Archive for March, 2008
End the Architect’s Complex, Pay Your Interns
If you are in college or have a degree, you should be paid as an intern. For architects, this is widely debatable. For me, it is not.
Courtesy of archiCULTURE.
Peter Eisenmann seems to think otherwise…
Mayors Challenge 2008 Presidential Candidates
It appears the urgency for urban issues is catching on. Campaign in the City: Mayors on the Issues, a joint project by The Nation and Drum Major Institute, has interviewed 10 mayors around the country for their ideas to reestablish our urban agenda. Given the recent revelation that people living in cities is now [...]
Endless City Release
Today marks the release of The Endless City by Urban Age and Phaidon Press. After years of work, Urban Age has compiled the work of 34 contributors across a range of professions and academia. Spearheaded by the London School of Economics and the Alfred Herrhausen Society, this group has pursued an investigation into the [...]
Intervalography – Photographic Mapping
Intervalography takes patience, but the results are stunning. It is a process of photographically mapping cities, nature, and any other field of vision. The image below is the result of Alan Grinberg’s intervalography.
A photographic mapping of San Francisco using intervalography. Courtesy of agrinberg
To the uninitiated eye this image looks like “computer art”. I would [...]
Dubai, The Developer’s Guide to Kitsch
Dubai has become a playground for architects, a literal sandbox. Unfortunately, however, the demand for design is greater than the supply of good ideas. Therefore, the developers are relying on simple iconographic forms rather than well thought out, formal architecture that revels in its complexity.
via designboom
In order to save these developers time, I [...]
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