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Nuts + Bolts #19: The Challenges Firms Face when Talented Staff Decide to Leave
Talented staff resignations have become more commonplace, and the challenges of "firm building" are now more about staff retention than recruitment.
by Ralph Steinglass, FAIA, Teambuilders, Inc. July 12, 2018 | 
(Johnathan Ward) |
Girl UNinterrupted Presents Equity Survey Findings, Launches Tips Manual at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018
From Young Female Designers to Firm Leaders: The Boston Experiment: What's possible when you bridge the gap between young female designers and leaders in architecture? Key takeaways from Boyadzhieva and Chun's illuminating survey.
by ArchNewsNow June 28, 2018 | 
(Girl UNinterrupted) |
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Nuts + Bolts #18: More Than Meets the Eye: The Value of Architectural Photography
When you have a great project with equally great photography, the possibilities - and the pay-offs - can be endless.
by Brad Feinknopf June 19, 2018 | 
(Johnathan Ward) |
Left Coast Reflections #5: San Francisco's Tilting Tower
Is the Millennium Tower likely to fall over? In a word: NO.
by Charles F. Bloszies, FAIA June 14, 2018 | 
(Courtney Broaddus) |
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"Freespace"... The One Word of the 2018 Venice Biennale, the 16th Exhibition of Architecture
A survey of just 10 of the 65 national pavilions chosen for their translation of "Freespace" - and in no particular order other than my own itinerary.
by Johannes M. P. Knoops, Assoc. AIA, FAAR June 7, 2018 | 
(Johannes Knoops) |
Kenneth Frampton, a New York Lion ... now a Golden Lion of the Venice Architecture Biennale
As the Ware Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where he has taught since 1972, he has shaped more than one generation of architects.
by Johannes M.P. Knoops, Assoc. AIA, FAAR June 7, 2018 | 
(Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia) |
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Scenes from a Distance: Sanaz Mazinani and Rola Khayyat at North of History, New York
"Appearances & Disappearances" erases the distance of time and place by bringing us face-to-face with the violence of the two women's past, which shapes their present - as well as our own.
by Bonnie Clearwater May 24, 2018 | 
(Jason Wallace) |
Nuts + Bolts #17: The Dismissal Luncheon (or Breakfast)
If your boss asks you to join him or her for breakfast or lunch during a period of uncertainty and there is no specific agenda, beware. Something is afoot. He or she may want to drop the boom and do the deed in a controlled setting away from the prying eyes of the office staff.
by Stanley Stark, FAIA, LEED AP May 3, 2018 | 
(Johnathan Ward) |
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One-on-One: Architecture is an Endless Process for Learning: Interview with Fumihiko Maki
The multi-award-winning architect talks about why he avoids using exposed concrete outside of Japan, why the Metabolist movement didn't quite catch on, and Yoshio Taniguchi's buildings: "He is our Mies van der Rohe."
by Vladimir Belogolovsky April 5, 2018 | 
(Tomio Ohashi, courtesy of Maki and Associates) |
From the Treetops #3: Is Art Redefining the Architecture of Sacramento?
Temporary, multi-disciplinary arts projects are transforming the proverbial "white cube" gallery town by elevating the discourse around what art can be and the potential spaces it could occupy.
by Jason A. Silva, AIA, LEED AP March 8, 2018 | 
(© Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture) |
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One-on-One: Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows: "If a product is designed and crafted well, it should not go out of fashion."
BassamFellows' "Craftsman Modern" is based on the partners' devotion to Modernist architecture, high-level craftsmanship, and the use of beautiful, natural materials.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky March 1, 2018 | 
(BassamFellows) |
Nuts + Bolts #16: What's in a Name?
Branding can be a bit of a foreign concept to established (and even to newer) architecture firms. Here are some central takeaways from a firm rebranding itself after 40 years in practice.
by Guy Geier, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED AP February 15, 2018 | 
(Johnathan Ward) |
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Educating Future Architects to Think Like Curious Clients
Expanding architectural education to include more about client consciousness is a key to enriching the profession.
by Norman Weinstein February 8, 2018 | 
(Rfischia / Dreamstime.com) |
INSIGHT: Thinking Outside the Big Box
Gone are the days when the question was: What retailer can take this large space? The question now is: How can the box be reinvented to create experience and community?
by Simon Perkowitz, AIA February 6, 2018 | 
(KTGY Architecture + Planning) |
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Architectural Education at the Crossroads?
Educators Duo Dickinson and Phil Bernstein look in opposite directions when assessing architecture school quality - but the next architecture school transformation may emerge from where no one is looking.
by Norman Weinstein February 1, 2018 | 
(Rfischia / Dreamstime.com) |
"Five Artists + Architecture" at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York
The variety of works by the five fine artists/teachers illustrates the breadth of opportunity available to students to integrate a range of visual arts studies into their studio design education and design research work.
by Lance Jay Brown, FAIA February 1, 2018 | 
(©Lance Jay Brown) |
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From Warehouse to Wired Green Workspace
The Alliance Center in Denver, designed by Gensler for the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, offers a model for how aging buildings can be transformed into thriving, sustainability-focused, collaborative workspaces.
by Ashley Lovell, Ph.D. January 25, 2018 | 
(David Lauer Photography) |
Left Coast Reflections #4: Iceberg Architecture
A London cabbie asked if we had heard of the "iceberg houses." We should keep our pencils above grade most of the time. And we should support theories that preserve real icebergs before they trickle away completely.
by Charles F. Bloszies, FAIA January 18, 2018 | 
(Courtney Broaddus) |
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Q&A: Marwa Al-Sabouni on mass housing, sustainability, and the social role of architecture
"Architects and planners have the responsibility to be engaged in the lives of those for whom they design - and offer solutions. We often lack this in our profession."
by Clotilde Angelucci January 11, 2018 | 
(Marwa Al-Sabouni) |
Best Architecture & Design Books of 2017: The Underside Keeps Turning
This year's best reading subverts shopworn stylistic and historic categories.
by Norman Weinstein December 21, 2017 | 
(The Monacelli Press) |
