They’re in! Just as I told Noah yesterday at the Black Door, it is simultaneously frustrating and encouraging to see an entry like Joseph Wood’s win. While I am deeply disappointed that we elected not to pursue this competition a few months ago, it also empowers the part of me that steadfastly refuses to conform […]
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One good reason to scorn NYU
There’s something about NYU that makes otherwise smart architects produce the bulkiest, ugliest buildings. These things stick out like sore thumbs. Who would’ve guessed that they were designed by Philip Johnson, Rafael Vinoly, and Kevin Roche. Philip Johnson: Roche Dinkeloo: Roche Dinkeloo, again: I have a theory. It involves severely insulting NYU’s board of directors, […]
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how Charlotte must feel
Are you there Frank Gehry? It’s me, Orla. By the way, I took this image in a completely different way. Not in the remorseful way after (mistakenly) correctly pronouncing his name; but in the disappointed-structural-engineer-way. “I’m sorry Rem, but this is not a cantilever. Nice try.” “ “
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The new warming principle
This may be half-cooked conjecture, due mostly to its scary simplicity, but it bears notice. To begin with, the reason our hemisphere is colder during winter months is not because the sun is further away than during summer (in fact, due to the ovular shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun, we may in fact […]
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from Invisible Towers
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The amen break
This video will provide the anchor, at which I will tug every once in a while to make sure I am not drifting into the blue. Creation has always, since its birth, included reference and copying under its umbrella of legitimate bringers of form. Many times in the history of the western world have people […]
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“Architects of integrity”
A little bit of inspiration for the day. Possibly even the week and the month. John Johansen’s architectural philosophy.