16 June

1737 the first stone of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford, James Gibbs' best building, was laid

1847 death of John Papworth
1863 death of Ludwig Förster

Franklin's Footpath     1972 3918e

Maison l'Homme / Governor's Palace comparison
1996.06.16     2196 3776

houses that morph...
2002.06.16 15:23     2070 2219 2267 2304 2305 3713c 3747d 3786e

cloning architecture - a global search
2004.06.16 05:53     e2584 e2691g e2751 e2759c e2909b e2924 e3016d 3728g 3739e 3747g 3792e 4004q 5127
2004.06.16 11:51     5035 8210m

Rising Sun and Tabor
2004.06.16 13:14     9006r

continued work on The Odds of Ottopia
2004.06.16     5035

didja feel that???
2005.06.16 18:40     3732 3770k 3785b

didja feel that???
2006.06.16 08:02     3336v

lebbeus woods and Piranesi
2008.06.16 13:15     3333m
2008.06.16 13:17     3333m

please comment or destroy, thank you
2009.06.16 09:25     3332m
2009.06.16 12:04     3332m 3747j 3770y

Pritzker jury will not revisit decision to exclude Denise Scott Brown
2013.06.16 10:21     3316e 3781i 3899g 4014d 4017q
2013.06.16 12:45     4017s

george nelson nailed our design fee dilemma 60 years ago...
2014.06.16 08:59

Are diagrams in architecture bullshit and ditto for process?
2015.06.16 21:39     3311c 3751g


Pascal Flammer Architekten   Rocks and Sea House   Isle of Harris



2004.06.16 05:53
cloning architecture - a global search
I too was thinking of McMansions last night. Swarms of clones sprawling over the US suburban landscape. But notice too what these homes try so hard to reenact, essentially the 'lifestyle' of very wealthy people from quondam times.
...it's interesting that the German word Schloß means 1. castle, palace; chateau, manor-house     2. lock.


2005.06.16 18:40
didja feel that???
un-science fiction


2009.06.16 12:04
please comment or destroy, thank you
I can well see that scripting is an advancement in drawing dexterity with the aim of an advancement in production, but it's not altogether evident that scripting is an advancement in architecture.
Does scripting really generate a more enlightened, more liberal architecture?
For example, does scripting engender an architecture of maximum individual freedom? Does scripting engender an open-minded architecture or a more tolerant architecture?
Or does scripting really (only) come to engender a new style of architecture?

2013.06.16 12:45
Pritzker jury will not revisit decision to exclude Denise Scott Brown
Perhaps there is always somewhat of a divide between 'History' (written, taught and then regurgitated) and what all actually happened. The Pritzker Prize falls in the category of 'History' and at a divide from all that actually happened. For me personally, the Prize is not at all the point, pointless really; I'm much more interested in learning what all actually happened.
In a most ironic way, Scott Brown is apt to receive much more attention by not getting formal recognition from the Pritzker. Does she herself even realize that she's been wearing the ruby slippers all along?
Checking the Zeitgeist, it's just about time for Scott Brown to write The Autobiography of Robert Venturi (just like Gertrude Stein wrote The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas). I, for one, would love to read about a ground-breaking 20th century designer, a real architect's architect, and his marriage to a staunch theory-into-practice colleague.

14061401 Maison Millennium 001 plan model   2304i10   b
14061402 Maison Millennium 001 plans elevations perspectives axonometric   2304i11


2014.06.16 08:59
george nelson nailed our design fee dilemma 60 years ago...
I can understand the notion of "So to compete with another firm I could presumably throw in the 3D for free and match other firms fee with more services" but shouldn't additional services add to the worth of what the architect offers. The type of competitive logic you describe actually makes architectural services worth less; it devalues architectural services. If you're giving the client more, then the client should pay more.
I also understand that this 'competitive logic' is not black or white, that indeed the new tools at the architect's disposal are changing the equation of services offered, but I think it's also important to try to equate the new services with a higher value. This may tie in directly with the notion of "clients don’t take you seriously until it costs them real money."

15061601 Castle Howard image plan 1100x550   3392ui53
15061602 Blenheim Palace image plan 1100x550   3392ui54
15061603 Spanish Steps image plan 1100x550   3392ui55
15061604 Stenton image plan 1100x550   3392ui56   b
15061605 Carceri image elevation 1100x550   3392ui57
15061606 Collegio image plan 1100x550   3392ui58
15061607 Opera Varie II image elevation 1100x550   3392ui59
15061608 Osserva image elevation 1100x550   3392ui60
15061609 Diverse Cammini image elevation 1100x550   3392ui61   b


15061601   Pascal Flammer Architekten   Rocks and Sea House   Isle of Harris

16061601 GAUA S09 IQ28 block inverted opaque  
16061602 GAUA S09 IQ28 Cubist ICM infill   2429i193
16061603 GAUA S10 IQ28 block inverted opaque  
16061604 GAUA S10 IQ28 Cubist ICM infill   2429i194


18061601 Arch of Constantine Santa Maria Novella Porta Pia elevations   2069i11
18061602 Fortifications of Florence plan   2075i01
18061603 St. Peter's Basilica plan work nts   2071i01


19061601 Stonehenge Pantheon Minerva Medica Tempietto St. Peter's Basilica Sehzade Cami Vill Rotonda San Giorgio Maggiore Altes Museum Guggenheim Museum Palace of Assembly TJCC Day Camp Acadia NPHQ Building Princeton Memorial Park Tower Assembly Hall Islamabad Museum for Nordrhein Westfalen Neue Staatsgalerie Museum of Architecture Venice half circular plans   2061i12
19061602 Stonehenge Pantheon Minerva Medica Tempietto St. Peter's Basilica Sehzade Cami Vill Rotonda San Giorgio Maggiore Altes Museum Guggenheim Museum Palace of Assembly TJCC Day Camp Acadia NPHQ Building Princeton Memorial Park Tower Assembly Hall Islamabad Museum for Nordrhein Westfalen Neue Staatsgalerie Museum of Architecture Venice half circular plans   2061i13


20061601   Château de Chambord plus half plans   207fi07
20061602   corinthian column model opaque working data   2490i03



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