A 29-year-old man jumped to his death last night from a parking structure at The Grove in Los Angeles, police said.
The incident occurred at the outdoor mall around 7:30 p.m., according to Officer Karen Rayner of the Los Angeles Police Department.
— bhcourier.com
It has just been confirmed that last week's jumper at LA's popular shopping area "The Grove" was SCI-Arc student Brian Henry (not to be confused with Archinect blogger Brian Henry). Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and schoolmates.
* Above photo was taken by Brian, via his Flickr stream
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*rolls eyes* who's next? i'm surprised I don't hear about more architecture students jumping off bridges or buildings given the stress we go through in studios.
rip
thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Yeah, that was my first thought too. Given how brain wrapping architecture school can be, I've always been surprised that more people haven't lost it. Either to suicide, drugs, violent post-office style outbursts or whatever.
Sad, yo.
My condolences. Please, let's not throw blame at studio stress or the educators. There may have been other factors far beyond what we are qualified to analyse. This occurs at colleges and there are others who could explain this and even they, I imagine, have their moments of confusion.
darn. so sorry to read that.
and, i see this is why they have a psychological counselling services at sci-arc. ><
why is suicide a forgone conclusion here? 29 year olds are not likely to off themselves. And I can't picture an architecture student going to the frigging "Grove" to do it. Something's fishy here.
RIP homicide victim.
I always find it in good taste to avoid any type of speculation in regard to events you have no direct connection too.
If any one is going to try and pass blame onto those who teach students during their final months of architecture school you should first realize A. thousands of students graduate from architecture school without committing suicide. B. this is obviously an isolated event and should not reflect the school, instructors and or Architecture. C. every school that cares about there students should offer psychological counseling.
I must say I'm a little disappointed in the the lack of sensitivity people have been showing about Brian's Death.
I went to school with Brian at Texas Tech for undergraduate architecture and he was my husband's roommate at the time. He was a very talented designer with lots of energy and always fun to hang out with. Brian had a true passion for architecture that I do not see in everyone who is in this profession. We will never know the reasons why he did what he did but he will always be remembered. His friends and family love him dearly and he will be missed.
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