In case you haven't yet heard, Archinect is co-hosting an exciting event next week at NYC's Center for Architecture. The panel discussion Shifting Paradigms: Design in Transition will be following the premier of (Re)centering the Square, a film about the Morphosis-designed Cooper Union building 41 Cooper Square.
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In case you haven't yet heard, Archinect is co-hosting an exciting event next week at NYC's Center for Architecture. The panel discussion Shifting Paradigms: Design in Transition will be following the premier of (Re)centering the Square, a film about the Morphosis-designed Cooper Union building 41 Cooper Square.

This week, Need to Know, a new current affairs show and online news magazine on PBS, sat down with Frank Gehry to speak to him about the LEED controversy and ask what he "really thinks about green building, the LEED certification process and the future of sustainable architecture".

Holz FTW!

REX's Joshua Prince-Ramus discusses his work with Forbes magazine, which leads to a discussion about the real vs Howard Roark (straw man) architect.

Are childhood couch cushion architecture(s) what established the basic building blocks of our design logic?

Discussion Threads
danielusername is looking for info on a possible/obscure Corb project ie, what project, context, career stage etc?

I really hope this is not the case.

In her answer to a question about toilet-wall clearance guidelines Donna Sink has some excellent advice about moving beyond minimum codes/guidelines, drawings and just going and experiencing a space. Architects need to See the project from the user's view, not the godlike view we take on plans.

6-step makes a good point regarding being a 1099 independent contractor and taxes.

School Blogs
Nick says goodbye to his school blog and to his student life. He closes with a great quote from Bridge on the River Kwai: "Live like a human being, don't adhere suicidally to the rules."

Additionally
Check out RUX Design's winning entry in the Traffic design competition vol. 2 - design as reform titled, 'The Vanishing Mosque'. Via loudpaper's mimi zeiger.