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Book Review: Sage Architectural Reflections from Architecture's "Athena": Denise Scott Brown's "Having Words" distills a lifetime of theorizing and practice into practical and succinct guidance for thriving through difficult times
Brown's occasional papers trace a trenchant trajectory of learning from Las Vegas to learning from everything.
by Norman Weinstein April 27, 2010 | 
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Disappearing Act: North Carolina Museum of Art West Building by Thomas Phifer and Partners and Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Raleigh, North Carolina: A new museum building strives to nearly disappear, deferring to the beauty of the artworks and the surrounding landscape.
by Lisa Delgado April 21, 2010 | 
(© Scott Frances / Courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art) |
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Power to the Past: Cannon Design Regional Offices at The Power House
St. Louis: A design firm transforms a 1928 city landmark to support its highly collaborative, team-oriented work approach that includes space that can be used by the community as well.
by ArchNewsNow April 1, 2010 | 
(Gayle Babcock/Architectural Imageworks) |
Celebratory Meditations on SANAA Winning the Pritzker Prize
by Norman Weinstein March 29, 2010 | 
(Hisao Suzuki, Courtesy of SANAA) |
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Book Review: Keeping the Architectural Profession Professional: "Architecture from the Outside In: Selected Essays by Robert Gutman" celebrates Gutman's legacy as invaluable outsider
Selected essays by a penetrating sociologist of architecture pose the kinds of tough-minded questions needed now to keep architectural professional on-track.
by Norman Weinstein March 26, 2010 | 
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INSIGHT: Iconic Architecture in the Digital Age
New technologies are helping to transform architectural surfaces far beyond the traditional canons of architecture.
by Carlos Ferré March 23, 2010 | 
(ag4/GKD) |
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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: 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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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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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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