On the brink of reality.

| September 28th, 2010


[1] Who is Susan Bridges? //


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The Architect Watchmaker

| September 28th, 2010

Kostas Terzidis delineated the future of architecture as the reclamation of intellectual ground lost to other professions. The architects’ liberation from the impositions of engineers, computer scientists, bureaucracies, and their own pretensions. He articulated this idea as “The architect as toolmaker”. But perhaps it could go further? //


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Search for the Chair – Episode 2

| September 27th, 2010

The second candidate present to the students, Lynnette Widder brings some exceptional experience as head of Architecture at RISD, and has a very pragmatic wait-and-see mentality about her vision for the future of the architecture program.  But is this a comforting sign that she wishes to get a feel for what exists and expound on it, or is it a disconcerting lack of vision? //


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The Downside of Eco-mainstreaming

| September 27th, 2010

A look at how sustainability is marketed to urban communities- and the dangers and faults of such commodifications. //


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