FRIDAY 02.26 | BUSINESS PRACTICES CASE STUDY

Tomorrow, I will not be in class due to travel for a conference. I have prepared the project brief for the Architectural Business Practices Case Study. From 10:00am-11:50am tomorrow you should begin working on the case study by selecting the firms

FRIDAY 02.26 | BUSINESS PRACTICES CASE STUDY

Tomorrow, I will not be in class due to travel for a conference. I have prepared the project brief for the Architectural Business Practices Case Study. From 10:00am-11:50am tomorrow you should begin working on the case study by selecting the firms

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | HOUSING

We finished discussing Capital and Currency in the form of banks, infrastructure and housing today.  I promised you all two things: 1- The Pruitt Igoe Myth: We made it 16 minutes into this documentary.  To watch the rest, check it

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | HOUSING

We finished discussing Capital and Currency in the form of banks, infrastructure and housing today.  I promised you all two things: 1- The Pruitt Igoe Myth: We made it 16 minutes into this documentary.  To watch the rest, check it

CAPITAL, CURRENCY, & ARCHITECTURE

If currency is an abstract wavering entity, where can we entrust value? In the built environment.  The built environment is the concrete realization of concrete systems.  In class we discussed the evolution of the bank as an economic construct realized

CAPITAL, CURRENCY, & ARCHITECTURE

If currency is an abstract wavering entity, where can we entrust value? In the built environment.  The built environment is the concrete realization of concrete systems.  In class we discussed the evolution of the bank as an economic construct realized

CAPITAL & CURRENCY

Capital and currency have driven economic endeavors since value was placed on both. In class, we discussed different kinds of Capital and the emergence of Currency as an abstract system of value.  Further, we touched on the developing cracks in

CAPITAL & CURRENCY

Capital and currency have driven economic endeavors since value was placed on both. In class, we discussed different kinds of Capital and the emergence of Currency as an abstract system of value.  Further, we touched on the developing cracks in

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS & ARCHITECTURE

Was Le Corbusier a Capitalist or a Socialist?  In class, we discussed the career of Le Corbusier through the frame of the Economic Systems he emulated in The Contemporary City for 3 Million Inhabitants as well as The Radiant City.

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS & ARCHITECTURE

Was Le Corbusier a Capitalist or a Socialist?  In class, we discussed the career of Le Corbusier through the frame of the Economic Systems he emulated in The Contemporary City for 3 Million Inhabitants as well as The Radiant City.