The Studio 49: The Bestest Architect in the World
by Tim Alatorre
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Posted on December 3, 2010
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CNN, Earthquake, Economy, Frank Gehry, FTC, Hobbit, Simpsons
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Announcing the first ever sloArch competition. School is out, a new president is on the way, the bestest architect became pop culture about five years ago, at least, and architects may unintentionally be in the lending business.
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Show Notes
Site News
- All call for an Assistant Producer
- Send applications to tim at sloarch.com
- New Facebook Fans
- Mindy Anderson
- Hourig Ayanyan McCray
- 1st Annual sloArch sketching competition
- Submit to theStudio at sloarch.com by Midnight (pacific standard time) December 19th.
Cal Poly News
- School is Out! (Friday last day of finals)
- Three Finalists Named for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Presidency
- http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/November/candidates_announced.html
- http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/November/palazzo.html
- http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/November/skalak.html
- http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/November/armstrong.html
- December 11th, mid term commencement, Mott Gym
- CNN Features Cal Poly Student’s work
- Reports of the Cal Poly records office failing?
- (12/01/2010) I am so angry with Cal Poly’s records office. Not once, but twice have they not processed the transcript requests I have sent. They also do not offer a rush option. This time I left them an entire month to get the transcripts out and they have failed. None of the other schools have given me this kind of trouble. Thanks – now I have one more thing to worry about! Jerks!!!!!
- SLO Botanical Garden Tour
- Saturday, December 4 at 12:00pm
- Location: SLO Botanical Garden
- #/event.php?eid=114520228613674
- Saturday, December 4 at 12:00pm
Pop Arch
- Frank Ghery on the Simpsons (Season 16, Episode 349, April 3, 2005)
- http://www.tu.tv/videos/simpson-gehry-con-sub
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The Seven-Beer Snitch
- While on a family trip to Shelbyville, Marge is dismayed to see how Springfield residents are perceived as hicks in a production of “Song of Shelbyville.” At the next Springfield Cultural Activities Board meeting, Marge convinces the townspeople to fund a Frank Gehry designed concert hall, which goes bankrupt opening night. The ever generous Mr. Burns assumes the debt of the hall and turns it into The Montgomery Burns State Prison. When Mr. Burns pressures Chief Wiggum to increase capacity from 99% to 100% Homer finds himself imprisoned for kicking a can down the street 5 times in a row. Homer becomes a snitch after accidentally ratting on Snake during a breakout. Homer enjoys the benefits of snitch life until Fat Tony puts a mark on his head for selling out the mob. As president of the Activities Board, Marge uses her concert hall key to sneak into the prison and convince Homer that snitching is wrong. National Guardsman swoop in at the last moment to save the cornered couple and Homer decides to use his snitch powers for good by having the prison shutdown.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The_Seven -Beer_Snitch
- http://archidose.blogspot.com/2005/07/gehry-goes-2d.html
General News
- Cool design and thinking outside the box
- Hobbit Architecture
- More tiny Architecture
- http://blog.2modern.com/2010/11/corner-office.html
- a DIY version that Haley and Tim will build:
- FTC creditor regulations may apply to Architects?
- The Housing Problem in 3 Pictures
- Earthquake symposium on risk of collapsing buildings stirs some controversy
