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Steven Miller: The Next Big Thing
“There’s an assumption of durability for architecture. Interior design is more temporal, focusing on subliminal cues in the built environment. It’s not about following a formula. Rigor isn’t clear unless it’s opposing chaos. Anything can be beautiful – in the right hands.”
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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An Urban Experiment in Northwest Arkansas
There’s a bold plan afoot to transform Bentonville, AR from a rural business hub into an international, cosmopolitan destination. (Image is from one of the competition winners, Kevin Daly Architects)
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Structural-Architectural Integration
Using 3D visualization tools and other methods, one design team worked out a cost saving of $220K without sacrificing the building’s structural integrity.
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Arcosanti: Why?
“It’s legendary within urban planning and architecture as a utopian idea… and yet it seemed sad. A failed experiment. It’s romantically inspired, but It’s not an appropriate response to the climate. Unlike the original Pueblo settlements, it’s not self-sufficient.” (Images: Mark English)
– Mark English, AIA
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Minnesota Street Project: Ecosystem for the Arts
“If we don’t do something soon, there won’t be an arts community in San Francisco at all. It’ll become a city of millionaires and homeless people.”
– Andy Rappaport, co-founder
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Cannabis Developers Threaten Affordable Housing
“How would buildings full of plants and a few caretakers help to create a lively urban context? People not plants!”
– Mark English, AIA
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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AIA Small Firm Exchange: Team-Building in Louisville
“There’s a growing awareness at national level that small-firm architects are more than just residential. We’re valuable to the profession.”
– Chyanne Husar, architect, 2018 SFx Chair
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Why is Art Better than Tech?
Could art help people to act as “disruptive innovators” and “agents of change” in a different kind of way? Gary Hutton: “Any fool with enough money can buy a Ferrari.”
(Photo: Matthew Millman)
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
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Gary Hutton: Becoming an Art Collector
“Start by educating yourself. Art should make you think, shake you up, see the world differently. Building the next great widget is a laudable task… But art speaks to the soul rather than the pocketbook.”
(Photo: Matthew Millman)
by Rebecca Firestone with Mark English AIA
