BD+C
OCTOBER 22, 2014
'The sustained performance of the U.S. commercial real estate industry is expected to continue in 2015, fueled by improving fundamentals and robust investor appetite, in both domestic and foreign arenas, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2015, co-published by PwC US and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Exclude Content: Yes.
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 12, 2014
'Pritzker prize-winning architect Thom Mayne was the final keynote speaker at the AIA Colorado Practice + Design conference this weekend and I was able to catch his presentation since I was in town as one of the speakers. Thom said something in his presentation that stuck with me – I write it down after he said it but this is not a direct quote.
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EntreArchitect
OCTOBER 27, 2014
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Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 5, 2014
'Architects and competitions seem to go hand in hand … a reality that I don’t particularly care for. If they aren’t entering designs as an effort to earn a commission, they are entering projects into design competitions in an effort to receive a design award. Back in the mid-90’s I submitted a house design into a competition where the prize was $500 for first place and the opportunity to get your house built.
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Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 19, 2014
'I’m an architect who historically does not travel much but the last few months have included a heavy mix of flying in and out of various destinations. I am currently sitting in seat 13D flying back from presenting and acting as Master of Ceremonies for the AIA Potomac Valley Design Celebration. My schedule this weekend was kept full and action packed; I shared the stage with Steve Dumez from Eskew Dumez and Ripple, an award-winning firm from New Orleans, participated in a Master class lun
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BD+C
OCTOBER 6, 2014
'Women account for more than half of the U.S. population. But even with significant gains over the past 25 years, their numbers and positions among the ranks of practicing architects appear to have stalled. The reasons could be a combination of too few role models, mentors, and advancement opportunities, based to a statistical analysis of women’s progress in this field by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). read more.
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 15, 2014
'Setting out to create a Residential Architecture 101 entry on wood seemed like an obvious topic to cover – although I haven’t been focusing on this series in a while. The first post was on Architecture 101: Materials (and the real focus was on how to transition materials and showed all sorts of terrible “don’t do this” type of pictures).
BD+C
OCTOBER 31, 2014
'Emaar Properties , known for its futuristic approach to buildings, has unveiled plans for a new project containing two towers that will top the charts in height, making them the world’s tallest towers once completed. Dubai Creek Harbour will boast 39,000 homes and 22 hotels, making it three times the size of its downtown area, which contains the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa.
BD+C
OCTOBER 27, 2014
'Last week, during the Greenbuild show in New Orleans, BuildingGreen Inc. released its annual Top-10 Green Building Products list. read more.
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Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 21, 2014
'I know I’ve said before that meetings are a complete waste of time – at least most of them are. Job site meetings … the ones that actually happen as you are walking around the site (instead of sitting in s trailer which happens to “be” on the job site (ergo “job site meetings”) … are not a waste of time.
BD+C
OCTOBER 29, 2014
'Builders, developers, and owners are constantly complaining that high-performance buildings rarely get their due from appraisers who, they say, don’t have good measures to compare one building’s energy savings over another’s, or how those savings affect the value of the building. read more.
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 21, 2014
'Vasi Ypsilantis is an internationally renown kitchen designer who I was able to talk at length about her award-winning creative process, her distinguished career, and how her participation in the Kitchen Design Contest – both as a winning recipient, and later as a judge shaped her process and benefited her career. This is the second half of our interview – the first half can be found here.
BD+C
OCTOBER 7, 2014
'8% fewer homes will transact than normal in 2014, purely due to student debt. This week, our clients received a 30-page paper that assesses the impact of student loans on home buying for households under the age of 40. Our conclusion is that 414,000 transactions will be lost in 2014 due to student debt. read more.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
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BD+C
OCTOBER 8, 2014
'Touted as the world’s largest healthcare project, the 170-unit, $1.2 billion Union Village finally broke ground on October 8 in this Las Vegas suburb. Body Image: read more.
BD+C
OCTOBER 10, 2014
'Designs for a new Cambodian institution for genocide studies, the Sleuk Rith Institute , have been released by its architect, Zaha Hadid. According to Dezeen , the project sees a departure from Hadid’s well-known use of concrete, fiberglass and resin. Instead, the primary material will be timber made curved and symmetrical like the Angkor Wat and other Cambodian landmarks.
BD+C
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will has released new research in response to the need for architects and interior designers to develop a better understanding of flame retardants and their impact on health. read more.
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 30, 2014
'I am exhausted. My eyes feel like peeled grapes and according to my coworkers, it sounds like I am trying to forcibly remove my lungs by coughing them out through my mouth. Despite my current pathetic situation, I’m feeling pretty good about things. I just got back from a 4 day trip to Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, where I went down to take a look at a neighborhood school to see if we could add a 3rd story onto an existing building.
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Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 7, 2014
'Recently, I was able to talk at length with renown kitchen designer Vasi Ypsilantis about the creative process, her distinguished career, and how her participation in the Kitchen Design Contest – both as a winning recipient, and later as a judge – has shaped her process and benefited her career. Vasi began her design career in 1985 after attending Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
BD+C
OCTOBER 15, 2014
'Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) has launched a new research center that is focused on advancing the energy efficiency of buildings through better design. read more.
BD+C
OCTOBER 1, 2014
'The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has two retained architectural firms, Johnson Fain (with a focus on the Cathedral building itself) and Rios Clementi Hale Studios (with a focus on the exterior spaces), to create a design plan that addresses the complex needs of the 1.3-million-member diocese and the day-to-day needs of a more than 10,000-member Cathedral parish.
BD+C
OCTOBER 14, 2014
'UrbanTimes has compiled a list of the top 10 TED Talks about cities, ranging from a discussion of what parts of cities contain real value, to how to reinvent apartment buildings, to the societal contributions of hackers. The TED talks, none of which are longer than 20 minutes, were chosen by the UrbanTimes community. Speakers include animal behaviorist Amanda Burden, architect Moshe Safdie, and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes.
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Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 8, 2014
'Architects are natural storytellers – it’s a process that is inherently built into our creative process and when used properly, it’s one of the very best tools in our tool bag. Part of the reason architects are such good storytellers is that they frequently develop a narrative to help guide them through the design process. It’s not that much different from “Method Acting”, a technique that combines an actor’s interpretation of their character’s ps
BD+C
OCTOBER 2, 2014
'Today’s buildings come with multi-million dollar price tags. As if that’s not hefty enough, many famous projects go over budget—and by a whopping margin. Montreal''s Olympic Stadium, for instance, ended up 1,990% over budget. Body Image: read more.
BD+C
OCTOBER 15, 2014
'The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Labour announced that it will start using drones to help inspectors record when construction sites are breaking laws, Arabian Industry reports. read more.
BD+C
OCTOBER 6, 2014
'As the U.S. construction industry continues to rebound from the downturn in the past economic cycle, "The Business of Architecture: 2014 AIA Firm Survey Report" shows that design activity at architecture firms has recovered to pre-recession levels. Most firms have seen revenue levels at least stabilize, if not finally begin to grow with gross billings at architecture firms increasing by 20% from 2011.
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