Conventional Diversity
AIArchitect asked members who attended the AIA national convention in Boston last month to weigh in on the convention diversity programs, what they learned about AIA efforts to make the profession look more like the society it serves, and their personal experiences at the sessions or away from the meetings.
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Preston Scott Cohen, is the newly appointed chair of the architecture department at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the current Gerald M. McCue Professor of Architecture.Full story
This week's explorations are guerrilla housing for the homeless, a personal recollection of AIA-convention diversity, and three noted architects debating cultural traditions and contemporary additions.
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What's the best thing about today's super high-rise buildings?
a) Their mixed-use density as sustainable vertical cities.
b) Their beauty as part of a bold, new urban expression.
c) Their iconic, sculptural beauty alone.
d) Nothing, they are the blighted spawn of ego and money.
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