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Socially Engineering the City of Masdar

A couple weeks ago Edwin Gardner, of prss release and Volume Magazine, asked me to expand upon my post on Masdar for the forthcoming issue of Volume on social engineering. In response, my article set out to contemplate the role of Masdar in a new wave of designer cities.

[Image: Volume #15: Destination Library. Courtesy […]


Sustainable Architecture and Sustainable Cities

It wasn’t necessarily my intention to immediately continue the discussion of sustainable cities and how we define them, because I wanted to spend some time on my other interests. However, considering this issue has some urgency for many people, I keep finding great articles. Today, I came across two fantastic pieces that I […]


Busy Architect’s Grab Bag

Do not worry.
This blog has not suffered a premature death.

[Image: Courtesy of Corbis.]
It’s a bit busy around here.
Work. Family. Work. Mostly work.
Here’s a grab bag of sorts.


(prss) release

A new project by Marten Dashorst and Edwin Gardner, prss release is an ‘independent paper blog aggregator.’ They gather 10 posts from the previous week they find of particular interest, and compile them into a clean format pdf.

[Image: Courtesy of prss release.]
So, what’s the big deal, you say?


It’s Time to be Diversified

With all my talk of economics lately, I thought I’d share a recent report on the state of the architecture industry. According to the AIA, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is down to its lowest levels since 2001. If your firm is diversified, however, you might not need to panic just yet. […]