Sunday, March 15, 2009

Water in Islamic Architecture

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In Islam, water is seen as life-giving, sustaining, and purifying. The Qur’an states, “from water every living creature was created.” Water...

Cultural Context

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At work we are entering a design competition for a hotel in the Middle East. Even though it is sometimes a bit of post-rationalization for ...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

Parking

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"The parking garage is a peculiar twentieth-century phenomenon. The one in New Haven comes from the design of throughways....I wanted t...

More Kahn

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I thought I would post a few more images from my photo shoot last week with Ken .  Like those that I posted earlier, these photos are from ...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Six Down, One to Go

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Yesterday I took my sixth ARE:  Construction Documents and Services.  The multiple choice portion of the test was quite difficult, so I am n...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Kahn-test

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On Saturday, my photographer friend Ken (who blogs here ) and I went downtown to do a little photography.  Ken and I went to photograph toge...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Another One Down

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Today I received another ARE score in the mail:  I passed "Building Design & Construction Systems."  This was the quickest tur...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Beijing Burning: Questioning the Starchitect

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Today is Friday the 13 th and architecture has been a bit unlucky this past week.  On Monday, the 50-story Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Beiji...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Five Down, Two to Go

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Today I took my "Building Systems" exam. This particular test covers mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems with a couple o...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Pass, Pass

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This past weekend I got some very good news in the mail:  I passed two more AREs!  This means that, as of today, I have passed 3 of my exams...