tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474265600560884145.post6411257869880756950..comments2023-03-29T07:35:09.085-04:00Comments on Distant Voices, Vibrating Electrons: When Architecture WorksN__Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303668729094014730noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474265600560884145.post-43371192353170100902010-04-28T22:46:19.668-04:002010-04-28T22:46:19.668-04:00yeah, I haven't been myself the last couple of...yeah, I haven't been myself the last couple of days.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474265600560884145.post-43120800797534926172010-04-28T19:54:54.005-04:002010-04-28T19:54:54.005-04:00Wow, you two sure do place nicely together sometim...Wow, you two sure do place nicely together sometimes. This is a good thing, because the kids cry when you fight.<br /><br />I love the Public Library- it's like the Temple of Knowledge.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474265600560884145.post-43517905596066232732010-04-28T10:52:38.500-04:002010-04-28T10:52:38.500-04:00Fakery? Of course I wouldn't stoop to fakery!...Fakery? Of course I wouldn't stoop to fakery!<br /><br />Early in my career, I designed this:<br />http://www.december.com/places/mke/images/spb3.jpg<br /><br />That big keystone in the middle? EIFS over metal frame. The huge steel trusses hold up hardly anything besides themselves.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474265600560884145.post-64740666048972481412010-04-27T19:03:36.836-04:002010-04-27T19:03:36.836-04:00One of the great tools that many modern architects...One of the great tools that many modern architects refuse to use is fakery. The NYPL, despite its strong resemblance to a renaissance palace, is largely a steel-frame building. This is the opposite of "structural honesty" but goes a long way towards resolving four or five of the forces in your list.N__Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303668729094014730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474265600560884145.post-36272412294820794082010-04-27T16:20:10.825-04:002010-04-27T16:20:10.825-04:00I would argue that architecture always works.
Som...I would argue that architecture always works.<br /><br />Sometimes it works...poorly.<br /><br />I have always been intrigued by the tension created by trying to create something with so many opposing forces. You need to create something that responds to various levels of visual aesthetics, as N__B has pointed out, but also meet the needs of structural necessity, and building codes, budget, site constraints, and oh yes, the actual functions that are to be accommodated not to mention humans, arbitrary decisions by owners and/or bankers, while striving to reach for something that approaches art.... or at least doesn't suck.<br /><br /><br />That second part is where I thrive. sometimes.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com