguy added "PMs who don't understand that managing the project also involves managing the client". Similarly square. wrote "bootlickers who are always more deferential to the needs of clients over those of their team members." As you’d expect there was of course plenty of hate for Revit and other "shitty software."
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