Atelier Ten’s Post

Let's talk Professional Practice! Week 07 is all about The Contract - both the social and legal contracts that bind architects to projects, people and purpose. Students are researching NYC architecture firms and their work - asking if the profession of architecture is sufficiently engaged with society. Helping students understand the legal aspects of work Michael Zetlin, founding partner of Zetlin & De Chiara LLP joined our class to discuss risk, communication, leverage, and responsibilities...and why language matters. Bringing this week together - a joy! Pratt Institute Pratt Institute School of Architecture #practicematters #professionalpractice #socialcontracts #legalcontracts #profession #law #architecture #communication #risk

A centralized jury seated under the judge’s bench routinely characterized traditional Virginia courtrooms in the 18th century. Thomas Jefferson was among the champions of this arrangement (called the Virginia Revival Model), which Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. and Justine Parry Welch wrote about in Judicature. “For Jefferson, architecture was yet another form of Enlightenment rhetoric. […] Jefferson portrayed through architecture ‘humanity’s right of self-governance.’ What better way to solidify this pillar of American democracy than to incorporate architecturally and visually the jury’s shared authority with the magistrate judges? Virginians embraced this concept, and, one after another, county commissioners implemented Jefferson’s model when building new courthouses,” they wrote. When the Charles R. Jonas Federal Courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina was undergoing renovations from 2019-2021, the architects and designers had the opportunity to reimagine a Virginia Revival Model Courtroom in the 21st century. Read more from Judicature (Article from 2021): https://loom.ly/AwdbCyQ Watch a video from RAMSA | Robert A.M. Stern Architects, a firm that contributed to the courthouse design project: https://loom.ly/vaFI3X8 • • • • • • #architecture #design #courtrooms #courthousedesign #publicbuildings #jefferson #jeffersonian #enlightenment #virginia #commonwealth #jury #judges #seated #history

To deck or not to deck? That is the question! Defaulting to deck-to-deck drywall partitions for acoustics does NOT guarantee speech privacy! Read my white paper to learn about better ways to achieve the goal of conversation confidentiality in the built environment.  https://lnkd.in/dEp_wjf3

Delve into the concluding episode of the Frank Lloyd Wright series, exploring the enduring influence of his architectural brilliance. Uncover the legacy of this visionary architect and his timeless contributions to modern design. 🏛️✨ #FrankLloydWright #ArchitecturalLegacy #ModernDesign

I hope you were able to join my conversation with Lauren Bayly Griffith and Eric L. Shoikhetman about recent cases affecting architects and engineers today!

Join on 9th May to learn more about 'Design reform - focus on the shapes' movement' with Collegio Italiano dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale and speakers Paola Gelato and Stefano Vergano from JACOBACCI & PARTNERS S.p.A. More details below! #designreform #intellectualproperty #webinar #IPattorneys

What are the legal risks for owners, designers, builders and tenants when developing a new commercial building? This will be explained by Piret Kergandberg and Angela Kase, experienced experts in construction and real estate law from WALLESS, at the conference Tark Ehitus in Tallinn on 28 March. The WALLESS workshop will focus on what to look out for when signing a lease for a commercial building under construction and how to reduce the risk of disputes. These issues will be discussed from the point of view of the commercial building owner, the designer, the builder and the tenant, involving the workshop participants in the debate. Read further (in Estonian) here: https://rb.gy/beaoyu #constructionlaw #realestatelaw #conference

David Taylor catches up with JJ Lorraine as his practice, Morrow + Lorraine, celebrates its 15th anniversary and he looks ahead to ‘Building the Way’ to a better future. 'We come at design challenges from different perspectives, but always land up in the same space. What Julian does from a design perspective, and what I do really kind of merge together, and we have never fallen out over anything, but specifically over architecture. We're very aligned in that sense.' Read more! 📖 https://ow.ly/sW8C50QCEI8 #FiveMinutesWith

Fool me once! One of the most common in designing and constructing new interior spaces is the omission of a construction acoustic consultant on the design team, resulting in a space that doesn’t meet a client’s privacy requirements. Read my new white paper "Avoiding Acoustic Mistakes" here: https://lnkd.in/dEp_wjf3 #badacoustics, #acosuticmistakes, #smartdesign

We 💗this quote from Rochael Soper Adranly because it is so true. What we do affects our clients and the people around them. Human-centered design principles ensure we remember that and act accordingly. Even opposing counsels are human, after all. #legaldesignthinking #humancenteredlawfirm