Tyson's Blog Posts Tagged 'Louis Kahn' (4)

Context in architecture has lost some momentum in recent years. It's a discussion that for some, has just gone on too long. Yet I believe that you can't do away with it completely. This project by HOK, the Salvador Dali Museum, is an…

I've been a student and admirer of architecture for a very long time. Having said that, growing up in the suburbs of southern California didn't afford me much in terms of inspiration. There were a few gems. I was only an hour or so from Louis Kahn, my hero, but my everyday was quite ordinary and so I was compelled to cherish each moment and memory I was afforded as a child.…

Having been fortunate enough to travel across the world to study architecture, there is one typology that repeatedly attracts my interest. I call it the architecture of “who cares?” It’s not a terribly sophisticated term, but I hope my point is well taken. It describes the project that doesn’t demand media attention, doesn’t attract activist protestors and doesn’t have tons of money thrown…

Now that I'm out of school it's easier to reflect on the sometimes painful but useful experiences you have during those formative college years. I remember with fondness one particularly painful lesson I learned while presenting a design project in Buenos Aires. My project had started off well enough, but had stagnated (to say the least) to the mid-point in the semester.…