This is a v. cool article. Architecture firm WATG and design consultancy firm IDEO (that's where Twitter was born!) have teamed up.

Two awesome companies! The only result can be success. Great work!

Link: http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles.aspx?ArticleId=2150&Arti… Continue

The folks over at SoftwareAdvice.com just released an interesting analysis of the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on construction employment on a state by state basis. Though the da… Continue

The housing industry (builders and designers) is in dire need of a new system / approach to building. I'll list a few reasons here:
- Construction costs and land / development costs have gotten out of control in recent years.
- The housing bubble has dramatically dropped the value of our homes.
- The fact right now is that you cannot build a new home inexpensive enough to compete with the glut of existing homes on the market.
- If we are seeing an economic recovery it's a small one - and the job… Continue

When discussing licensed professionals here in the USA, architects are still a bit of a mystery.

Surely you've seen enough doctor shows to get a feel for the intern/resident/attending path for doctors.

This group has been educating us on what it takes to be become a licensed doctor in dramatic, scandalous fashion.

You probably also know a law school graduate who'… Continue