The Studio 58: The Roark Has Landed

• ARE Exams Passed:
  • Nick Leone just passed CDs (he’s passed three others but we’re waiting to hear about those).
    • PPP, SPD, CDS, and SS

Cal Poly News

• No Hearst Lecture this Friday. Next lecture will be on Feburary 11th with Steven Rainville
• Mentoring Day, this weekend Feb. 5th
• NAAB visiting Feb. 12-17.
  • Reception Sunday Feb. 13th 5:30-7pm in Berg Gallery for visiting team, chaired by Stephen Pappas, to interact with students, faculty, CAED and University Administration staff, alumni and local partners.
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/naab.html
• Tenure Track Faculty Recruitment
  • http://arch.calpoly.edu/current/tenure-track-candidates-vists.html
  • Jonathon Foote – ARCH 452 – Arch Design 4.2
    • Monday, January 28 – http://arch.calpoly.edu/current/documents/Tenure%20Track%20Visits/Itinerary-Foote-for-posting.pdf
  • Eric Nulman – ARCH 420 Arch History Seminar, ARCH 470 Selected Adv Topics
    • Tuesday, February 22, (Presentation @ 10:15am, Berg Gallery) – http://arch.calpoly.edu/current/documents/Tenure%20Track%20Visits/Itinerary-Nulman-for-posting.pdf
  • Good Luck!!
• Tom Fowler Named 2010-11 ACSA Distinguished Professor
  • The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has recognized Professor Tom Fowler with the 2010-2011 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award.
  • Annual award honoring an outstanding individual who has sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service. Four award winners this year.

Pop Arch

• The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
  • 1943
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountainhead
  • Howard Roark vs Peter Keating
  • Ellsworth Toohey and the media influence of “good” architecture and architects

General News

• NASA’s Sustainability Base,
  • http://www.fastcompany.com/1721519/a-look-inside-nasas-sustainability-base
  • NASA is set to open its “Sustainability Base” in Moffett, Calif., in May.
  • Ariel Schwartz reports that the $20.6 million building is supposed to be the federal government’s most sustainable building, with LEED platinum as its baseline.
  • Two-story, 50,000 square-foot structure was designed by Aecom and William McDonough + Partners
• As boomers turn 65, universal design takes a spotlight
  • http://www.builderonline.com/design/as-boomers-turn-65-universal-design-takes-the-spotlight.aspx
  • Most homes in the U.S. are not designed to accommodate their owners as they get older, writes Jenny Sullivan.
  • Builders are beginning to address the issue.
• Four firms help revitalize Mies
  • http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/01/stimulating-modernism-the-feds-give-a-big-boost-to-mies-chicago-federal-center.html
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Chicago Federal Center is undergoing a $276 million renovation, with $155 million of its budget part of the federal stimulus funds
• Michael Graves, artist
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/arts/design/30graves.html?_r=1
  • http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/01/30/arts/design/20110130-graves.html
  • AIA Gold Medal winner Michael Graves now has his first painting exhibition on display at Lawrence, N.J.’s Rider University Art Gallery. Celia McGee reports that “Michael Graves: Landscapes and Still Lifes” focuses on his paintings of architectural and natural forms that he calls “Remembered Landscapes” and “Imagined Landscapes” …

Back to Back Economy News!

• 2010 Foreclosures Increased in 72 Percent of Major Metro Areas
  • http://housingstorm.com/2011/01/2010-foreclosures-increased-in-72-percent-of-major-metro-areas/
  • Las Vegas-Paradise continued to post the nation’s highest metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 9 housing units (10.88 percent) receiving a foreclosure filing in 2010

OR

• 2010 Foreclosure Activity Down in Hardest Hit Markets But Increases in 72 Percent of Major Metros
  • http://www.realtytrac.com/content/press-releases/2010-year-end-us-metro-foreclosure-report-6317
  • “A total of 2,871,891—or one in every 45—homes went into foreclosure last year, up 1.7% from the year before and an increase of 23.2% from 2008,” reports Claire Easley.

AND

• Emersion Design’s growth
  • http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110129/BIZ01/301290020/1076/BIZ/Emersion-Design-grows-in-tough-economy
  • www.emersiondesign.com
  • Norwood, Ohio-based Emersion Design was founded in 2007 but revenue grew from $500,000 in 2007 to $3.5 million last year.
  • “We are focused on clients who give back to the community, instead of just their own commercial interests,” principal Steve Kimball said
  • Aaron Betsky, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, says that choosing an architect is more like selecting a spouse than hiring an employee.