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Evan Troxel

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After taking a couple of weeks off for a much needed vacation, 5ives is back. 1. Digital photos way back from the year 2000 (Game Boy edition) And speaking of Nintendo (bonus linkage) 2. D-day landings scenes in 1944 and now – interactive Peter Macdiarmid has taken photographs of locations in

Link: Archispeak 36 - A New Path to Licensure?

NCARB set off a firestorm recently by announcing their "endorsement of the concept of an additional, structured path that leads to licensure.” For Episode 36 of the Archispeak Podcast we are joined by special guest host Lee Calisti to discuss what this means to the profession and architectural education.

Link: Archispeak 35 - Comments and sh!t

For Episode 35 of the podcast, we discuss some recent feedback and then take a detour to talk about everyone's favorite subject, the Architectural Registration Exam. During the discussion we suggest strategies and resources for studying, so you too can pass and call yourself an Architect.

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1. Why You Hate Work For most of us, in short, work is a depleting, dispiriting experience, and in some obvious ways, it’s getting worse. We often ask senior leaders a simple question: If your employees feel more energized, valued, focused and purposeful, do they perform better? Not surprisingly,

Link: 25 Architects You Should Follow on Twitter

I'm honored to be included on my friend Mark LePage's list of 25 architects to follow on Twitter. For those of you not in the know, Mark started Entrepreneur Architect and his mission is to help architects build better businesses. He and I (and another Mark)

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1. Breathing City - Manhattan's at Work and Home Population by Hour Inspired by John Nelson’s breathing earth and Conveyal’s aggregate-disser post, I wondered if I could make a breathing city. Manhattan looks somewhat lung-like, so it seemed natural. Should be a fun, quick project. How

Link: Archispeak 34 - Summer Vacation

Vacations (or lack-thereof per the architectural profession standard) are what we're talking about this week on Archispeak. We also talk about why it's so hard to get away and what you can do about it to actually get out and recharge your batteries.