Listing Details
| ID: | 1331 |
| Title: | Archinect |
| URL: | http://www.archinect.com/ |
| Category: | Arts, Art & Artists: Architecture |
| Description: | Aims to bring together designers from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines. One way they accomplish this goal is through their school blog project. |
| Too many people today conflate density with height. - 2012-05-16 23:54:00 |
 The urban tech districts that are emerging today, from SoMa in San Francisco to New York’s Silicon Alley and London’s Silicon Roundabout, are housed in similarly walkable, low to mid-story neighborhoods. Richard Florida looks at recent writing by Edward Glaeser, Edward McMahon and Jonah Lehrer regarding the desirability and effects of density. He concludes that there are limits to the usefulness of density as a frame of reference. |
| Architecture Billings Slip Back in April - 2012-05-16 20:16:40 |
 After five months of positive readings, the Architecture Billings Index slipped back into negative territory during April, an indication that demand for design services declined.The score for April was 48.4, compared with 50.4 in March. |
| Building Science Pioneer Dr. Joe Lstiburek on the Good, Bad and Ugly Side of Buildings - 2012-05-16 19:37:00 |
 The term‘building science’ is used quite often now in sustainable building circles, but much of what we understand of it can be traced back to the work of Dr. Joe Lstiburek, founder of Building Science Corporation. Many of the building standards today have his finger prints all over them, and his tough love criticism of building design is undercut with his wry humor and encyclopedic knowledge of building construction. Leave your preconceived ideas at the door. |