Comments on: Top 10 Architects who are not Architects http://incli-nation.com/2008/08/18/top-10-architects-who-are-not-architects/ Art + Architecture + Design Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sean http://incli-nation.com/2008/08/18/top-10-architects-who-are-not-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Sean Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:15:45 +0000 http://incli-nation.com/?p=47#comment-26 Hello, I'd appreciate if you can give me some feedback on our site: www.regencyshop.com and our item hanging Eames. I realize that you are home decor-modern design connoisseur :) I'd like to hear your opinion/feedback on our products. Also, it'd be swell if you can place our link on your blog. Thank you, Sean Hello,

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]]> By: Daniel http://incli-nation.com/2008/08/18/top-10-architects-who-are-not-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Daniel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:16:57 +0000 http://incli-nation.com/?p=47#comment-27 Absolutely right about Eames; studied it, briefly, practiced it, and his Case Study house remains an icon of modernism. But if I'm not mistaken, he never received a degree in it. In fact, according to the NYT [12/7/89] "Schooled for only two years at the Washington University School of Architecture in St. Louis, Eames still called himself an architect, to suggest the totality of his outlook. ''We consider it all architecture,'' he was quoted as saying by Ralph Caplan, a columnist for Industrial Design magazine and a symposium speaker. Design is ''a plan for arranging elements,'' ''a method of action'' Eames said in the 1972 film ''Design Q & A,'' also shown at the symposium." So he fits our list perfectly. In fact, if he was practicing in Canada, he would likely not be allowed to call himself an 'architect' due to his failure to take continuing ed. coursework. Pure speculation, of course, but I think probable. Absolutely right about Eames; studied it, briefly, practiced it, and his Case Study house remains an icon of modernism.

But if I’m not mistaken, he never received a degree in it. In fact, according to the NYT [12/7/89] “Schooled for only two years at the Washington University School of Architecture in St. Louis, Eames still called himself an architect, to suggest the totality of his outlook. ”We consider it all architecture,” he was quoted as saying by Ralph Caplan, a columnist for Industrial Design magazine and a symposium speaker. Design is ”a plan for arranging elements,” ”a method of action” Eames said in the 1972 film ”Design Q & A,” also shown at the symposium.”

So he fits our list perfectly. In fact, if he was practicing in Canada, he would likely not be allowed to call himself an ‘architect’ due to his failure to take continuing ed. coursework. Pure speculation, of course, but I think probable.

]]> By: nothankyou http://incli-nation.com/2008/08/18/top-10-architects-who-are-not-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-28 nothankyou Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:36:38 +0000 http://incli-nation.com/?p=47#comment-28 Didn't Charles Eames study architecture at Cranbrook and later head the Cranbrook architecture and urban planning department? Didn’t Charles Eames study architecture at Cranbrook and later head the Cranbrook architecture and urban planning department?

]]> By: Daniel http://incli-nation.com/2008/08/18/top-10-architects-who-are-not-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Daniel Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:44:50 +0000 http://incli-nation.com/?p=47#comment-29 True about Barragan and Tadao and in fact many of my short-listers did some informal/apprentice work before they began their practice, so my list could certainly be longer. [I left FLW and Corbu off because, well they are legends to me, which come to think of it is probably what this whole thing is about] The idea that a professional needs to jump through certain hoops—particularly anachronistic hoops like interning and continuing education classes—just strikes me as absurd. It smacks of the old guard trying to hang on to outdated ideas about what it takes to be 'an architect'. Come to think of it, that would make an interesting discussion in and of itself... True about Barragan and Tadao and in fact many of my short-listers did some informal/apprentice work before they began their practice, so my list could certainly be longer. [I left FLW and Corbu off because, well they are legends to me, which come to think of it is probably what this whole thing is about] The idea that a professional needs to jump through certain hoops—particularly anachronistic hoops like interning and continuing education classes—just strikes me as absurd. It smacks of the old guard trying to hang on to outdated ideas about what it takes to be ‘an architect’. Come to think of it, that would make an interesting discussion in and of itself…

]]> By: architechnophilia http://incli-nation.com/2008/08/18/top-10-architects-who-are-not-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-30 architechnophilia Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:19:16 +0000 http://incli-nation.com/?p=47#comment-30 It is about time someone did a post like this, but what is your criteria for defining an architect? Because you could easily included FLW or Le Corbusier to that list. At least Barragan had informal training as an apprentice, as did Tadao who also started architecture school It is about time someone did a post like this, but what is your criteria for defining an architect? Because you could easily included FLW or Le Corbusier to that list. At least Barragan had informal training as an apprentice, as did Tadao who also started architecture school

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