TED Talks are one of the easiest ways to gain knowledge quickly from some of the smartest people on the planet, and the field of architecture is no exception. Today, Architizer cofounder and CEO Marc Kushner will be presenting a spin on the past 30 years of architecture at the TED2014 conference in Vancouver. Be on the lookout for choice quotes and insider photos via Twitter, and while you're waiting for for Kushner's full talk to be released online, brush up on your architectural know-how with these videos from leading designers and researchers, including Architizer A+ Awards jurors Joshua Prince-Ramus, Paola Antonelli, Liz Diller, and Cameron Sinclair. Frank Gehry, "My Days as a Young Rebel," 1990 Though Frank Gehry has taken heat for devolving into the "Guy Fieri of architecture," his early work was some of the most innovative and creative in American postmodernism. "All I'm going to try to prove to you with these slides," he jokes, "is that I do just very straight stuff." It's a tongue-in-cheek comment, but Gehry continues to discuss his work in a quotidian, down-to-earth manner, focusing on how he solves problems for clients and makes an effort to address context. His fantastic early ...
TED Talks are one of the easiest ways to gain knowledge quickly from some of the smartest people on the planet, and the field of architecture is no exception. Today, Architizer cofounder and CEO Marc Kushner will be presenting a spin on the past 30 years of architecture at the TED2014 conference in Vancouver. Be on the lookout for choice quotes and insider photos via Twitter, and while you're waiting for for Kushner's full talk to be released online, brush up on your architectural know-how with these videos from leading designers and researchers, including Architizer A+ Awards jurors Joshua Prince-Ramus, Paola Antonelli, Liz Diller, and Cameron Sinclair. Frank Gehry, "My Days as a Young Rebel," 1990 Though Frank Gehry has taken heat for devolving into the "Guy Fieri of architecture," his early work was some of the most innovative and creative in American postmodernism. "All I'm going to try to prove to you with these slides," he jokes, "is that I do just very straight stuff." It's a tongue-in-cheek comment, but Gehry continues to discuss his work in a quotidian, down-to-earth manner, focusing on how he solves problems for clients and makes an effort to address context. His fantastic early ...