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When will the new LEED-2009 guidelines and exams be ready?

DJ:
I am not entirely sure what your post means but I will try to respond. I was observing that architecture had become a "Commodity" when the need to build surpassed the architectural profession's ...

The era of CAD (and pseudo-BIM software like Architectural Desktop) is drawing to a close and the era of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is upon us. Our office ran ArchiCAD and Revit side by side ...

Buildings are the legacy we leave to the next generation. They use energy and create landscapes that affect others. To design well is perhaps 5% more expensive than designing poorly at the start, but ...

Perhaps the first step in such a search would be to determine the definition of "best." For me, Architecture is about creating an original work of enclosed space that somehow also encompasses the time ...

Drawing is the manual part of the process of seeing. Seeing is the visual part of the process of thinking. A lack of drawing talent would indicate to me a potnetial weakness in the other more importan ...

Phansford: You have outdone yourself bringing high-brow education to those armed only with unguarded circular saws. I marvel at your bringing Siegfried Gideon to the hurly-burly world of the Design Fo ...

LEED 2009 is coming and will be dramatically different so be aware! Here is the link to the USGBC page describing the changes:
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1849

Judge a profession not by its worst practitioner but by the median of the group. In general I find architects to be thoughtful, community oriented and competent. I personally think the world would be ...

Hear is what I look for in a hire:
--Intellectual energy: are they curious, do they read books on their own? Architecture requires that level of intellectual hunger.

--Drawing ability: have they l ...

As you have held a grudge against architects in many of your postings this is high praise indeed! I see my job as an architect is to make the life of the contractor easier by solving the problems befo ...

I wonder what all those people are doing looking up Walter Gropius...

In this day and age that is truly a mystery!

The answer the original question, there is a program ofNCARB that recognizes "Broadly Educated Architects" after a period of 12 years apprenticeship in order to sit for the exams, which is not really ...

There is no doubt that for 99% of practitioners, architecture is not a lucrative pursuit. The basic problem is that architecture is too much fun and therefore more people who enter the profession than ...

I would say the building has a diagrammatic quality, like a concept design, rather than the subtlety of a fully articulated building. The diagonal elements are too numerous to be simply providing the ...

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Topic: LEED Certification
RSCarcht Replies: 4 Views: 4681	Forum: LEED and Green Certification Forum Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:12 pm Subject: LEED Certification
RSCarcht Replies: 4 Views: 4681	When will the new LEED-2009 guidelines and exams be ready?
Topic: Architecture: Commodity or Complex craft
RSCarcht Replies: 103 Views: 58448	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:10 pm Subject: Architecture: Commodity or Complex craft
RSCarcht Replies: 103 Views: 58448	DJ: I am not entirely sure what your post means but I will try to respond. I was observing that architecture had become a "Commodity" when the need to build surpassed the architectural profession's ...
Topic: Which design software and why???
RSCarcht Replies: 25 Views: 21799	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:47 pm Subject: Which design software and why???
RSCarcht Replies: 25 Views: 21799	The era of CAD (and pseudo-BIM software like Architectural Desktop) is drawing to a close and the era of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is upon us. Our office ran ArchiCAD and Revit side by side ...
Topic: plans available on internet
RSCarcht Replies: 85 Views: 45072	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:28 pm Subject: plans available on internet
RSCarcht Replies: 85 Views: 45072	Buildings are the legacy we leave to the next generation. They use energy and create landscapes that affect others. To design well is perhaps 5% more expensive than designing poorly at the start, but ...
Topic: who are the best architects of all-time?
RSCarcht Replies: 24 Views: 13831	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:51 pm Subject: who are the best architects of all-time?
RSCarcht Replies: 24 Views: 13831	Perhaps the first step in such a search would be to determine the definition of "best." For me, Architecture is about creating an original work of enclosed space that somehow also encompasses the time ...
Topic: Poll: Does an architect lose credibility if s/he can't draw?
RSCarcht Replies: 23 Views: 8256	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:29 pm Subject: Poll: Does an architect lose credibility if s/he can't draw?
RSCarcht Replies: 23 Views: 8256	Drawing is the manual part of the process of seeing. Seeing is the visual part of the process of thinking. A lack of drawing talent would indicate to me a potnetial weakness in the other more importan ...
Topic: traditional new home project - part deux
RSCarcht Replies: 63 Views: 23348	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:21 pm Subject: traditional new home project - part deux
RSCarcht Replies: 63 Views: 23348	Phansford: You have outdone yourself bringing high-brow education to those armed only with unguarded circular saws. I marvel at your bringing Siegfried Gideon to the hurly-burly world of the Design Fo ...
Topic: LEED: Self-study or Study groups?
RSCarcht Replies: 10 Views: 17065	Forum: LEED and Green Certification Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:10 pm Subject: LEED: Self-study or Study groups?
RSCarcht Replies: 10 Views: 17065	LEED 2009 is coming and will be dramatically different so be aware! Here is the link to the USGBC page describing the changes: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1849
Topic: Dumb Architects
RSCarcht Replies: 12 Views: 11244	Forum: Construction Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:54 pm Subject: Dumb Architects
RSCarcht Replies: 12 Views: 11244	Judge a profession not by its worst practitioner but by the median of the group. In general I find architects to be thoughtful, community oriented and competent. I personally think the world would be ...
Topic: Value of degree when hiring
RSCarcht Replies: 16 Views: 5431	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:46 pm Subject: Value of degree when hiring
RSCarcht Replies: 16 Views: 5431	Hear is what I look for in a hire: --Intellectual energy: are they curious, do they read books on their own? Architecture requires that level of intellectual hunger. --Drawing ability: have they l ...
Topic: Architecture: Commodity or Complex craft
RSCarcht Replies: 103 Views: 58448	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:31 pm Subject: Architecture: Commodity or Complex craft
RSCarcht Replies: 103 Views: 58448	As you have held a grudge against architects in many of your postings this is high praise indeed! I see my job as an architect is to make the life of the contractor easier by solving the problems befo ...
Topic: Archiplanet update...
RSCarcht Replies: 17 Views: 26291	Forum: Archiplanet Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:24 pm Subject: Archiplanet update...
RSCarcht Replies: 17 Views: 26291	I wonder what all those people are doing looking up Walter Gropius... In this day and age that is truly a mystery!
Topic: Self-Taught Architects
RSCarcht Replies: 15 Views: 11880	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:17 pm Subject: Self-Taught Architects
RSCarcht Replies: 15 Views: 11880	The answer the original question, there is a program ofNCARB that recognizes "Broadly Educated Architects" after a period of 12 years apprenticeship in order to sit for the exams, which is not really ...
Topic: Is there any future in Architecture?
RSCarcht Replies: 6 Views: 3057	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:59 pm Subject: Is there any future in Architecture?
RSCarcht Replies: 6 Views: 3057	There is no doubt that for 99% of practitioners, architecture is not a lucrative pursuit. The basic problem is that architecture is too much fun and therefore more people who enter the profession than ...
Topic: Our Latest Project
RSCarcht Replies: 16 Views: 6535	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:10 pm Subject: Our Latest Project
RSCarcht Replies: 16 Views: 6535	I would say the building has a diagrammatic quality, like a concept design, rather than the subtlety of a fully articulated building. The diagonal elements are too numerous to be simply providing the ...