On More than Architecture

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  • WELCOME

    We are consumed by our profession. Thus, this blog is warped into an architectural milieu.

    That said we believe that our profession addresses everything, from technical and aesthetic details to human relationships with each other and the world. We see architecture as an expression of human lifestyles, activities, interests and aesthetics, and want to learn more about our profession's intersection with other disciplines.

    Above all we are interested in all that informs us about ourselves and shapes us.

    In light of this we welcome your comments and contributions!

Photo by Jean Claude Coutausse Photography,

Thursday at the Oloffson

Photograph of dancers: Jean Claude Coutausse Photography, click here for Website ———————————————————————- RAM The drums grip the heart The dust leaps with the bass The fleshy bees sway The balcony heaves with the passion The prostitutes glide and clatter The suits come and go The do-gooders huddle in the corner While aid workers hold down … Read more

Filed under Haiti, Hotels, Remarkable Places, Travel

Hypothesis [$300 = House]

Challenges of Housing Production for the Poorest in the Developing World Report on the 300 Dollar House Workshop, January 25-28 2012 at Dartmouth College By Andrew Wright “The Three Hundred Dollar House, you mean three hundred per square foot?” A friend’s incredulity summarizes the responses I heard to the title of a workshop at Dartmouth … Read more

Filed under Haiti, Opinion

Foreign Help? Well. Yes.

By Nora Mertens The company that I work for, Tonetti Associates Architects (TAA), has recently completed the design for a Family Health and Nutrition Center for GHESKIO (The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections) Clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Our involvement in Haiti, in the wake of the destruction left by … Read more

Filed under Haiti, Opinion

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GHESKIO Family Health and Nutrition Center, Haiti

We have successfully turned over all construction documents to the Haitian construction manager. Haitian contractors are currently bidding on the project. We are investigating stabilized earth as building materials.

Filed under Haiti, News

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Then And Again

By Andrew Wright Thanks to a Siren call at a flea market, I recently found myself with several dozen issues of ‘Pencil Points, A Journal of the Drafting Room’ dating from the nineteen thirties and forties. ‘Pencil Points’, as its subtitle indicates, focused on the toilers of the architectural firms. Its readers had aspirations no … Read more

Filed under Drafting, Past to Present

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A Photoblog, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

All photos below were taken on our recent 2-day visit to Port-au-Prince/Haiti. TAA is currently designing a Family Health and Nutrition Center for GHESKIO Clinic in the slums of Port-au-Prince. GHESKIO offers HIV, tuberculosis and cholera treatment free of charge to the poorest of Port-au-Prince’s population. While we are still finding it hard to adequately … Read more

Filed under Haiti

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