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Golden Architecture 28 Jun 2012 | 07:50 am
The thought of constructing buildings out of gold may seem like a ridiculous conjecture, but history reveals that this absurd notion is not only a reality of a time past, but that constructing structu...
Invasive and Exotic Architectural Species: The Legacy of Addison Mizner 9 Jan 2012 | 12:36 pm
The nearly nineteen million residents of Florida are currently in a battle to protect their neighborhoods from a number of exotic predators. Burmese Pythons, Gambian Pouch Rats and other exotic specie...
The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper 30 Nov 2011 | 04:19 am
Having designed a handful of skyscrapers in my career, I was excited to review this book in hopes that it would meet the need within the skyscraper design community for an authoritative reference on t...
Mr. Gwathmey and his deference to the Serious Architecture of Walt Disney: A Critique of Bay Lake Tower 20 Nov 2010 | 03:07 am
In the autumn of Charles Gwathmey’s life controversy beleaguered the architect and his design for the addition to Paul Rudolph’s New Haven masterpiece, the Art & Architecture Building at Yale. Negativ...
Louis I. Kahn: Beyond Time and Style: A Life in Architecture 6 Sep 2010 | 02:34 pm
Louis I. Kahn: Beyond Time and Style: A Life in Architecture is not a monograph containing photos of Kahn’s masterpieces. Although it is technically a biography, Carter Wiseman offers readers somethin...
Making The Stage: Cincinnati’s S.C.P.A. Gets a New Home 20 Aug 2010 | 06:00 am
I asked one student of the new S.C.P.A. (School for Creative and Performing Arts) what she would look forward to in the new building that open its doors this August and she said, “clean drinking water...
Making The Stage: Cincinnati’s S.C.P.A. Gets a New Home 20 Aug 2010 | 02:00 am
I asked one student of the new S.C.P.A. (School for Creative and Performing Arts) what she would look forward to in the new building that open its doors this August and she said, “clean drinking water...
The REAL Answers to Questions About NCARB’s Fees Increase 22 Jul 2010 | 03:22 am
In the spirit of one of my favorite Cincinnati radio personalities Earl Pitts: “Ya’ know what makes me sick? You know what makes me so angry?” Mostly the lack of integrity of every corporation in the ...
LEED Accredited Professional 3.0 Vector Logo Collection 29 Jun 2010 | 10:30 am
The LEED Accredited Professional 3.0 vector logo collection contains every official LEED AP logo created by the USGBC in vector format. The logos can be downloaded in Adobe Illustrator file format, wh...
AIA YAF Temporary/Permanent Relief Housing Competition Results 25 Jun 2010 | 05:13 am
Have you seen the results of the Temporary/Permanent Relief Housing Competition? It is an ‘ideas competition’ sponsored by the AIA and Young Architect’s Forum. This competition serves as a reminder th...
