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New Jet Age Design
New Jet Age Design Dubai International Airport has surpassed Heathrow as the world’s busiest global hub, while three Gulf airlines—Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad—are scooping up passengers. Boarding a lavishly appointed Airbus A380 at Dubai’s $4.5 billion Terminal 3, Graham Boynton examines the tectonic shift in aviation that threatens to leave the West’s cramped, bare-bones
Reasons to Be Self-Employed
Reasons to be self-employed add up to 55! Taken by a poll of its readers, this list of reasons to be self-employed is the most thought out I have seen. It was written by By: Jennifer Good for The Self-Employed Website. Being self-employed is one of the truest forms of freedom. In fact, when we polled TSE readers,
6 Myths About Freelancing
Author: Lindsay Van Thoen December 20, 2013; for the Freelancers Union What happens when you tell someone you’re a freelancer? In my experience, you’ll probably get some version of the following: 1. “I wish I could work in pajamas and sleep in every day!” There may be some freelancers who don’t have to leave their
The original creative thinkers
It’s hard to miss the chatter these days about creative thinking and it’s importance going forward in the new ideas based, connected economy. Richard Florida says creativity drives theeconomy (http://zite.to/11HzQyZ). Peter Arvai calls it the “Frictionless Economy (http://zite.to/11Wsa2b) where he states; “Companies that are succeeding rely on creative thinking to consistently produce new ideas” More
Zero, Zip, Nada.
My work doesn’t get built. There, I said it. Nothing I’ve designed as Cobrooke in the last five years has gotten built. Zero, zip, nada. Not the concierge ALF in Tampa, the new campus plan for a developmentally disabled service provider, a new technology center or the performing arts center addition or the school for
Blah, Blah, Blah
My head spins these days as I read the pablum being spewed forth about technological or practice methodologies revolutionizing the practice of architecture. BIM, REVIT, IPD, open-sourcing, architect as chief-collaborator, blah, blah, blah. Enough! None of that stuff matters unless we have work. And these days there just isn’t enough to go around. Or maybe
A fictional tale about an architect and his career
A fictional tale about an architect and his career The end came for William some 1,800 miles and 26 years from where it all began. It’s an all too familiar scene. The partners gather, you’re “invited” to join them in the conference room. Eschewing eye contact, you’re told what a great employee you are, how
Does being an architect imply you’re creative?
Does being an architect imply you’re creative? I had someone remark recently that using the phrase “creative thinking” in my firm description was redundant because being an architect implies creativity. Is that true? We’ve all been in and seen our share of uninspired buildings that don’t deserve to be called architecture. A majority of the
How lucky are we?
One of my passions in life (besides design) is motorcycle riding. It’s my muse, my creative spark. When I tell people I ride you usually get one of the following replies: “You must be crazy” “I know someone who was killed in a motorcycle accident” They don’t get it; don’t understand how something perceived to
Zombie Clients
I received a call a while ago from a prospective client we did some preliminary design work for a concierge assisted living facility years ago. It did not go well as a lot of these fliers we take in pursuit of work go often do. We have experience in this building type and tried, in
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