Archispeak

We discuss Cormac's recent trip to Saudi Arabia and the extraordinary humbling feeling he experienced during his adventure.

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Cormac's Instagram

China Ranch Date Farm near Death Valley National Park in California

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This conversation is a continuation of our previous episode topic regarding documenting knowledge and includes some deeper theoretical discussion inspired by a recent article on Substack.

Subconscious Substack by Gordon Brander Notes are conversations across time

Field Notes notebooks

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We discuss leadership acting as roadblocks and the need for capturing knowledge, teaching, and learning within our practices so we can all participate in leveling up the profession.

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TRXL 053 – ‘A Growth Mindset’, with Ellen Bensky

Don't let 'good' get in the way of 'great': a story about a slow process of perfectionism versus the instant gratification of good enough.

Links

OK Computer Lecture Series: Autonomous Vehicles (Evan's lecture on YouTube)

Le Corbusier’s Dream Car: The 1936 Voiture Minimum

Heatherwick Studio launches AIRO for IM Motors

Z-Car by Zaha Hadid

Dymaxion #1 by Buckminster Fuller

The Extraordinary Dymaxion Automobile

Don't let 'good' get in the way of 'great': a story about a slow process of perfectionism versus the instant gratification of good enough.

If a tree falls in a rainstorm and rips the electrical connection from your house and you don't see it, does it make a sound? Disaster strikes in Cormac's neighborhood, leading to another sidetrack conversation.

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Disney's Carousel Of Progress (YouTube)

Evan talks about his recent trip to Washington DC and Cormac foreshadows his retirement plan.

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Glenstone Museum

Archispeak 227 – Hugging Architecture (the Fallingwater episode)

IM Pei's east wing addition to the National Gallery of Art (1978)

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

National Museum of African American History & Culture

Evan gives an update on his adventures in construction, we talk about the disconnect between architects and contractors informed through Evan's experiences doing design-build, reminisce about learning how to build by watching This Old House, and more.

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This Old House on Twitter

This Old House (PBS)

Awesome Framers (Instagram)

Essential Craftsman (YouTube)

Tape Measure Pro Tips

Nailed It! (Netflix)

Great British Baking Show (Netflix)

Cormac tries to help Evan understand sports team loyalties. The topic then leads to the question of whether architectural loyalties (to an architect or office, for example) make sense.

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Hulk Hogan (Wikipedia)

Bonesaw McGraw

Randy Savage (Wikipedia)

Centre Pompidou (Wikipedia)

Richard Rogers (Wikipedia)

Renzo Piano (Wikipedia)

We discuss Evan’s recent visit (and Cormac’s past visits) to an architectural icon including observations only architects would enjoy and understand.

Links

Cicadas: 17 years underground & emergence in 2021

Frank Lloyd Wright

FLW: Fallingwater

FLW: Kentuck Knob

FLW: Pope Leighey house

Richard Neutra

Neutra: Kaufmann house in Palm Springs

Neutra: Visitor Center and Cyclorama at Gettysburg

Richard Meier

Meier: Douglas House