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California High Speed Rail – Fresno station

Posted on 16 February 2010. Tags: architecture, authentic, critique, fresno, high speed rail, sustainability

There is much anticipation for the California High-Speed Rail and the transformative properties it may have on Fresno. With state and federal money now allotted to the project, it is hard to curb my enthusiasm about the idea. After all we must be realistic that it will be several years if not a decade or [...]

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unemployed architects

Posted on 30 December 2009. Tags: architect, architecture, economy, fresno

A report of unemployment statistics through the 3rd quarter of 2009, released this week, finds the architecture industry is the hardest hit by the continued recession. - Job losses in the profession jumped 17.8 percent, bringing the total number of employed architects to 189,000 in the first three quarters of 2009, compared to 230,000 in the [...]

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US Mayors climate protection agreement

Posted on 30 September 2009. Tags: Kyoto Protocol, Mayor Ashley Swearengin, Seattle, sustainability, US Conference of Mayors

- SEATTLE MAYOR GREG NICKELS TO ANNOUNCE THE 1,000th SIGNATORY TO THE MAYORS’ CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT AT MAYOR’S MEETING 60+ Will Gather in Seattle October 1-3 For Discussions With White House and Cabinet Officials On Recession and Green Economic Recovery Seattle, WA. – U.S. Conference of Mayors President Seattle (WA) Mayor Greg Nickels will announce that by Friday, [...]

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creativity and economy: an inverse relationship

Posted on 11 September 2009. Tags: architect, architecture, community design, creativity, design equity, economy, homeless, housing, up-cycle

Architecture thrives on creativity and creativity thrives in architecture. It is perhaps the single greatest force which moves architecture forward. However, creative ideas emerge through a conscious effort to seek them. New ideas are developed in practice, discourse, technology and materials as a result of investing time and energy in creative pursuits. [...]

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new study shows walkability raises home values

Posted on 18 August 2009. Tags: CEOs for Cities, downtown, fresno, Impresa Consulting, Joseph Cortright, marketing, walkability

CHICAGO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Though housing values are still slow to rebound from the collapse of the real estate market, a new analysis from CEOs for Cities reveals that homes in more walkable neighborhoods are worth more than similar homes in less-walkable neighborhoods, pointing to a bright spot in the residential real estate market. The [...]

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super signage

Posted on 04 August 2009. Tags: architecture, authentic, authenticity, blogging, downtown, fresnan, graphic design, marketing, signage

While searching for a news article from the Fresno Bee, I stumbled upon an amazing resource. It was a webpage called Super Signage Fresno, CA. I’ve had a little obsession about signage for the past couple of months. Unfortunately, THE FRESNAN stole my thunder and posted this early today. He pulled it from my twitter feed [...]

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national architecture week

Posted on 13 April 2009. Tags: architecture, archop, blogging, fresno, National Architecture Week

National Architecture Week began today. I didn’t want this to go silently unnoticed in Fresno. NAW was created to encourage a public dialogue about architecture. That is the a major goal of archop. We’ve been doing that quarterly since October of 2007. In the spirit of NAW going digital we’re try something new for us, [...]

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