tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458688.post1131399726398583419..comments2023-09-20T07:06:52.105-04:00Comments on Beatus Est: 7 Mod Architecture Firms Shortlisted for Eisenhower MemorialErik Bootsmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03749834088028424348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458688.post-84494470481953106502009-06-07T08:00:47.373-04:002009-06-07T08:00:47.373-04:00http://www.architectsban.webs.com as http://www....<a href="http://www.architectsban.webs.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.architectsban.webs.com </a> as <a href="http://www.seekangroup.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.seekangroup.com </a> Read more about Green eco architectural designs are reusable materials, green designs etc.. ..… Create an Eco friendly Green design… Save Earth.. <a href="http://www.interiordesignersbangalore.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.interiordesignersbangalore.com/" </a> as of natural materials <a href="http://www.interiordesignersinbangalore.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.interiordesignersinbangalore.com </a> with almost modern concepts using A few quick ways to reduce your personal carbon footprint: employ eco-friendly methods of travel, eat, minimize use of plastic products and save electricity, water, paper and use of non-toxic alternatives<a href="http://www.architectsbangalore.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"> http://www.architectsbangalore.com </a> Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases <a href="http://www.seekangroup.com/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.seekangroup.com/home</a> save earth use architects suggested materials q13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458688.post-78003517849340827562009-04-02T15:10:00.000-04:002009-04-02T15:10:00.000-04:00Yes it's frustrating, but look what happens when N...Yes it's frustrating, but look what happens when New Classical architects get involved. Thomas Gordon Smith was rumored to take over the Head Architect at GSA and the architecture community had a hissy fit. Sure I'd love a place at the table, but again, when classicists make inroads, the establishment puts up a fight. Its not enough that 99% of public work is profoundly modernist, they need to stop every classical building they can. <BR/><BR/>I'd love a shot at getting in there, but I'm sorry a nuclear option is needed just to get a shot at this. I think congress needs to take a long hard look at the process and do something, our Capitol is in sorry shape and getting worse all the time.Erik Bootsmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749834088028424348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458688.post-45136274284693330532009-04-02T14:48:00.000-04:002009-04-02T14:48:00.000-04:00Rather than calling for the scrapping of the RFP p...Rather than calling for the scrapping of the RFP process for federal buildings it might be more productive for your cause if you promoted getting more neo-classical architecture firms involved in the government's existing process.<BR/><BR/>Classicists can bang their head on the wall wishing the feds did it differently, but it is highly unlikely anything will change the existing process in a substantive way. The cards might still be stacked against them in the selection process but at least they would be part of the discussion and could even end up with a federal job. Of course neo-classical designers would have to get used to the idea of designing buildings upwards of 1 million sf like the U.S. Coastguard's new building planned (to ruin) the National Landmark St. Elizabeths Campus in Anacostia. <BR/><BR/>No matter how poor you may find GSA's output over the past decade or so (Miers, Graves, etc.) the results would be far worse if their "Design Excellence" process was opened up to public input. I say this because the public may clamour for classicism, but they also too easily would accept a pretty horrendous watered-down version of classicism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com