A lot happens in the early stages of design; a lot of decisions are made which can have big consequences–especially when it comes to building code requirements. Use CRSA’s handy “Code Considerations” infographic to help you get started on the right track:
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Why We Do What We Do #2: Why We Draw
Fault House. 1995. Lebbeus Woods (Image: http://issuu.com/drawingcenter/docs/drawingpapers114_woods)
This summer, New York’s Drawing Center held an exhibition for recently deceased Architectural Theorist Lebbeus Woods. Continue reading
Their Hubris is Stunning
By Jim Nielson, AIA, Senior Principal and Director of CRSA’s Government Studio
If I have the self-confidence to lead a design team into a newly imagined world no one has ever visited before, that confidence can be the catalyst for creation. But with it I can also lead followers astray. If I am proud of my achievements, that pride may motivate me to accomplish great things—unless I am so proud I become arrogant and start thinking of myself as invincible. Transformative architecture depends to no small degree on self-confidence and pride. Yet unrestrained, pride becomes hubris, also known as arrogance.
Why We Do What We Do #1: Why We Build Up
“Why We Do What We Do” is an ongoing series exploring common practices that architects and builders have employed for hundreds of years, and how those same practices are being reinvented, but not necessarily replaced, in the modern age. Other entries include: “Why We Draw” and “Why We Model”
Concept for the Phoenix Towers in Wuhan, China (http://goo.gl/bymDyi)
Architecture and Design journal eVolo recently reported on preliminary plans for a new “World’s Tallest Skyscraper”. Continue reading