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Ecosystems of Historical Appearance

January 18, 2009 in architecture, Archive, History, Maintenance, preservation

Malcolm Gladwell’s discussion of the possible forgery of the Getty Kouros sparked the following post/thought/project. If the Kouros was forged, then those that pulled off this particular forgery applied a type of mold (potato mold) to the Kouros to give it the appearance of something ancient — something buried in the earth for hundreds of [...]

AA…A+

January 8, 2009 in architecture, Criticism, History, preservation, Reconstruction, Theory

News item….You must see the latest issue of the Architectural Association journal — AA Files 57. Not only does it have excellent articles by — most-favored-historian-status types — Mitchell Schwarzer and Briony Fer, but it contains the brilliant “Olfactory Reconstruction of Philip Johnson’s Glass House” by Jorge Otero-Pailos. It’s the first, “scratch and sniff” history [...]

22 For 44: A (Presidential) Primer

January 6, 2009 in architecture, Criticism, History, preservation, Theory, Travelogues/Guides

This will sound a bit grandiose; but it was a fun exercise: I was putting together readings for this semester’s classes while also examining the UK Royal Collection of architectural theory. The Royal Collection holds the tutorial images and texts that the architect and theorist William Chambers made for the future King George III. [...]

Maintenance Criticism – #2 (2006)

October 22, 2008 in architecture, Maintenance, preservation

I was responding to a comment today about “Maintenance Criticism,” and I remembered that two years ago I completed an earlier installation engaging with the subject of architectural maintenance as critique. The images below were for a student-run, faculty competition in 2006 (at my previous gig at PSU). Faculty were asked to design something that [...]