Because I am clearly not learning enough at work, I am reading the discussion board at Archinect.

This is a winner. Comment after comment pointing to badly designed websites. The first one linked to is an awesome example of some special kind of awful. Then there are several ALL FLASH ALL THE TIME sites from big name idiot web designers architects ( Read more... )

A Competition of Taste and Glitter

How do you prepare your architectural drawings? What mediums do you allow yourself in your quest to explain three dimensional intent and ideas on a two dimensional surface? Answer truthfully, when was the last time you did anything beyond hitting print ( Read more... )

First, and most time sensitive: On Feb. 20 (this Saturday), PechaKucha is organizing a world-wide event/series of events to raise money for rebuilding in Haiti; the fundraising is going to support Architecture for Humanity's long-term plan. They're also planning on streaming some parts of it online.

The local (to me) one is going to be held at MIT ( Read more... )

I want one! Who cares what the neighbors think.

Is a blog.

A hilarious blog.

For example:"Mountbatten Leisure Centre hosts many events every year, including Robot Wars. So when Saunders Architects got hold of the brief for this beauty, they decided to make a weird, wavy alpine roof with a giant piece of pipe smashed into it, in homage. It's basically an innocent wooden shed getting fucked by a ( Read more... )

A year ago, 20+ year old Boston architecture firm Cubellis had 400 employees. Now they are shutting down. (via pale_chartreuse)

I get various newsletters from the AIA; one of them provides updates on the Architecture Billings Index, which is a way to sorta measure how well the industry is doing. Here's an excerpt from the last such email, received about a week ( Read more... )

A collection of links with brief excerpts and some random ranting ( Read more... )

A really good article on the subject. For example:

But the recent trend toward “iconic” architecture and design-which has gained a big following in the media and among high-profile clients, winning numerous prizes-minimizes the importance of citizen input and dismisses the goals of creating great public places. Instead it promotes a design-centric ( Read more... )

At least in reality, that is. The fiction writers can blend architecture and SF to their hearts' content!

From an article about the BLDGBLOG book: “Architecture is, in many ways, a very specific type of science fiction; it is its own genre of speculative thought,” writes Manaugh. He’s convinced that architecture needs to be more exciting, and that ( Read more... )

A new earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings, just successfully tested in Japan, will not only help a multi-story building hold itself together during a violent earthquake, but also return it to standing up straight on its foundation afterward, true and plumb, with damage confined to a few easily replaceable parts.