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Archifest is the Singapore Architectural Festival that began back in 2007. It is "an annual festival for the city to celebrate architecture and the built environment." The festival is organized by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) which is a platform "for people from all walks of life to discuss, debate and dream about possibilities surrounding architecture, our city and the built environment at large." For  Archifest 2019 , the theme is  Craft . An event website poses the following question: "If the broadest definition of craft is about precision that demands laborious attention and skilled handwork, where would we locate it within the realm of architectural production or construction in an age where expediency and efficiency are privileged?"  It's a highly relevant query in today's digital landscape. Throughout the festival the aim will be to explore the idea of craft and "its multi-faceted manifestations through three diffe...

Have you ever been in a meeting where a certain topic or term is brought up that everyone understands but you? The urge to try and play along might build up, pretending you know what everyone else does. You may even make it through the meeting unscathed, having avoided being asked anything regarding the subject. A near miss, you think; that was a close one. What's the fear here though? Of being found out? That the discovery of you becoming the intellectual minority on this one topic will in some way diminish your status? Why so? There is a quote I love from Bruce Lee that says, " A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. " Having the courage to say, "I don't know," is an invaluable asset that will propel you to heights those too full of ego only hope to reach. Your personal growth is your own, unattached from the thoughts and opinions of others. If someone thinks you are some kind of fool for asking a ...

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2019 With a new school year already here, it's time for Archinect's latest edition of  Get Lectured , an ongoing series where we feature a  school 's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to  connect@archinect.com . For UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's 2019-2020's event series kicks off with a Distinguished Alumni Lecture by BIG 's Kai-Uwe Bergmann. Other speakers in this notable line-up include Neil Denari , Dominic Leong , Oana Stănescu , Jeannette Kuo, Ignacio G. Galan, Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot, David Gissen, and Tei Carpenter. Other events include the Habitability: From Policy to People conversation, the “Stranger than fiction. Making (un)Real Worlds” and “LAnd. T...

It's that time of the year again, New York City: Archtober  is here! The month-long festival celebrates the city's architecture and its presence in everyday life with a varied offering of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, talks, conferences, film screenings, and insightful tours across the five boroughs. For the ninth year in a row, Archinect & Bustler are proud to partner with Archtober and present you our weekly highlights from a packed  calendar of events . Below are our recommendations for Archtober 2019 Week 1, October 1–8. Having trouble locating the nearly 30  Buildings of the Day ? Use Archinect's handy  interactive map  to easily spot them, especially while on the go. Oct 1: Hispanic Society Museum & Library, Original architect: Charles Pratt Huntington (1906), Renovation Architects: Selldorf Architects + Beyer Blinder Belle (ongoing), Photo: Nicholas Venezia/Selldorf Architects. Building of the Day: Hispanic Society Museum & ...

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As the effects of climate change grow more apparent, the question of where to build is due to become a significantly more complicated affair.  A case in point comes from a recent report in  The New York Times highlighting the ties between financing, land-use, and climate vulnerability. The report delves into a paper studying the ways in which financial lenders are already shielding themselves from exposure to climate-vulnerable real estate investments by shifting risky mortgages over to the American federal government. According to The New York Times, because the two entities cannot include risk of natural disaster as part of their mortgage pricing strategy, the move effectively allows the mortgage companies to receive full-rate for investments that might otherwise be worth less than stated. According to the report, the increasing number of mortgages tied up held under this arrangement raises "troubling questions about who will bear the financial cost of clima...

Is a city a brand? Recently in Helsenki a new marketing campaign has launched positioning the Finnish capital a "City as Service" or CaaS. According to this new "digital lifestyle subscription service" the aim for the initiative is to attract highly skilled tech professionals to the city.  According to their website CaaS is "an an all-inclusive service bundle that unlocks the entire city. This platform-to-be is on a mission to motivate, guide and help international tech talent feel at home in Helsinki." Positioning the mayor of Helsinki as a "CEO" their website provides a fascinating video highlighting what the city as to offer, in addition to a "free life-changing demo experience that everyone can apply to.  Those chosen to participate in the program will win a three-day trip to Helsinki in November and attend Slush, the "world's leading tech event."  What are your thoughts on this city branding idea? In an era where dig...

Where is architecture missing the mark when it comes to awarding praise to "successful" designs?  In a recent piece by Charles Rosenblum from the Pittsburgh City Paper , he expresses concern for the lack of outside architectural critique from organizations like the AIA. "If we don't speak up, we are on track to get more." Other than visual aesthetics, the notable architecture critic from Pittsburgh highlights the issues with specific organizations praising projects and design proposals that poorly execute a good design. Rosenblum points out variables such as affordability, landscape, traffic, and parking are no longer in the discussion when assessing and awarding projects. "Why are the designers proposing a kind of building that has been discredited nationally when better design approaches are available? Why does the profession praise its achievers, but not self-police its laggards, hacks, and profiteers?" explains Rosenblum. "No one goes to a...

Chicago is recognized for its iconic architectural history, however, there are some areas of this beloved architectural haven that have not found a voice until now. Writer and photographer Lee Bey has documented buildings located in Chicago's South Side for several years. With the hopes to expose their architectural and cultural influence within the city Bey showcased these photographs in an exhibition, Southern Exposure, during the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Since then Bey has published the book " Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side "  Recently Bey sat with Iker Gil of, director of MAS Studio to discuss the book and the project's origin. According to Bey he explains "The exhibition and the book grew up together [...] The idea was to not make the book an exhibition book, but to use the exhibition as inspiration and to go beyond the show and showcase more buildings and places, and have the text delve deeply into the...

Brininstool + Lynch: Making Architecture David Brininstool, Brad Lynch The Monacelli Press , September 2019 Hardcover | 10 x 11 inches | 208 pages | # illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-1580935326 | $50.00 Publisher Description : Brad Lynch and David Brininstool of Chicago-based Brininstool + Lynch feature their most exemplary built works from over the course of their thirty years in practice. Founded in 1989, their office has become known for modern works that are rooted in the exceptional architectural culture of the American Midwest but also epitomize the best of contemporary design: elegant spatial compositions, remarkable aesthetic quality, and nuanced details. In this volume, partners Brad Lynch and David Brininstool have selected twelve distinguished projects that represent the character of the practice, at once refined and forthright. Among the selected built works are the Racine Art Museum, designed around a collection of crafts in ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, an...

La série «Paradise Road» d’ Eliot Dudik , vous emmène voyager sur des routes éponymes. Le photographe et artiste de livres américain explore, dans son travail, le lien entre culture, mémoire, histoire et lieu. L’inspiration pour cette série prend source dans l’image d’un panneau “Paradise Road”,  glissé dans sa conscience pendant une période de semi-lucidité. «  Pendant ces périodes, des centaines d’images et de pensées font surface, mais celle-ci m’a fait sortir du lit. Ce, en raison de l’angoisse vis-à-vis de l’inquiétude que je ressentais à ce moment, quant à mon avenir et au chemin sur lequel je travaillais si durement à tracer » , explique-t-il. Après cela,  Dudik  a commencé à cartographier toutes les routes des États-Unis, appelées “Paradise Road”. « Je fais généralement une photo argentique 8×10 sur chaque “Paradise Road” que je visite, pour tenter de comprendre et / ou créer un peu de compréhension sur un échantillon représentatif de la culture américain...

Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter . Hypergiant Industries , an American technology company that offers artificial intelligence products and services, has developed a device that is 400 times more effective at capturing carbon than trees by using algae. Called the Eos Bioreactor, it demonstrates Hypergiant’s approach to combating global warming, a phenomenon due in large part to the presence of surplus carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.  The prototype device operates through the natural process of biosequestration, which refers to the capture and storage of carbon dioxide in living organisms, such as plants and algae. Algae, in particular, is one of nature’s most efficient tools for carbon capture and sequestration. It requires carbon dioxide, light and water to grow, and as it consumes carbon dioxide it produces biomass, which can be processed to create materials, including carbon negative fuels, oils, fert...