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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Latest ArchiteXts Cartoon – “Timesheets: Warnings”

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*Flashback – Architect, or Whatever

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China to create largest mega city in the world with 42 million people

China is planning to create the world’s biggest mega city by merging nine cities to create a metropolis twice the size of Wales with a population of 42 million.  City planners in south China have laid out an ambitious plan to merge together the nine cities that lie around the Pearl River Delta. The “Turn

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Boston Society of Architects Headquarters by Höweler + Yoon Architecture

The following text and images are courtesy Höweler + Yoon Architecture for their competition-winning design — Splipstream Public Exchange — of the Boston Society of Architects Headquarters. The 154-year-old organization will move from 52 Broad Street to Atlantic Wharf. SLIPSTREAM maximizes the BSA’s engagement with a larger public by creating a series of interfaces, both

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Rem Koolhaas’s Architectural Progeny.

The architect Rem Koolhaas and his Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) are the forces behind some of the most striking structures built in recent years, including the Seattle Central Library and the CCTV headquarters, in Beijing. But dozens of architects who were trained at or otherwise passed through Koolhaas’s firm are now spread across the

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Freelancer Bill of Rights

To support our Get Paid, Not Played campaign, freelancers at our Monthly Member Meetings produced this draft of a Freelancer Bill of Rights to empower themselves to demand fair treatment from clients. Our goal is to offer a space for freelancers to articulate the minimum work standards that they have the right to expect when

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AIA NY Panel Discussion: NBAU Employment Outlook for Architects

When: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 Where: At The Center AIA New York Chapter 536 LaGuardia Place NY, NY 10012 (212) 683-0023 This panel discussion will take a look at what architects might expect in terms of employment and workforce trends this year. Speakers: David C. McFadden, Founder/CEO of Consulting for Architects,

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