Anthony Morey introduced Cross-Talk #6: East vs West. WAI Think Tank started by looking at the problem(s) of Imperialism, Orientalism, "hegemonic powers" and canon. They argued "In the midst of an ongoing debacle of global proportions only a truly critical architecture can offer a vision of a... View full entry

Eric Baldwin kicked off a new series, Designing Practice. lt kicked off featuring chats with Evelyn Lee (of AIA’s YAF and Practice Innovation Lab) and Lola Sheppard (of Lateral Office) regarding Alternative or Expanded practice models in the 21st century. Plus, Duo Dickinson (architecture critic... View full entry

Last week Archinect profiled Denver-Based Paul Andersen for a Small Studio Snapshot. Apple Chris liked what he read "nice interview...and a sense humor. the entire Pop paragraph is quotable". Five Rooms at the Landmark Gallery in the Chicago Cultural Center. Designed with Paul Preissner... View full entry

As part of the From the Ground Up series, Anthony Morey, profiled David Cabin, named after client Melvin David, by Frank Gehry. mmandemnorris added further detail "A little more research would show this was Gehry's effort to connect to his earliest inspiration, historical Asian architecture. The... View full entry

The Tuscon based D.U.S.T, was profiled in a recent Small Studio Snapshot. Thayer-D commented "This aesthetic seems to work well in desert like climates." which makes sense since D.U.S.T explained their approach as "doing our best to respond to the dreams, goals and desires of our clients and to... View full entry

The latest Cross-Talk focused on Criticism. Anthony Morey kicked things off "Does criticism today have a role in architecture at all? At least, does the version of criticism that exists today have a role? ...There is no real criticism in architecture today; it has vacated its own integrity for the... View full entry

Anthony Morey published From the Ground Up: Zaha Hadid, on her Vitra Fire Station. Donatello D'Anconia offered some broader feedback on the From the Ground series "Excluding capital from the discussion perpetuates the idea that architecture is open to those with prolific ideas, eclipsing the... View full entry

Anthony Morey introduced Cross-Talk #4 on Academic Aesthetics. In his contribution, Zack Matthews "addresses a discourse of architectural representation which has made its re-entry into the academy—the neo-collage." After reading another entry, davvid complained "This is all very... View full entry

L.E.FT, started in 2005 by Makram El Kadi and Ziad Jamaleddine, was profiled as part of the Small Studio Snapshot series.  For some reason BulgarBlogger and Positive Pete got into it over issues of state licensure, international practice and other "types of technicalities". Plus, Anthony Morey... View full entry

Anthony kicked off Cross-Talk #3: Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions. For which Jonathan Rieke critiqued the Chicago Architecture Biennale noting "The biennial staged a pseudo-Félibienian sorting".  via Jonathan RiekeIn response to the entry from Viola Ago and Hans Tursack, Galo... View full entry

The feminist architecture collaborative, published Heroes, Rumors, Cults: Designs on Architectural Celebrity, also in Ed #1. One key question they ask "how might we attend to more urgent issues beyond self-promotion at a time when architecture has increasingly less economic power and political... View full entry

Hannah Wood, Archinect’s Features Columnist, dug into the topic of America and the AV: Digital Mobility for Architects. Following conversations with Yale professor Keller Easterling, Carlo Ratti of MIT’s Senseable City Lab and three former, Easterling students. Who are the... View full entry

Archinect published a three (1,2, 3) part guide to the Architecture Graduate School Application, in a partnership with ACSA’s Study Architecture platform. Plus, Mackenzie Goldberg reconnected with a chatty Peter Zellner to get a status update, for a second Small Studio Snapshot ft... View full entry

The latest Proust Questionnaire featured Herman Hertzberger—one of the most important Dutch architects and theoreticians of the modern age known for his designs of housing complexes, offices and schools.  Or, as randomised summed up "Legend"! Others were interested to learn more about his... View full entry

Nicholas Korody published The Amnesias of "Make New History", a reflection on the "broader curatorial failures" of the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, which launched with the theme "Make New History." davvid (and others) were impressed "Wow. Thats an excellent critique." The latest The... View full entry