tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:16:29 +0000Treachery of Images- Good design is taking the time to realize that everything deserves the effort of being thought out. Everything is design. Green design, social design, etc. all become inherent if the thought behind the idea is critical.http://www.toistudio.com/blog/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)Blogger763125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2518546740621159150Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:10:00 +00002010-03-09T09:15:52.921-05:00Cleve. EventsAlt. TransportationDesign RantsEnvironmentalJames Howard KunstlerWriters & Readers SeriesCleveland Public Library (Louis Stokes Wing)325 Superior Ave. N.E.Cleveland, Ohio 44114Sunday, March 14th, 20102pmAn author, journalist, and urban planning expert, James Howard Kunstler is one of the foremost social critics of our time. The Geography of Nowhere (1993) and Home from Nowhere (1996) established him as a fierce critic of suburban sprawl http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/03/james-howard-kunstler-cleveland-public.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-7066384754688624798Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:24:00 +00002010-03-09T09:16:29.493-05:00Cleve. EventsAlt. TransportationTowpath Trail Open HouseTuesday, March 9th, 4:30-7:30pmSt. Joseph / OLA Center2346 West 14th Street in Tremont Please join the Towpath Trail Partnership Committee and Michael Baker Engineering, consultants for Phase 3 design and engineering for our second public Towpath Trail Open House. They will share a preferred Towpath Trail route alternative, provide land use scenarios for the accompanying http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/03/towpath-trail-open-house-march-9th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-5349763955120887544Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:12:00 +00002010-03-08T13:17:50.394-05:00TOIstudio bloggerness is currently undergoing a transitional system change. Google (who we all love here and promise our undying affection) is removing FTP ability meaning that this blog will soon have to be hosted on Google's webbernet sites unless a different interface system is used.We are currently trying to work out the bugs in the various systems to make a final decision and hope to be http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/03/while-we-are-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2940970138510935201Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:00 +00002010-02-26T10:48:48.763-05:00Cleve. EventsBrite Winter FestivalSaturday, February 27th, 2010Food and Beverages Italian goodness and adult sodas, courtesy of Louie at Sainato’s Restaurant Soup, sweets, and soothing hot drinks, courtesy of our sponsor Gypsy Bean Coffee and Baking Music a DJ will set the mood The Hot Rails : “the penultimate 70s hard rock band” Uncanny Xe La : Soul/Jazz/Dub Quintet This Moment in Black History : “Once you http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/brite-winter-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2569515243473530753Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:24:00 +00002010-02-15T09:03:35.253-05:00Alt. TransportationDesign RantsI love trains. I am a complete sucker for convenient rail travel. When ever anyone asks I feel the urge to gush forward on the amazing journey I had from Akron to Milwaukee back in 2001/2002. The seat was wide and reclined so nicely that catching a train at some ungodly and chilly morning hour didn't bother me so much. I was on a mission, to see the land that Pabst created, it was a holy http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/ohios-3c-plan-lack-of-bold-vision.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-6917202461675912239Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:58:00 +00002010-02-10T05:58:00.206-05:00ReviewsTransmaterial 3: edited by Blaine BrownellNow in its third edition the physical manifestation of the popular Transmaterial webblog has recently been released by the publisher and is now available at your book outlet of choice. Mine arrived from Amazon Monday (to my surprise, I pre-ordered and completely lost track of time).For those of you not familiar with Mr. Brownell or Transmaterial the workhttp://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/transmaterial-3-blaine-brownell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-7419947787469431795Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:06:00 +00002010-02-09T13:07:28.891-05:00Cleve. EventsTonight's Lecture, Elena Manferdini, is Postponed.Due to weather, Elena Manferdini's flight has been cancelled. This lecture will be rescheduled in the future. Please check our webpage & events section of the E-News for updates on this event. Thanks.Kent State CAED linkhttp://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/tonights-lecture-elena-manferdini-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-5292379316163636844Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:00 +00002010-02-09T13:05:30.737-05:00Cleve. EventsPechaKucha Night Cleveland Vol. VIFriday, Feb. 12th, 2010House of Blues, Cambridge Room308 Euclid Avenue216-523-2583Hope everyone is off to a great 2010!Next Friday, February 12th, is the 1st PechaKucha of the new year, and we hope everyone will be able to make it out to see/hear the work and thoughts of some insanely creative people! Please forward this email to anyone you think would be http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/pecha-kucha-cleveland-vol-vi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-3882634211157618038Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:44:00 +00002010-02-04T10:56:16.722-05:00Cleve. EventsRoadtripKent State University has just posted their 2010 Spring Lecture Series (and the first one is coming right on up!) Elena Manferdini Design Is One February 09, 2010 7:30 pm Michael Schwartz Auditorium Mark Foster Gage Computation, Aesthetics & the Contemporary BaroqueFebruary 23, 2010 7:00 pmCartwright Auditorium Hansey Barraza Studio LuzMarch 10, 2010 7:00 pm Cartwright Auditorium Stephen http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/roadtrip-15-kent-state-university.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-1186679134385230125Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:00 +00002010-02-03T12:01:12.323-05:00Cleve. EventsI never did see Snakes on a Plane, however if you have any interest in advocating for a cycling/pedestrian path on the innerbelt bridge because you are one of the people who live near and go to downtown Cleveland you may want to stop in at this Friday's Cleveland Planning Commission Meeting and show your support or voice your concern. Friday, February 5th.Cleveland Planning Commission Meeting http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/02/cleveland-planning-commission-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2293254764273866872Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:40:00 +00002010-01-29T11:34:10.655-05:00ReviewsAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliA "paper" architect (one who wins recognition for proposals/competitions but not built work) suffers from being overly academic, fatalistically literal in his search for recognizing (what he sees) as design purity and insufferable in having the last word (typically critical) has his past life destroyed by fate, realizes what happiness he sacrificed to further http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/asterios-polyp-david-mazzucchelli.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-6569761558879729821Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:34:00 +00002010-01-28T20:52:17.713-05:00ComicDiscourse is one of those things older people and professors talk about when they wax poetic about how good ideas are the result of collaboration, civil discussion and a willingness to expand beyond your own preconceptions to willingly accept another's beliefs even if you cannot fully support them.It also makes conversation interesting.http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/discourse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-6879156036410669656Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:01:00 +00002010-01-27T09:09:55.689-05:00Cleve. EventsCleveland Design Competition ReceptionFriday, January 29th, 2010Colonial Marketplace, 530 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohioenter from Euclid side6pm - 9pmReception Page:6:00pm Light hors d'oeuvres (catered by The Greenhouse Tavern) and Project 2009: Lakefront Station Design Ideas Exhibit7:00pm Welcome7:10pm Introduction by Councilman Joe Cimperman, City of Cleveland7:25pm Announcement ofhttp://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/cleveland-design-competition-reception.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-7600410649128332184Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:32:00 +00002010-01-25T05:32:00.337-05:00Cleve. EventsRoadtripUniversity of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning posted their spring 2010 lecture series. 3 hours from Cleveland makes it an easy drive to see a city that is so remarkably similar to Cleveland (albeit their downtown seems a little more lively) and catching a decent lecture just adds a bonus.Spring 2010 LecturesAll Lectures begin at 5:30 pm in Crosby 301 unless otherwise noted.01.20.10 http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/roadtrip-14-university-of-buffalo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-1796791886025925454Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:07:00 +00002010-01-19T06:07:00.175-05:00Cleve. EventsRoadtripUniversity of Waterloo's School of Architecture has posted their Spring 2010 Lecture Series. Remember to bring the proper papers if making the journey from the States (or be willing to find a place to cross at the hundreds of miles of unprotected border that separate our two countries. What? I admit I find the necessity of a passport or special card to travel from Canada to the USA sort of http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/roadtrip-13-university-of-waterloo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-4103627709762944386Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:43:00 +00002010-01-18T05:43:00.090-05:00Cleve. EventsRoadtripThe University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture has posted their Spring 2010 Lecture/Symposium Series and has quite a few decent events and speakers coming up, enough to warrant yet another trip to Ann Arbor. I haven't found the lecture series poster yet (which for some reason is a big part of the lecture series to me, perhaps I just like marketing, etc.) but as soon as I do find it Ihttp://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/roadtrip-12-univ-of-michigan-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-4867898611364104927Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:48:00 +00002010-01-13T17:36:37.487-05:00 Massive Quake Causes Widespread Destruction On January 12th around 4.50pm local time a powerful 7.0 earthquake hit the impoverished nation of Haiti.This was followed more than 30 strong aftershocks. There has been widespread major damage and a loss of life estimated to be in the tens of thousands.We had been set to send a design team to Haiti this month to partner with local NGO Yelehttp://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/architecture-for-humanity-responds-so.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-3145566238450194966Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:08:00 +00002010-01-13T06:08:00.443-05:00Cleve. EventsRoadtripThe Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture has posted their Spring 2010 Lecture Series. More Roadtrip fun for those with the gas money!Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture Lecture Series, Spring 2010:All lectures take place at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh and are free and open to the public. The Spring 2010 lecture series is cosponsored by the Heinz http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/roadtrip-11-carnegie-mellon-spring-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-6553179716651125139Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:42:00 +00002010-01-12T05:42:00.306-05:00Design RantsWhile perusing one of the online blogs I frequent daily (A daily dose of architecture) I realized that as the author (John Hill) is currently putting together a book on new architecture in New York he had stumbled across an occurrence that made me pause for a variety of reasons. While compiling a list of projects Mr. Hill had asked for his reader's to help out and suggest a few projects. The http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/celebrating-what-we-do-it-shouldnt-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-5086472621490799463Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:32:00 +00002010-01-11T05:32:00.538-05:00Cleve. EventsRoadtripOhio State University's Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture has posted their Winter/Spring 2010 Lecture series. What better way to spend a dark evening then inside some lecture hall learning about ideas and what not? Seriously, going to lectures has to be infinitely more interesting than catching up on repeats of Cougar Town.KSA Lecture Series: Winter + Spring 2010EconomyAll lectures are http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/roadtrip-10-ohio-state-university.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2791291769183634184Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:22:00 +00002010-01-06T15:49:26.565-05:00Alt. TransportationDesign RantsToday's e-newsletter from the GCRTA asks me to click a link so that I can inform my legislative representatives that I think more money should be supporting public transportation. Which I do. I believe that wholeheartedly. I believe it with a deep seated burning passion that easy and logical public transit is paramount to livable communities. When I say "livable communities" I don't just meanhttp://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/saving-ohios-public-transit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-1079422338622241059Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:47:00 +00002010-01-05T05:47:00.144-05:00Design RantsFirst off I appreciate the comments. I wish I got less comments from the guy named Anonymous but I can't pick and choose who comments here. Actually I can, I have that control.I am posting this as a full post because I didn't type anything up tonight and part of my new resolutions is to write more on this thing again and also because my response was so long that by the end putting it in the http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/cma-expansion-clarified.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2189270903110407709Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:53:00 +00002010-01-11T13:53:56.102-05:00Cleve. EventsSo this is the third year I have tried to complete some sort of milestone to track the potential progress the city has to offer. In doing so I checked back with my 2008 Year in Review looking for some sort of benchmark to hit. My, the bar was set so low.The economy may have stifled the Flats East Banks project but the city has stepped in offering money for a truncated phased development in http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2010/01/2009-toistudio-year-in-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-1921087526436532211Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:59:00 +00002009-12-24T15:11:55.139-05:00Cleve. EventsDesign RantsJust a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season.Cleveland itself has really begun to push towards some new sensibility with its self image. Projects such as the Euclid Corridor are starting to show their strengths as other projects such as the Lakefront Development Plan, East Banks Project and the Medical Mart struggle to gain traction but are still slowly pushing forward. Investment http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2009/12/happy-holidays-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26536759.post-2379757969761018218Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:24:00 +00002009-12-24T15:11:15.911-05:00Cleve. EventsA 42 page post summit report has been made available online for your viewing pleasure if you happened to have missed the 3 day summit in person. You can catch up on the major occurences and discern synapses of major events.Summit Report pdfThe Website where you can hopefully figure out how to keep in touch with updates and happenings.I am hoping that some things are happening/in process due to http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2009/12/post-sustainable-cleveland-2019-summit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dru McKeown)0