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at the table
Posted on 10 July 2009.
The Business Journal has been contacting me allot lately for information about architecture in the San Joaquin Valley. Most of this interaction has happened because of Twitter. I think this is fantastic. One of archop’s goals has been to get architecture more regularly and accurately feature in local media. The Business Journal is setting the [...]
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theory thursday: value of critique
Posted on 25 June 2009.
Yesterday, our humble website strode clear over a milestone. For the first time we had over 100 visits to the site in a single day. By midnight, we actually had 184 visits. Our previous high was 79 visits, set on April 14th during National Architecture Week. We built this website back in January with the help [...]
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Broadway Auto Row to be demolished
Posted on 24 June 2009.
In addition to the L Street & San Joaquin Avenue proposal, also on Monday’s agenda of the City of Fresno Historic Preservation Commission was the proposed demolition of three properties on Broadway Avenue near Tuolumne. The three building were not on any historic registry. However, in a historic survey of the area they were found [...]
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critique: L St. and San Joaquin Ave.
Posted on 22 June 2009.
Today is the City of Fresno Historic Preservation Commission meeting. There are several interesting items on the agenda, but I’d like to focus on one. Darius Assemi of Granville Homes has asked to meet with the Commission to present a conceptual plan for a mixed-use project at the corner of L Street and San Joaquin [...]
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Robin Gay McCline’s last designs
Posted on 05 June 2009.
September 22nd, 2008 the City of Fresno Historic Preservation Commission accepted the Mid-Century Modernism Historic Context report prepared by Lauren MacDonald. Robin Gay McCline and his wife Sue were present at the meeting. The report include interviews with Gay, features several of his notable works and a short biography. It was a momentous day for [...]
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Fresno City Hall architect, Arthur Erickson (1924-2009)
Posted on 23 May 2009.
Prominent Canadian architect Arthur Erickson died Wednesday May 20th at the age of 84. He was living in a Vancouver B.C. suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. This was brought to my attention through an article in Washington Post (requires login), same article without pictures on HeraldNet (no login required). Erickson was a very accomplished architect and designed [...]
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South Van Ness
Posted on 22 May 2009.
In today’s Fresno Bee, George Hostetter explored the existing light industrial businesses that inhabit what he calls a “forgotten part of downtown“. Explore the neighborhood here: View Larger Map For those of us that frequent Art Hop we know this area well because of Kliszewski Glass, and Chris Sorensen’s Studio. And we know how the road is [...]
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critique: Tower Tattoos
Posted on 02 May 2009.
This week in an email from Craig Scharton, Director of Downtown and Community Revitalization of the City of Fresno. He asked: “As some of the area’s leaders in architectural thought, what do you think the role of architectural criticism should be? Is it possible to raise consciousness about our built environment, standards of design [...]
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Fresnan blogs about landscape
Posted on 22 April 2009.
Via twitter the I found this post about landscape. I’m interested hearing fresnans talking about architecture, design equity, and the current archop topic landscape. The Fresnan is a leading indie blogger. So Fresnans, what are underused unkept landscapes in your routine? How could they be improved?
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sustained marketability
Posted on 16 April 2009.
This week I received my copy of dwell magazine in the mail. The cover reads “BEYOND GREEN From Niche to Normal” The issue acknowledges what we’ve all witnessed in this last decade; green has gone from extreme to mainstream. And yet there a a few paradoxes I observe. Most architects have always believed in sustainable design. [...]
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affordable housing & affordable architecture
Posted on 15 April 2009.
I’m going to assume that we all agree that affordable housing is necessary. We can also agree that there is a sever lack of affordable housing in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley. I could continue studies that demonstrate that we have the highest concentrated poverty in the nation or the lowest on the development [...]
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schools x (good)architecture = (education + inspiration) x health
Posted on 14 April 2009.
We would like to know about your school experiences. What are good or bad experiences that you can link to the environment you where in? For instance. At Edison High School, I always hated going to my classes that were in portable classrooms. The air was damp, the floor flexible squeaky, air conditioner loud, and windows [...]
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attendant talks about urban housing installation
Posted on 09 April 2009.
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