Happy Pi Day There's no better an example of Pi in architecture on Pi Day than my by favorite architect John Lautner. Here's an image of the Elrod house in Palm Springs.
✱ 5ives 002 1. Particle Fever 2. First Kiss 3. Eerie Photos of Buildings That Have Been Digitally Reduced to Just Their Facades 4. Inside the Pixar Braintrust - An excerpt from Ed Catmull's book Creativity, Inc. 5. Why Volkswagens Are The Only Cars That Can Drive Faster Than 280 MPH
✱ Introducing My 5ives I recently signed up for a newsletter that delivers 5 links to me each week. Just five. And I love it. (Thanks Kerry!) I have thought about doing something VERY similar for a while now, and this has tipped me over the edge as a way to share things that
The What-If's of Architecture - Some Things Never Change There are some great renderings and photos in this equally great article about the so-called what-if's of Palm Springs. I just wish I could have been at the “Never Built Palm Springs” panel to hear the discussion. “” — Greg Goldin, architectural curator and critic Like I said in the
Link: "Everything I know about business in one minute." Here is some great advice for business and for life. It's a quick summary from a one minute long presentation by Bill Drenttel, but you should go to Michael Bierut's site and read the story behind the message because he has some great observations about the
Link: FormZ for Architects Webinar I've been doing a ton of 3d modeling and rendering work in FormZ since 1994, but especially in the last few years starting again with the beta testing of version 7. It's by far my favorite 3d tool. I'm happy to announce that I&
Link: Archispeak 28 - No Sympathy We coined a new term "extra overtime" and I give examples of how not to give bonuses that are 1/4 your billable rate (or less) after working 4 days straight without sleep. You have to love this profession. You can listen to the latest episode here.