What’s Happened to Architectural Record’s Record Houses issue?
06.14.2017
Gorgeous projects, for sure, but aesthetically diverse? Not so much.
Gorgeous projects, for sure, but aesthetically diverse? Not so much.
Post Archive
Posts by Duo Dickinson
Building Madness: How the Boom and Bust Mentality Distorts Architecture
05.12.2017
The profession surfs blindly on the money available to fund it.
The profession surfs blindly on the money available to fund it.
Confessions of a New AIA Fellow, or “Getting the “F”
04.16.2017
The architect’s twelve-year journey from “outsider” to “insider.”
The architect’s twelve-year journey from “outsider” to “insider.”
Imitation, Innovation and the 700th Cantilever
03.28.2017
Why do architects so blindly follow the leader? Where’s the healthy line between imitation and innovation?
Why do architects so blindly follow the leader? Where’s the healthy line between imitation and innovation?
Separating Architecture From the Building Arts Produces Soulless Structures
03.05.2017
As architects turn over much of the construction responsibility to consultants and their software programs, something vital and human is being lost.
As architects turn over much of the construction responsibility to consultants and their software programs, something vital and human is being lost.
The Uneasy Relationship Between Architects and Money
02.08.2017
Some thoughts on why architects are so underpaid.
Some thoughts on why architects are so underpaid.
Is Architecture as Fractured as Our Politics?
01.05.2017
Despite signs of an emerging pluralism, there is still a clearly defined separation between the Blue Academic Elite and Red Building Architects.
Despite signs of an emerging pluralism, there is still a clearly defined separation between the Blue Academic Elite and Red Building Architects.
Is Cost Architecture’s Weakest Link To Reality?
12.11.2016
Unless budgets become an integral part of architectural education and criticism, design will continue to live in an aesthetic bubble and fall easy prey to bean counters.
Unless budgets become an integral part of architectural education and criticism, design will continue to live in an aesthetic bubble and fall easy prey to bean counters.
The AIA’s Tone-Deaf Response to the Election of Donald Trump
11.15.2016
The mistake of treating it as a business-as-usual event when it was nothing of the kind.
The mistake of treating it as a business-as-usual event when it was nothing of the kind.
The BIM Moment: What We’re Losing in the Robot-Age of Architecture
11.01.2016
For most architects today, Building Information Modeling is the elephant in the room.
For most architects today, Building Information Modeling is the elephant in the room.
What Architecture Has in Common with Organized Religion
10.05.2016
Faith in both architects and clerics is rapidly waning.
Faith in both architects and clerics is rapidly waning.
What Do Architects and Commerical Fishermen Have in Common?
09.16.2016
As it turns out, high rates of suicide. But blaming the design studio “culture” for it seems short sided and lacking in evidence.
As it turns out, high rates of suicide. But blaming the design studio “culture” for it seems short sided and lacking in evidence.
In Architects We Trust? 10 Trusts Worth Busting
09.01.2016
How the profession sabotages its value and relevance.
How the profession sabotages its value and relevance.
Donald Trump as Architecture’s Nightmare Client
08.02.2016
Not since Thomas Jefferson has there been a presidential candidate more involved in designing and building structures than the Republican nominee.
Not since Thomas Jefferson has there been a presidential candidate more involved in designing and building structures than the Republican nominee.
Modern Restoration and the Veneration of Its Hero Architects
07.20.2016
This is not renovation: it’s work of religious purification and fine arts conservation.
This is not renovation: it’s work of religious purification and fine arts conservation.
When Intellectual Diversity Mattered
06.21.2016
Cornell’s architecture school in the 1970s wasn’t a particularly diverse place, but it was open to different ideas about the profession.
Cornell’s architecture school in the 1970s wasn’t a particularly diverse place, but it was open to different ideas about the profession.
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