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On the latest episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis welcomes back Duo Dickinson to the show. Together they discuss the role (or lack thereof) that education plays in today's world of architecture. Have we forgotten how to use our hands? What happens when students are asked to actually build something? Is there any truth left in appraising properties? All of these questions and more are answered on a thought provoking, passionate and "crazy" episode of Burning Down the House. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery. For more information visit www.cainfive.com
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Burning Down the House Introduction: Duo Returns! (11:37)
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Heritage Radio Network, Curtis B. Wayne, Burning Down the House, Duo Dickinson, Cain Five, www.cainfive.com, there is discontent amongst young architects, there was a brief period of time where educated architects were in vogue, Burning Down the House is a singularity, www.duodickinson.com, a voice that cries out in the wilderness, there are less employed architects now than there were three years ago,The Value of Education in a Free Market Economy (15:20)
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architecture, education, free market economy, if what you are offering doesn't have value..., employment positions, faux Tudor trim, the pendullum has swung over to where there is only theory and no practice, abstraction, intellectualism, computer generated forms that defy gravity, colored titanium, Frank Gehry, aerodynamic technology, reality of the world and the reality that happens between academic architects ears, ideas become more seductive than reality, we must not be strangers to intellectual constructs, gravity is the ultimate metaphor, divorce from academia,Modernism, Revolt, Appraisal Crimes & The Lost Art of Drawing (26:58)
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modernism, large buildings have certain demands that lend them well to modernism, there is nothing wrong with ornamentalism, there is something disingenuous with wallpapering buildings without thinking what's behind them, building projects amongst students, pavilions, learning how to do simple construction work, kids had no idea what their ideas meant to the residents, also had no idea how to be durable for Northeastern climate, kids need to be educated before building, moral authority, gravity, gravitas, the truth will out, housing crisis had nothing to do with architecture, markets & debt, Duo's theory, architects are not dissimilar from doctors and lawyers, in the rush to give people home ownership 53% of appraisers felt pressure to overvalue houses, appraisal fraud, irrational pessimism is happening now, profiteering that has taken place, academic corruption, student show at Cooper Union, learn how to draw!, what if the grid goes down?, CAD drafting isn't everything, cyber warfare, dimension busts, younger architects know nothing about getting things done manually,Closing Thoughts: A House of Cards Has no Gravity (13:55)
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changing text is like a government process and less like drawing, we are at an adolescence of the computer age, it will get more seamless, people will learn how to write again, house of cards doesn't have gravity, our imagination can soar!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
