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Book Review: "Design through Dialogue: A Guide for Clients and Architects," by Karen A. Franck and Teresa von Sommaruga Howard
A helpful communications primer offers case studies of winning collaborations between clients and architects, but as useful as this book proves, it leaves some uncomfortable questions about communication unaddressed.
by Norman Weinstein March 5, 2010 | 
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Twilight Visions: Vintage Surrealist Photography Sheds New Light on Architecture
An exhibition and book of photographs of Paris between the wars might just be the necessary correctives to the virtual sterility of digital imagery
by Norman Weinstein February 9, 2010 | 
(Courtesy International Center of Photography, New York, NY) |
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INSIGHT: Can Green Interiors Help Power the Recovery?
How the demand for sustainability and long-term value are shifting attitudes in the world of commercial interiors, creating an environment ripe for design professionals with incentives for both landlords and tenants to move the sustainability agenda forward.
by Sascha Wagner, IIDA, CID, LEED AP, and Robin Bass, LEED AP February 2, 2010 | 
(David Wakely Photography) |
Market Research Strategies in Uncertain Times #5: Market Research on Shoestring Budgets - 10 Tips for 2010
Firms operating on shoestring budgets can still create positive change if they follow the mantra of THINK
by Frances Gretes January 26, 2010 | 
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INSIGHT: Redeveloping Downtown Pittsburgh - The Last 20 Years
Many factors have led to an interesting take on the traditional tension between central city decline, suburban competition, and revitalization efforts to bolster Downtown's primacy in the region's economy and identity.
by Michael A. Stern, ASLA, LEED AP January 21, 2010 | 
(Strada) |
Beyond the Egg-crate Museum: Reflections on the Bloch Building
Q&A with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Director/CEO Marc Wilson re: life at Steven Holl Architects' Bloch Building - three years after opening.
by Norman Weinstein January 19, 2010 | 
(Courtesy The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) |
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Book Review: How to Make Versions of the Past Present: "Robert A.M. Stern Buildings and Projects 2004-2009"; Peter Morris Dixon, editor
Stern might just be "the squarest of the hip, and the hippest of the squares." That might also imply that he is one of the sanest and happiest people in the profession. For that and more, this book warrants our appreciative attention.
by Norman Weinstein December 18, 2009 | 
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A Star is Reborn: Fox Oakland Theater and Oakland School for the Arts by Architectural Dimensions, ELS Architecture and Urban Design, and Starkweather Bondy Architecture
Oakland, California: A faded movie palace - and the surrounding neighborhood - gets a new lease on life.
by ArchNewsNow December 10, 2009 | 
(David Wakely Photography) |
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Best Architecture Books of 2009
10 crucial volumes from the classic to the iconoclastic
by Norman Weinstein December 9, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Offer an Opening Statement That Frames a Broad Vista
Tip #20: The aim of an opening statement is to open a door to dialogue rather than to persuasively "hook" another into compliance with your message.
by Norman Weinstein December 3, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Communicating Architectural Edges
Tip #21: Write about meaningful circulatory patterns of light by personifying the interplay of architecture and light.
by Norman Weinstein December 3, 2009 | 
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INSIGHT: Alignment: Sustainability and Historic Preservation
Retrofitting existing buildings is a vital strategy for significantly reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions globally. To many, it is THE strategy.
by Elaine Gallagher Adams, AIA, LEED AP December 1, 2009 | 
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Book Review: "Gunnar Birkerts: Metaphoric Modernist" by Sven Birkerts and Martin Schwartz
A major architect in the history of Modernism finally receives recognition - and sundry asides about why Modernism never exited.
by Norman Weinstein October 30, 2009 | 
(Edition Axel Menges) |
Market Research Strategies in Uncertain Times #4: Client Research - The Secret to Turning Prospects into Clients
If you carry on a dialog from an informed position, you will project confidence and immediately earn a position of trust.
by Frances Gretes October 15, 2009 | 
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Eclectic Tech: Facebook Headquarters by Studio O+A
Palo Alto, California: Employees were hands-on in designing the new HQ for the social media giant - and not everything is "Facebook blue."
by ArchNewsNow October 13, 2009 | 
(César Rubio) |
WORDS THAT BUILD: Communicate to Clients an Evolving Perspective Rather than a Fixed Clarity about Projects
Tip #19: Choose words and phrases that depict your architecture as a mysterious promise, as well as a known product.
by Norman Weinstein October 7, 2009 | 
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Copenhagen Design Week 2009: The focus was firmly on the local and national design community - and environmental sustainability
Diverse offerings demonstrated that while classic, mid-century modern Danish design is inspiring, it's in the past; a new generation is looking towards sustainable and human-centered designs
by Terri Peters September 24, 2009 | 
(Terri Peters) |
Book Review: "Urban Design for an Urban Century: Placemaking for People," by Lance Jay Brown, David Dixon, and Oliver Gillham
To the credit of the erudite authors, their sketch of urban design brings levels of political, sociological, and architectural analysis together in a readable synthesis.
by Norman Weinstein September 18, 2009 | 
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INSIGHT: Sustainability -- The Great Divide
Do we nationalize and centralize sustainable policies or do we individualize and decentralize them?
by Richard Carson September 15, 2009 | 
(University of Manitoba) |
WORDS THAT BUILD: Introduce Words that "Float" into the Flow of Communications with Clients
Tip #18: Replace prescriptive words and phrases "etched in stone" with language reflecting a collaborative project in flux.
by Norman Weinstein September 9, 2009 | 
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