Monthly Archive for December, 2010

NYC Event: Event Cities 4

Wow, this was quite the nerdy weekend in New York. You would think that after two major reviews we would stay away from anything even remotely architectural – but here we are. The talk was to commemorate the launch Tschumi’s new book; Event Cities 4. It was held at the Storefront which fits nobody comfortably [...]

Shigeru Crits

Midreviews are behind us – and for the undergrads it marks a special milestone; Shigeru ban offers some face time. Not actually being in Shigeru’s studio it’s hard to offer first hand testimonial but maybe speaking about starchitect studio in general; theĀ consensusĀ is that you dont get much feedback from the named professors. And from what [...]

NYC Event: Small Scale Big Change

Currently at the MoMA there is an exhibit of particular interest to the architecture crowd, so much so it’s become a meeting place for us on our off days – just ask the classmates I ran into over thanksgiving weekend. Small Scale Big Change: An Architecture of Social Engagement focuses on architectural responses in underserved [...]