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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cobrooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My work doesn&#8217;t get built. There, I said it.  Nothing I&#8217;ve designed as Cobrooke in the last five years has gotten built. Zero, zip, nada. Not the concierge ALF in Tampa, the new campus plan for a developmentally disabled service provider, a new technology center or the performing arts center addition or the school for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2389&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 22:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. McFadden</dc:creator>
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		<title>Architect Writes A Book of Short Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The target audience for this book includes: People in creative fields e.g. architects, artists, engineers etc. Professionals who work in a field where there is a confluence of technology and humanities e.g. employees of Apple, Pixar, Google etc. Educated women from all over the world. Culturally open-minded Americans and Europeans. As this book&#8217;s author, publicist [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2374&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blah, Blah, Blah</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My head spins these days as I read the pablum being spewed forth about technological or practice methodologies revolutionizing the practice of architecture. BIM, REVIT, IPD, open-sourcing, architect as chief-collaborator, blah, blah, blah. Enough! None of that stuff matters unless we have work. And these days there just isn’t enough to go around. Or maybe [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2369&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Donate to help those most affected in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. McFadden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino have announced the formation of The One Fund Boston, Inc. to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15, 2013. Donate to the One Fund Filed under: architecture Tagged: Boston, Boston Marathon, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, Deval Patrick, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2184&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trial of the Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pssssst&#8230;.  Ever hear about the secret room in the Washington Square Arch?  Think you know what it&#8217;s for? GENIUS ARCHITECT!  SADISTIC MILLIONAIRE!  STUNNING GIRL FROM NOWHERE!  Are these yesterday&#8217;s headlines?  The answer is no; instead they are from June 25, 1906 when Stanford White was murdered by Harry Kendall Thaw.  Newspapers touted that this was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2332&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s All About Gaudi…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you are climbing uphill; what seems like a continuous climb throughout the many hills of Parc Guell, you bravely steel a glance or two downwards and think that this is it.  This must be one of the more beautiful experiences of your life.  Gingerly you take each step with your camera in hand, careful [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2212&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A fictional tale about an architect and his career</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cobrooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fictional tale about an architect and his career The end came for William some 1,800 miles and 26 years from where it all began.  It’s an all too familiar scene.  The partners gather, you’re “invited” to join them in the conference room.  Eschewing eye contact, you’re told what a great employee you are, how [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2207&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>spbr Architecture – House in Carapicuiba, Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. McFadden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House in Carapicuiba by spbr Architecture is set in a small valley far below street level. To design a house that provided for both living and work in this unique site, the architects created a multi-level structure that separates private and professional space. The entrance to the concrete and glass building, reached via a steel-grid [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2197&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does being an architect imply you’re creative?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cobrooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does being an architect imply you&#8217;re creative? I had someone remark recently that using the phrase &#8220;creative thinking&#8221; in my firm description was redundant because being an architect implies creativity. Is that true? We&#8217;ve all been in and seen our share of uninspired buildings that don&#8217;t deserve to be called architecture. A majority of the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consulting4architects.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7632185&#038;post=2189&#038;subd=consulting4architects&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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