ICYMI, Sean Joyner debunked Architecture’s Mythological Work Culture. Given the clear "disconnect between the traditional professional ethos and the advent of the current zeitgeist" he argues "It is time to value people over projects, individuals over industry, compassion over concept."
Not surprisingly, davidirwin couldn’t help but notice "The amount of wounded comrades in this comment section" though he was sympathetic to their position.
Plus, Archinect connected with Heather Flood as she embarked on her role as Interim Dean at Woodbury University School of Architecture (Woodbury SoA) aka the "malleable school." Orhan Ayyüce was not the only one who appreciated her self-description as "not an architect who teaches. I’m an educator who specializes in architecture".
The exhibition In Harmony with Nature: The Architectural Work of James Hubbell, is still on view at Helms Design Center in Culver City, CA through June 18th. For those new to the work, Erik Evens offered up this recommendation
"visited the Sea Ranch Chapel many years ago. A wonderful little building. I’ve always had a place in my heart for this kind of psychedelic organic architecture… Bruce Goff, Bart Prince, etc. It seems sophisticated and naive at the same time. Much prefer this kind of expressionism over an icy, alien parametricism."
Fast Company covered the opening of Meow Wolf - Denver. jd_bernal also reported in
"For non-architects, Convergence Station is dizzying and requires more than one trip to grasp the backstory, and ‘solve’ the many puzzles. For architects, it is twice as overwhelming, as you try to simultaneously understand the message and project the building and how it was drawn and specified, truly an adventure."
The Department for Professional Employees (DPE), a coalition of U.S.-based unions launched a survey seeking to understand the unionization landscape in the architectural profession. SneakyPete reminded everyone "Architecture isn't priceless. It's a specifically valued commodity, same as everything else. The idea that it's some noble calling worth sacrificing for is the reason we're having these conversations."
Most ‘Nectors were not impressed with the latest renders from the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) for a new Maya Lin-designed permanent headquarters at 215 Centre Street in Manhattan. However, Eamez felt differently "This is good…it doesn't overpromise in the renderings with some crazy forms that will end up looking like garb in reality…Maya Lin exceeds the expectations."
Katherine Guimapang explored reactions from the architectural community following confirmation of Nakagin Capsule Tower’s finale. Will Galloway drew some larger lessons
"it is quite sad that this building is finally coming down…In a hyper capitalist city like Tokyo it is easy to do the math and see why it is worth more demolished than preserved...there is something powerful in knowing Japan really does not play favorites in its endless churn of buildings…Not the first to say this, I am sure, but it does confirm the theory that metabolism is based on. Only the scale was wrong. It is not the modules that are plug and play, its entire buildings."
Arlington County lawmakers "unanimously endorsed" plans for the second phase of Amazon's $2.5 billion HQ2 campus. reallynotmyname appeared to speak for many "I get why NBBJ may not have the skills (and maybe not even the budget) to make the helix thing not clunky, but there is no excuse for how the other three box buildings look! They appear to be collages made out of old curtainwall catalogues with rooflines cribbed from the old Pan Am building in New York."
R.I.P. legendary Princeton Architectural Press founder Kevin Lippert.
Back in April, Artem Panchenko was working on "Distributed Access" while May saw Sophy Shi working on "mm. Workshop".
Sandy Spring Friends School’s new Pen y Bryn Upper School, designed by Stantec earned WELL Gold certification, becoming the first WELL Gold certified high school in the U.S.
Merriman Anderson Architects highlighted their upcoming renovations to historic Gospel Lighthouse church buildings (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) in the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas.
Looking for work in NYC and have at least 2-5 years experience?
PAU is accepting applications for two Intermediate Level Urban Designers and another for an Intermediate Level Architectural Designer.
Or for something in the South Florida region (both East and West Coast), Wannemacher Jensen Architects currently has five open positions for everything from a Graduate Architect/Designer to a BIM and Technology Manager.
In hiring news; Joseph Choma was announced as the next Director of the School of Architecture at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the College of Architecture and Design at University of Tennessee - Knoxville appointed Carl Lostritto as its new Director.
Looking for a non-academic job in high-education?
rcz1001 restarted a thread about what is an Appropriate Salary? which led Volunteer to question "The $98,000 Canadian that Gentle Puppies reported six months ago translates to a little less than $77,000 US. Don't know how that stacks up in Toronto"? Though Chad Miller felt "That's still a lot of money for how unqualified and dense the OP seems to be."
The conversation then turned towards characterizing those token archs in large A&E/infrastructure type firms with atelier nobody jumping in "Speaking as a token architect in a very large E & A (not A & E)/infrastructure firm, I'm not sure whether I should take offense at this or instead confirm your general appraisal of many of my compatriots…"
sloring recently got to thinking "about how we as architects get hosed on fee compared to so many other professions". The first few commenters agreed with the general idea but believed the OP misunderstood a "few things". Yet, JonathanLivingston thought it a "Great topic…we focus on the service nature of the business to our downfall and let the market value of the product we create be eaten by others…Finally, we constantly ignore the liability value of our work."
Finally, The_Crow was interested in any "insight into the Boston Architecture scene." So far, only Black_Orchid has chimed in noting "proximity to MIT, GSD, WIT and BAC: has it positioned nicely to have some great firms doing nice work. It all depends on what type of work you want to do" and then providing a list of 6 firms they’d rate.
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