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✱ Breaking News - LOAA Rocks my World

It's official. I've made it. Do I have a product that's being pitched on a Billy Mays (RIP, Billy) infomercial? No, I'm on Life of an Architect's list of... drum roll please... The Top Architectural Websites in the World evantroxel.

✱ Evolution of a Design

Evolution of a Design See the design of a fire station change over a relatively short period of time as I take it through the design process. Sometimes the evolution of a particular design seems to have a mind of its own. Here is a recent example of a project

✱ Elementary School #9 Photo Shoot

I was hanging out with a bunch of kids, colleagues and friends at the photo shoot for our newly finished elementary school project I have been involved in since it began in 2008 for LAUSD. We were working with photographer Lawrence Anderson to capture the project. He was great to

Stadiums of the Olympiads

A visual timeline of the stadiums of the Olympic Games over the decades. 28 amazing structures and counting. Check out the plaza level in the foreground of Luzhniki Stadium, not to mention the slight twisting motion of the structural frames holding up the roof. Wow. Via The Loop ∞

Library Project Process Images

Here are some process images from my HMC library project that some twitter folks were asking for. I was able to find various diagrams and renderings that were created during the process of design. This is a remodel/reuse of an existing building. We didn't add any square

The Most Amazing Tall Buildings of 2012

Architects And Engineers Say These Are The Most Amazing Tall Buildings Of The Year Business Insider has a good write-up on this years picks (by architects and engineers) for the best tall buildings. There are some nice ones I hadn't seen before with large pictures, so check them

Why Skateboarding Matters to Architecture

There's an interesting article at Huffington Post about how skateboarders are invested in spaces much like architects are. A skater, unlike your typical pedestrian, experiences space just as intensely and consciously as an architect himself, albeit in a different way. He/she is alive to the possibility of