March 2012
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Finished the AIA Japan blogs! →
Finally! The American Institute of Architecture (AIA) blogs are published! After finishing mid-terms, a crashing motherboard, failing my last architecture exam :( , running into my 5-year rolling clock :( and not getting an extension since Graduate School doesn’t count, all while loving my Augmented Reality thesis, etc. etc. all has been a whirlwind! So excited to spend the rest of...
June 2011
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“There are some things
which cannot be learned quickly,
and time,
which is all...”
– Earnest Hemmingway (via. The Urban Stage by Richard Williams, 277)
April 2011
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January 2011
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November 2010
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October 2010
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June 2010
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“What you need to learn is that being creative is not enough in this business....”
– Robert Rodriguez (via feltron :: roomthily :: ronenreblogs) (via austinkleon)
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April 2010
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March 2010
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WatchDipity for Be2Camp. A time line for web 2.0 for the built environment.
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Watchaustinkleon:
SXSW 2010: Dan Roam on Visual Thinking on Vimeo
Dan Roam (Author of “The Back of the Napkin”) gives a complete overview of the history and definition of visual thinking, and a bonus of the history of the human species in 5 minutes.
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davidgalestudios: How architecture firms name... →
While most architectural firms are known simply as John Doe & Partners (or John Doe + Partners, plus signs having replaced ampersands among the smart set), over the last several decades architectural practices with names such as Mecanoo, UNStudio, and OMA have appeared—and that’s just in Holland….
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25+ Useful Infographics for Web Designers |... →
bigredfeet:
Infographics can be a great way to quickly reference information.
Instead of pouring over figures and long reports to decipher data, an infographic can immediately make apparent exactly what a dataset actually means.
Below are more than 25 infographics that can be useful to web designers.
Some are incredibly practical, some provide information that might be of interest to...
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“I think in pictures. I don’t think in language….What is thinking in pictures?...”
– Temple Grandin in her awesome TED talk on visual thinking (via austinkleon)
Need to realize people don’t think in categories or should have to.
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Watchaustinkleon:
“Why You Can’t Work at Work” by Jason Fried
You don’t work at work anymore. You go to work to get interrupted.
Such a clear explanation of why work sometimes doesn’t work!
February 2010
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“We stay here. I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good. I...”
– Mies van der Rohe when asked at an AIAS event at the UC, Berkeley - “What should we do next?”. Passed on by Dick Williams.
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“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”
– Mies van der Rohe
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Great PDF's of Heavy Construction →
Descriptions and clear illustrations of building mechanics.
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Adding group intelligence →
January 2010
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“Today studies of sociotechnical systems finds itself at a place not unlike where...”
– David Ribes, a sociotechnical thinker
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“Information graphics or infographics are visual representations of information,...”
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Wikipedia
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Blind architects have a real feel for the site... →
austinkleon:
What makes a building beautiful if you can’t see it, and how can you create beautiful structures if you’re blind?
The tools the blind architect uses:
He began drawing with Wikki Stix, strands of wax-covered yarn that adhere to paper with just a little pressure. His most useful tool became a large-format embossing printer, which turns blueprints into raised line drawings that he can...
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“I’m not saying I’ve become a traditional architect. I’m still a modern-day...”
– Yori Antar (via -A-)
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WatchFB suggested this video on Shigeru Ban on container, paper tube architecture. Interesting how Lexus is begining to create videos that speak to artists and modern life. Think craft and modernity must be connected.
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Book Review Response for the Nature of Order →
“Possibly the most dangerous weakness in the architectural profession today, is the failure of the profession to have a legitimate, shared, canon of value, one which resides in the deep feelings of ordinary people, and which resonates with their experience… . . or to grasp publicly experienced judgments of value as issues of fact, or to respect the values which “ordinary”...
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Dr. Robert Pace Method of Keyboard Instruction →
Recordings of Dr. Robert Pace’s philosphy from 1982 conference. “can’t theoretical knowledge could evolve hand in hand with technical advancement? One doesn’t get signed on to a major baseball league before one is taught rules, strategies, etc. of the game; she doesn’t get the building contract for the Sears Tower before she is taught principles of...
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“Architecture is “frozen music”… Really there is something in this;...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Automated Table of Contents →
Finally figured out how to automate a table of contents in word… what a time saver!
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Thinking Ahead: Educating Now for the Profession... →
“Architectural education must find ways not only to meet the demands of the current era but also inspire future leaders. For educators, our mandate should be to teach students to lead a profession that does not yet exist.” Renee Cheng (via Jake Boen)
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Making College Relevant →
austinkleon:
Katharine Brooks, director of the liberal arts career center at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of “You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career”…she tries to establish the value of the liberal arts with a series of courses called “The Major in the Workplace.” Students draw what she calls a “major map,” an inventory of things they have learned to do around...
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BIM effects on design culture →
“BIM is more than a technology or a tool. It represents a sea change to the design process.”
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“The role of the architect, the landscape architect, and community planner [is to...”
– Christopher Alexander from the book Community and Privacy pg 15
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A little bit more about Christopher Alexander →
Christopher Alexander wins the Vincent Scully Prize, given annually by the National Building Museum “to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship or criticism in architecture, historic preservation and urban design.
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“The designer’s task is to create order: to organize conflicting material...”
– Christopher Alexander pg 115 in Community and Privacy