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Podcasts of Duo’s “Design Czar” segments for the New Haven Independent
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Watch Out, New Haven
If You Don’t Build It, They Will Not Come
Irony In Yale’s New Colleges
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Building Madness: How the Boom and Bust Mentality Distorts Architecture
Confessions of a New AIA Fellow, or “Getting the ‘F'”
Imitation,
Innovation, and the 700th CantileverSeparating Architecture From The Building Arts Produces Soulless Structures
The Uneasy Relationship Between Architects and Money
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Taking a Dip in the Dark Side
An Irrational Lack of Fear
Something Missing (in Recovery Services)
Podcast: Special Episode: Holiday Survival Guide
Podcast: Happy Birthday To Us, Let’s Do The Monster Mash!
- We want where we live to be ours. We want our homes to reflect us, There are over 70 million free-standing homes, but very few of them were built by those who live in them, and no apartment, condo or co-op was built with anyone in mind. So we Decorate: color, furniture, lighting, carpets – our stuff: us. (click here to listen)
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In August of 1978 I returned to my Westchester, New York childhood home. I had not lived there since 1969, as I was off-loaded to Buffalo for high school and during college I had lived on campus through all but one summer (and that one was spent in Buffalo). I was home because I had failed – and had gotten the A. (click here to read more)
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Fatigue Makes Fatties Of Us All
- I am not good at not doing things. Since I have never seen the merit in drugs or drinking alone, that means doing things has been my go-to addiction. You would think activity would lobby for body mass stasis: but for us in the BMI Danger Zone, anything and everything mitigates for Mass Creep: Except exercising more and eating less (or at least fewer calories.) (click here to read more)
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I wasn’t even a teenager when the first sci-fi broadcast TV hit debuted: not a hit. “Star Trek” was niche marketed as a drama that happened to be in the future. With aliens. It changed everything. Soon thereafter “2001 A Space Odessey” became a visual refresh, aural treat and uber cool. But “Star Wars” was not intended to be ambiguous or cool, it was just old school adventure with a hip edge. It took months to appeal to people and I saw the movie in a near empty Times Square movie theater right after it opened. (click here to read more)
- I believe that the prime difference between buildings and other things humans construct (bridges, sculptures, cars) is that a building’s prime directive is to protect its users from the weather. Thermal protection is pretty easy, as is making a wind break and providing shade: but shedding water can be dicey. (click here to read more)
- 10 years ago: remember? 2007 saw an extreme manic state in the American economy. The house market was exploding – household wealth was at an all time high over $65,000. Wealth was keyed to the growth in value of our homes – over $265,000 for the first time in 2007. It was unlike any time in economic history. (click here to read more)
- You would think a full belly, a night’s sleep, love, shelter is the bottom line. But it’s not. Things disappoint. Promise thrills and expectations rise. I wanted to play. I wanted to start. Then captain. Then Harvard (got Cornell). Then Alison, Helen, Jane, Barbara, finally Liz. Marriage became babies, then Great Kids, then adults. Degree, became license, became firm. Building became awards, lectures, writing. Now I receive justification I did not ask for... (click here to read more)
- WHAT IS GONE IS BACK AGAIN Bruce Barber and I went to high school together 45 years ago: Over the last decade, Bruce has included me in his creative machinations, both of us trying to find connection to the world at a time of change and opportunity: This is a third iteration of a very human effort: (click here to read more)
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