
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I'd like to start a series of posts that remind us to give thanks for some of the great predecessors that came before us. I said in another post that no architect is an island. In addition to depending on each other, we also depend on past inspiration to develop present and future designs. Past architects have given us a foundation with which to build. So we start with a…
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#5 - Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
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I've paid fairly close attention to the work of Zaha Hadid over the years and I've come to a simple, but necessary conclusion: Architecture takes time. I know that must seem obvious, but I think aspiring architects sometimes struggle with this concept. If you look at Hadid's work, the formal elements are very simple, and the Chengdu Contemporary Art Centre is no exception. However, when you look…
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When I was a graduate student, I spent some time traveling around India. Since most of the places we visited were sparsely populated and removed from major metropolitan areas, we traveled mainly by bus. The only place for us to eat were roadside restaurants that were literally in the middle of nowhere. The food we ate was as good as many other restaurants we had eaten at, but the experience was mainly aimed toward getting…
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