Green Design Jim

(Written October, 2023)  I have been reading the full collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures. This includes around 800 individual artists dated  1954. I was not writing anything about...

Notes that I took in as discussions within the Milken Institute 27th Annual Global Conference went on over 3 days. This is mostly key words and thoughts I was pulled toward our changing future.

 

  • “Bea...

Rudolph Schindler, an Austrian-born American architect – my dad was born in Vienna, Austria so this is another time my activities all come together.

 

Kings Road House is own home and studio on Kings Ro...

Since the 1980’s I have joined many environmental groups. The reason is it was the right thing to do. Someone has to start the revolution. Getting momentum, like gravity, is always the original issue....

Needs and Dreams verse Budget and Sites – Most clients and many architects just do not understand the practical separation of program and the practical reality of budget. Most owners do not inform the...

Why oppose student loan forgiveness just because it would give too much power to the Executive Office and less to congress to control spending. The President can veto, has the power to govern in warfa...

Ljubljana Castle complex standing on Castle Hill above downtown Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a key landmark of the town. Originally a medieval fortress, it was probably constructed in the...

As I read about Mies Van der Rohe or Corbusier Universal Housing would be mass produced, more affordable, and honest construction. It would be for the masses as opposed to the richer crowd not followi...

As a Student at school I kept hearing that reading and study of the humanities was very important to becoming a good Architect. As an Architect over the last 30 years I have continued to read the old ...

I was eating at a Persian restaurant, the Wish Dish Café, and I got to talking with the host. He was telling me about a book that really affected him. It was about the history of Kings in Iran. As we ...

So who has the California water rights?

See the article in the LA Times 5/31/22, we also have it as the blog image above.

Is it all about senior rights, agriculture, and politicians?

In LA we only get ab...

Bruce Goff (1904-1982) - was responsible for some of the most iconoclastic architectural designs of the mid-twentieth century.  Masterpiece in Los Angeles—and his last project— is the Japanese Pavilio...

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As in the past I will just pot light some key comments. If you want more information go to https://www.gre...

I have read some of Campbell’s other books. I bought this one because I thought a friend recommended it. Turns out he mentioned a similar named author.

 

As an Architect I am always looking to see what ...

While in the first year of Architectural School, our class was told a few time that to be a good architect, one must read the humanities. That I continue to do. Empathy is learned, turned on, and seei...

Happy Holidays to everyone this year, we hope you have a good one!

I only want to point out that even in SCIFI books there is a theme of virtue.

 

A few noted selections with my editing from the book.

  • Value for value – building on the square and on the level. The Hipp...

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Having just finished 3 Zoom meetings with varying global groups all attempting to disseminate new imperative messages my thoughts on networking come to life again. The use of the IT world, using web s...

As I read books, including lots of ancient history I see patterns on how societies, and similar companies and families fare over multiple generations. Of course, I see what I want to see. But the gene...

As the summer conference moved along I took down some key words that need to be integrated in ones thought process. This is a collection of words and my interpretations on Leadership.

Thanks the Glenn ...

Taking on small projects lead to great projects.

 

One example of being introduced to a new client is picking up a very small project as a favor. I did this on a $600 fee project just to get a Tenant im...

I keep reading the Humanities books interspersed with all other type books. This helps me slow down. It helps me understand societal patterns and the individuals who make up our cultures.

 

I am includi...

Most architects have read Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. That was the forerunner to Atlas Shrugged.

I have picked out some of the themes going on in the book. I do not believe in the way high society plays ...

Over the last 40 plus years working as an architect, my team and I feel as if we are Soldiers. A knight of the round table puts on armor with lance and heads into the fray. They would follow their lea...

The concept of homeless, transitional, or refugee housing is not an easy one. Those who grew up in or worked in a community deserves support at least at a minimum level, these should be rights. If som...

This is a very detailed book about this architects views on the new age of modernism. As a teacher, architects, and visionary he was developing his theories as he went, like the rest of us, but with i...

Why do I help start sustainable and green companies?

 

My life’s passion is protecting nature, the Earth, all through environmental and social justice. 20 years ago this opportunity presented itself as ...

I just finished reading Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks. This historical Novel by Russel Banks son of John Brown threw some more passion into my thinking. John Brown’s son, Owen Brown, gives his though...

Greenwave Conference 10/28/21 #6

 

Reflections on last year's conference. Spreading the word, getting involved, and action will sustain and project us into the future, the sustainable environmental path...

I just finished reading Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451.

In his comments, he said a few things that rang true to me. Being a humanist never hurts. It just makes you think before you act. This is lik...

Recently JHAI was named one of the Best Industrial Architects in Los Angeles, California by LosAngelesArchitects.org. We believe our over 35 years of experience, and 3,600 projects make us qualified t...

No one wants to pay higher professional fees for the services they need. Everyone would like to pay less. Professionals would like to charge less. However, professional services with knowledgeable, ex...
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