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MECHANICS OF FAME


In the book American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame, author Roxanne Kuter Williamson argues that it isn’t family connections, money, or specific schools that predict fame in architecture. Williamson studied six hundred American architects to find the correlation between …
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MECHANICS OF FAME


In the book American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame, author Roxanne Kuter Williamson argues that it isn’t family connections, money, or specific schools that predict fame in architecture. Williamson studied six hundred American architects to find the correlation between …
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: Stephen Cassell

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed …

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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: Stephen Cassell

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed …

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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: DAN WOOD

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: DAN WOOD

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: PAUL LEWIS

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: PAUL LEWIS

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: BRAD CLOEPFIL

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: BRAD CLOEPFIL

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: GREGG PASQUARELLI

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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ARCHITECTURAL STARTUP: GREGG PASQUARELLI

In the Fall of 2013, I sat down with Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Paul Lewis (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects), Dan Wood (Work.AC), and Stephen Cassell (Architecture Research Office). I wanted to understand and document how each of them formed…
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PEDAGOGY AND PLACE: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

The University of Houston was founded in 1927 as a commuter school for the working class student. Its humble beginnings were proliferated at the closing of the Second World War and subsequent GI Bill. The university grew from the original…
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PEDAGOGY AND PLACE: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

The University of Houston was founded in 1927 as a commuter school for the working class student. Its humble beginnings were proliferated at the closing of the Second World War and subsequent GI Bill. The university grew from the original…
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LABOR, IDENTITY AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

“The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society.” – Marx/Engels.

 

Labor is Life

Labor has become the all-consuming aspect. For John Locke, …

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LABOR, IDENTITY AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

“The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society.” – Marx/Engels.

 

Labor is Life

Labor has become the all-consuming aspect. For John Locke, …

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HOUSING AT THE EXPENSE OF AN IDEA

Robin Hood Gardens: Housing at the Expense of an Idea.

Completed in 1972, Robin Hood Gardens was intended as a model of post-war London social housing. The project was designed by famed architects Alison and Peter Smithson as a British …

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HOUSING AT THE EXPENSE OF AN IDEA

Robin Hood Gardens: Housing at the Expense of an Idea.

Completed in 1972, Robin Hood Gardens was intended as a model of post-war London social housing. The project was designed by famed architects Alison and Peter Smithson as a British …

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TERMINAL LABOR

“Trade is global, capital is global, and labor too must become global.” – Andy Stern.

When we look at labor in the modern context, globalization has taken over as the new economy. Monotony is the new culture. Nation-state boundaries no …

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TERMINAL LABOR

“Trade is global, capital is global, and labor too must become global.” – Andy Stern.

When we look at labor in the modern context, globalization has taken over as the new economy. Monotony is the new culture. Nation-state boundaries no …

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