Orhan Ayyüce in a new feature writes “Two for one” can be beautiful, artistic and above all, a good investment, like the twin residential towers pictured below. More here.
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Orhan Ayyüce in a new feature writes “Two for one” can be beautiful, artistic and above all, a good investment, like the twin residential towers pictured below. More here.

We get an update on [bracket]. The first issue, [on farming] is scheduled to be available this April. It is being designed by the awesome team at Thumb (previously featured on Archinect) and published by Actar. Also the format will now be that of an almanac.

On this post about how New Jobless Era Will Transform America autofell(a)8 's comment FTW.

Contest organizers announced the names of nine design teams selected to advance to the next round of the competition “Framing a Modern Masterpiece | The City * The Arch * The River” to invigorate the park and city areas surrounding the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO.

Discussion Threads
Barry Lehrman asks for some professional advice regarding educators who have set up design practices and what one needs to keep in mind if they want to start one themselves.

abracadabra, faia posts a new episode, #39 "Interview with a Lawyer".

School Blogs
evanc asks for help identifying some photos of an old Superstudio project. Gresham provides the knowledge; they are from a project entitled "Italia Vostra: Restoration of Historical Centres".

Mark at Cooper Union shares some images from his fall studio.



Jacob at U of F is taking a studio that requires the use of Grasshoper and reflects
I am a product of a system of pedagogy that places its trust on the process of thinking and working through a problem with the physical and sensorial act of making. As a result, I am suspicious of a trajectory in which one is tethered to a computer. This is not to suggest that the computer has no role in the sequence though. This is to suggest that the computer should not displace traditional modes of process (ie. hand drawings and physical models)., he also argues that More important to me is the integration of the digital realm in the actual deployment.

Dorothy at University Michigan TCAUP reviews a recent lecture: Mark Dorrian on "Clouds of Architecture" and wonders Is architecture increasingly about creating clouds? Or is the built environment already just a conglomeration of clouds creating specific internal atmospheres?