Earlier this summer, Archinect invited the community to share insights and feedback on the economic outlook of their firm and sector. Analysis of these results has been released in two parts. Part I and Part II
The "survey showed a significant divergence between the sentiments of owners and workers" in a couple of key areas, which made sense to Donna Sink "overall employees are more anxious than owners. Possibly because they're younger and more pessimistic about the future in general?...It's bleak out here."
Plus, Joseph Choma, Director of Florida Atlantic University's School of Architecture, explained the thinking behind FAU’s five-year BArch and their approach to AI, demystifying the digital, teaching "computation even though they are not using a computer" and how "One of the roles of the architect will be to create a web or network to connect the AIs together".
The United States Department of Defense finalized a revision to the fee limitations for federal design projects after a yearslong campaign led by Emily Grandstaff-Rice, Dan Hart, Elizabeth Chu Richter, and other senior leadership of the American Institute of Architects. Reacting to the headline, el_jeffe clarified "This rule is only applicable to DoD-funded projects, not all Federal."
monosierra was not impressed by the winning entry in the Chungnam Art Center competition. Yet Gary Garvin disagreed "Actually, there's some intelligence in this building...that seemingly floating roof has an expressive character...The varied ribbing is a nice touch that breaks the monotony of sheer glass walls and takes expression in another direction."
Don’t miss this NYT profile on the legendary New York conversion architect Joseph Pell Lombardi. Which led reallynotmyname to complain "Today's office conversions suck because the developers can't break out of the mindset of cramming the buildings full of tiny units and twee finishes. The real beauty of lofts is having a big raw space with minimal partitions."
A couple of folks weren’t happy that the shortlisted entrees for the 2024 World Architecture Festival did not include the "City and Country on each one", but more details have since been added.
The main artery along Chicago’s iconic Lakefront area — North Michigan Avenue was the subject of a proposal from Gensler. The response was not well received "a bad take…Bad take, man."
Hotel Indigo Hangzhou Uptown in Hangzhou, China, by Studio Carter and Rustic Canyon in Los Angeles, CA, by Walker Workshop are just two of the latest images (in no particular order) from the Archinect Pinterest board Eating & Drinking Spaces.
Recently, Cassandra Moeri was working on a "6-unit apartment complex" while David Hurley on a "Concept image of ephemeral installation at Coumshingaun, Co. Waterford".
According to The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ latest NCARB by the Numbers report, architect licensure candidates improved their pass rates by over 3% in 2023, the largest year-on-year improvement on record. Candidates also finished the exams five months faster compared to 2022.
ICYMI Archiblog started Anticipatory Design, inspired by Cedric Price and his Potteries Thinkbelt study.
Looking for a new gig? There are job(s) in Chattanooga, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Cathi Ho Schar is the 2024-2025 president for The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Meanwhile, the Boston Architectural College Board of Trustees reappointed Dr. Mahesh Daas to a second five-year term starting Monday, July 1, 2024.
The Art Department at Colgate University will begin reviewing applications for a new Assistant Professor in Architectural Design, History, and Theory, on November 1, 2024. The teaching load is five courses over two semesters annually.
bureauspacecraft ‘necro’d a (related, at least) 2012 thread with "NCARB is raising their ARE exam fees again". dwg. countered "I'm going to go against the norm here and say, it isnt a big deal" and smaarch took the opportunity to call for a pox on all the houses "I've been licensed since 1989 and have no use for any of these organizations. And that includes the AIA…I refuse to support any of them."
jackarcher101 wanted to talk Gridline Labelling Standards. Based on thumbs alone everyone seemed to agree "The only rule is consistency." Wood Guy had questions too "where do you put them? Face of framing, center of framing, something else? Is there a rule for which direction gridlines get numbers vs. letters? Any other tips?" When Almosthip and some others suggested structural consultants should set them, others responded "Absolutely would not fly in my world."
Later mission_critical elaborated "it’s all based off of when people read field copies of plans. Open up a physical plan set at your office and tell me where you want your grid lines if you’re trying to find your bearings on a project you’ve never seen before in your life."
As a Friday Diversion Donna Sink was inspired by some Sh!tty Developer Work. JonathanLivingston tried to look on the brightside "Hopefully an opportunity for a future homeowner modification. Sometimes sfr reno work can be really pleasing when you find things like this." whistler added "Well the simple answer ( at least in the developer's mind ) is no one is going to pay more for the unit if I put in a bigger window! Problem is he's probably wrong". Finally, greenlander1 blamed "either a dumb developer or architect who couldnt explain that this view could be more profitable than the little window. or couldve been the developer's PM who didnt want to deal w the hassle of figuring out this problem (which is the most likely case)".
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