Wishing you all a great Holida...
12.21.2007
11.13.2007
Abstract Language: Taliesin to Tagalog
The Wright Filipino Protege(images by Mika Kondo + Nipa Patel): "The flags represent the generations of apprentices of Frank Lloyd Wright coming from all over the world. Standing right next to the Philippine flag is the Philippines' representative to Frank Lloyd Wright's laboratory."A Giant Leap for...
11.02.2007
............Taliesin Break Away
Next week, the Taliesin Fellowship will be celebrating its 75th Reunion: Living the Legacy. In light of this event, I would like to share an article I wrote 10 years ago for the Wisconsin River Valley Journal's Taliesin Fellowship News Section (September/October 1997 Vol5, Issue 2). Keep in mind that...
8.10.2007
Color My Life Green
Almost more than five weeks ago, I decided to change the color of my life. After living the bold strokes of the natural Painted Desert for the past ten years, there was a yearning for different shades of Green. I took my cue from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and found myself...
6.03.2007
Social Architecture: Reinventing the Pod
"Architects Without Borders"For a Feature Article in the June 2007 issue of Cadalyst Magazine, editor Kenneth Wong reached out to me to share ideas about the Open Architecture Network, Technology Trends in Architecture, and the social implications of humanitarian projects in architecture. I shared...
6.01.2007
Target Stores Sell the Wright Stuff
The audio book I launched last year about my Taliesin Experience is now available at all Target Stores in the USA. Target, in my opinion, is one of the leading stores that has a strong focus on making "good design" available to the general public---as opposed to limiting design to only a few in society....
5.21.2007
What It Takes To Create A 21st Century Design Culture
A request was made that I post my recent speech for the United Architects of the Philippines' 33rd National Convention. I'll let you in on one secret: These days, whenever I give presentations or deliver speeches, I rarely write a full text. My speeches are carefully prepared but delivered without...
5.02.2007
Convention and the Unconventional
The week before I was to deliver my seminar speech on "What It Takes to Create a 21st Century Design Culture" for the 33rd United Architects of the Philippines National Convention, I found myself flying from Phoenix to Dallas to Phoenix to New York City to Philadelphia to New York City to Chicago to...
4.09.2007
My fellow Filipino Architects and Builders
In 2 weeks I will find myself back in my homeland to present at the 33rd National Convention of the United Architects of the Philippines at the World Trade Center-Manila. My acceptance of their invitation to speak, though I have others in the pipeline, is on the premise that my presentation will be...
3.11.2007
Our House Project
On exhibit at The Gallery of New York School of Interior Design 161 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021beginning January 31 – April 21, 2007I collaborated with Navin Pathangay AIA, Chris Ilg AIA, and Steve Soenksen on the design of an affordable housing solution we dubbed as the "M.O.D. House" for...
3.06.2007
Trading Places
Last Feb. 23, 2007, I had the opportunity to speak about my cultural background and how it relates to attitudes about healthcare, role-reversal, and high-performance buildings built with the associated needs in mind. (In this case, Assisted Family Living facilities.) I had a very engaging and enthusiastic...
3.03.2007
Architectural design can help reduce global warming
Phoenix has a daily temperature of extremely cold mornings and evenings and extremely warm daytime at 40 to 80 deg F. This is common in this latitude (32 +- degrees North Latitude). But last month, we had a thin layer of snow! Imagine that. It’s not supposed to snow in Phoenix, only in the northern...
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