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Weekly Photograph #11

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:13:29 -0700

I absolutely love subtle, desolate landscapes. This one, again, was made in Alaska.

Archispeak #8 - Architects and Egos

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:15:50 -0700

In this episode of America’s favorite podcast, Archispeak discusses the difference between confidence and ego, then examines simple and effective ways to establish camaraderie in an architectural office.

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Archispeak #8 - Architects and Egos

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:15:22 -0700

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Archispeak #8 - Architects and Egos

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:13:29 -0700

Weekly Photograph #10

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:41:57 -0700

Messing around with shutter speed, aperture, and focal length led to a happy accident when I made this image. It’s a macro shot of some dew on a grassy leaf somewhere near Denali in Alaska. I just love how the dew looks like a collection of sparkly jewels.

You Don't Have to Pander

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:24:18 -0700

It was difficult picking something to quote in this blog post because the whole thing is so damn good.

Seth Godin:

Merely giving the people what they want is a shortcut to banality, mediocrity and invisibility.

Take five minutes and go read it.

[Archoncad] How important is it to Learn to Sketch – VectorWorking

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:38:52 -0700

[Archoncad] How important is it to Learn to Sketch – VectorWorking:

(via Instapaper)

Methodcast Quickie #5 - Cleaning Up Dirty Scans in Photoshop

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:13 -0700

My latest video tutorial is up on Method, and in it I show you how to remove extra crap like dust, scratches, paper texture, and just generally how to clean up a scanned image to make it look better using a few tools in Photoshop. I can almost guarantee there’s something in this that you don’t know, and I’d like to teach you.

Archispeak #7 - We Kill Your Memories

Sun, 05 May 2013 06:00:46 -0700

A new episode of the Archispeak podcast is online and you can listen to it on the website or on iTunes. This one was the most fun yet to record. I hope you like it as much as I did.

“In this episode Archispeak takes on questions from our listeners and a group of 3rd graders. Also, Evan gets his first ‘C’ and Cormac panders to the children of Annapolis.”

Weekly Photograph #9

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:05:11 -0700

Margerie Glacier is accessible only via boat. It’s in Glacier Bay in Alaska and it glows blue on cloudy days. Seven feet of solid ice calve off every day - that’s how fast it moves. It was raining when I made this image from the deck of our boat. The color, texture, contrast, detail and geometry are amazing. Luckily it was overcast because the blue really pops.

We were lucky enough to see a ton of ice calve off the glacier that day. It’s like lightning striking when it cracks off and thunders when it hits the ocean surface.

The new $100 bill

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:45:22 -0700

Yet another example of the race to the bottom. I bet Ben Franklin is embarrassed to be on there.

Where are the designers?

(via Gruber)

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Weekly Photograph #8

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:20:22 -0700

I made this image during a family hike on New Year’s Day. We were hiking Evey Canyon in the local mountains and got caught in a hail storm. If you look closely you can see some ice in the image. These mushrooms were growing on a steep slope just above the trail and my son pointed them out. I started taking some macro shots and soon found myself alone - everyone kept on hiking and I was off in my own little world. I must have been there for over 10 minutes finding the right combination of depth of field and exposure. I got completely soaked.

These mushrooms are smaller than your pinky fingernail. I’m so glad we found them because it’s easy to miss cool little things like these in our daily rush.

Methodcast Quickie #4 - Straighten Skewed Images in Photoshop

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:00:34 -0700

I’ve posted a new, quick video tutorial to Method for a rather unknown tool in Photoshop that’ll get your images properly straightened out if they are even slightly off-kilter. We’ll get all those images aligned, even if it takes us the rest of our lives!

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In Conversation: Steven Soderbergh -- Vulture

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:47:04 -0700

In Conversation: Steven Soderbergh -- Vulture:

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Study Model

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:52:03 -0700

Weekly Photograph #7

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:23:05 -0700

We recently went on a trip out to Shoshone, Death Valley, and one of the reasons I love to visit is there’s a natural, warm spring swimming pool where 85 degree water endlessly runs right out of the ground into a concrete containment unit - a swimming pool. It then overflows at the other end into a drainage channel and continues on its way into the desert.

My son likes to play in the water right where it enters the pool.

Archispeak #6 - And Then I'm Very Sad

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:28:35 -0700

The latest episode of the Archispeak Podcast is up on our site and on iTunes. Neal (who has a new website - check it out) shows his manly vulnerability as we talk about the gap between the professional and educational counterparts in our beloved field of architecture.

Listen in on the conversation and join us by adding your own comments on twitter, our Facebook page, or on our site.

Now that we have a proven track record for consistently releasing some great content, consider getting your stuff in front of our audience. Get in touch!

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Algae-powered apartment complex blooms in Hamburg

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:43:07 -0700

During the summer, however, when the sun is out in full-force, BIQ will no doubt go into full “bloom” mode. As Curbed notes, the panels, acting as “massive, algae-driving transition lenses,” will grow noticeably darker when filled with elevated levels of algae. In turn, the interior of the building will be kept nice and cool. So much for window AC units when you have bacteria-sized organisms multiplying on the side of your building to help you beat the summertime heat, eh?

I wonder what the building smells like.

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Weekly Photograph #6

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:16 -0700

Last year we travelled to Denali National Park in Alaska, and this Alaskan Cotton Grass caught my attention. I spent the next 15 minutes focusing on a few different specimens trying to get the subtle white variations and the shallow depth of field to look right as they bounced around in the wind. The detail in this photo is what I really like about it. The individual tufts are about the size of a golf ball.

Hyperlapse

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:01:01 -0700

Timelapse has been freed from its shackles.

From the folks over at Colossal:

The folks over at Teehan+Lax have just released a new tool (you’ll need Google Chrome and a pretty kickin’ internet connection) that lets you scrape public data from Google Street View to create sweeping hyperlapse videos.

Stunning. I could watch this all day. Be sure to check out their site - it’s magic.

(via @cgrant3d)

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