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State(S) of Practice professional practice issue 08.1 architecture california the journal of the american institute of architects california council 08.1 Serial Departure professional practice issue Urbana 90s Generation 90s GENERATION California: State(s) of Practice Licensure and Time Stretching the M. Arch. Blog is in the Details Technology and the Culture of the Profession arc Off the Grid Competition CA Multiple Generations arcCA professional practice issue 08.1 ‘90s Generation Content Cabinet for Sleeping Standing Up 15 ➔ Annie Chu, AIA California: State(s) of Practice 19 ➔ Peter Zellner Two Generations: a Conversation 23 ➔ David Erdman and Thom Mayne, FAIA The 1990s: a Theoretical Post Mortem 27 ➔ Patricia Morton and Paulette Singley Five Schools, Eight Voices, Two Surveys 30 Stretching the M. Arch.: 33 ➔ Christopher Sensenig Dual Degree Students at Cal Technology and the Culture of the Profession 37 ➔ Edward Mojica, AIA Licensure and Time 41 ➔ Casius Pealer Multiple Generations: 45 ➔ David Roccosalva, Assoc. AIA an Interview with Sean Fine Blog is in the Details: 49 ➔ Jimmy Stamp Spread the Good Word A Conversation with Shigeru Ban, Hon. FAIA 53 ➔ Michael Franklin Ross, FAIA Off Grid Ideas Competition 56 Under the Radar: Rob Ley 64 ➔ Stephen Slaughter, AIA 05 Comment 07 Contributors 09 Correspondence 67 ... and Counting 68 Coda 3 Cover photo: Mina Javid and Stella Lee Comment arcCA 08.1 arcCA, the journal of the American arcCA is published quarterly and distributed to AIACC members as part Editor Tim Culvahouse, FAIA of their membership dues. In addition, single copies and subscriptions Managing Editor Laura Schatzkin are available at the following rates: Institute of Architects California Culvahouse Consulting Single copies: $6 AIA members; $9 non-members. Group, Inc. Subscriptions (four issues per year): $24 AIA members; Celebrating Whit Cox Council, is dedicated to exploring $15 students; $34 non-members, U.S.; $38 Canada; $42 foreign. Editorial Board Paul Halajian, AIA, Chair ideas, issues, and projects relevant John Leighton Chase, AIA Subscriptions: arcCA, c/o AIACC, 1303 J Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, Those of you who knew Whitson W. Cox, FAIA, may have noticed that, in the soft-cover edition of Celebrating a Peter Dodge, FAIA CA 95814, www.aiacc.org Century of California Architecture, mailed with the third quarter 2007 issue of arcCA, the photo accompanying Annie Chu, AIA Advertising: 877.887.7175. his biography as California’s thirteenth State Architect was not of Cox, but of an earlier State Architect, William D. to the practice of architecture in Wendy Kohn Eric Naslund, FAIA Inquiries and submissions: Tim Culvahouse, Editor: [email protected]; Coates, Jr. California. arcCA focuses quarterly Stephen Slaughter, AIA c/o AIACC, 1303 J Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916.448.9082; Kelly Walker fax 916.442.5346. Bob Aufuldish, Aufuldish & Warinner: [email protected]. If I (as editor) and the others involved in putting together this history of the Division of the State Architect had editions on professional practice, Nicholas D. Docous, AIA Copyright and reprinting: © 2008 by AIACC. All rights reserved. Repro- planned the most awkward error we could possibly make, this would probably have been it. For, as many of you duction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Permission Design Bob Aufuldish also know, Cox passed away during the preparation of the book. I would like to take this opportunity both to is granted through the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 222 Rosewood the architect in the community, Aufuldish & Warinner apologize for the mistake and to say a little more about Whit Cox, a beloved figure whose career as an architect in Drive, Danvers, MA 01923. arcCA is a trademark of AIACC. Ragina Johnson private practice was interwoven with the State Architect’s office. It is an interesting history. the AIACC Design Awards, and arcCA (ISSN 0738-1132) is published by The McGraw-Hill Companies on Production Manager Jeffrey Kruger behalf of The American Institute of Architects, California Council. McGraw- In 1954, at age thirty-three, Cox was invited to become the partner of George C. Sellon, who had served, from 1907 works/sectors. Production Lorraine Sacca Hill and AIACC are not responsible for statements or opinions expressed in arcCA, nor do such state ments or opinions necessarily express the until 1909, as California’s first State Architect. Sellon, who was then seventy-three years old, died the following Publisher Kathy Varney views of AIACC or its committees. Contributors are responsible for credits year. Shortly thereafter, Cox partnered with James R. Liske to form Cox & Liske, noted for their design of the sec- California Regional Publisher and copyright permissions. Third class postage paid at Lebanon Junction, ond Sacramento Bee Building. In 1967, George Lionakis and Klyne G. Beaumont joined the firm as partners. Among McGraw-Hill Construction Kentucky. Printed by Publishers Press. the noteworthy projects from that period are the Sacramento County Administration Building, Sacramento’s Pacific AIACC Lori Reed Gas and Electric Company Building, the Safety Center of California, and the CSU Chico Student Health Center. The Director of Marketing and firm continues today as Lionakis Beaumont Design Group, currently celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its Communications founding by Sellon. AIACC 2008 Board of Directors AIA Inland California AIA San Diego The American Institute AIA Regional Directors Pasqual V. Gutierrez, AIA Michele McLain, AIA Cox left the firm in 1979 to form an independent practice. He served as State Architect from 1983 to 1986, notably of Architects, California Council Stephan Castellanos, FAIA Gary L. McGavin, AIA R. Kirk O’Brien, AIA establishing the practice of including public art in the proposal and planning phase of public building review. 1303 J Street, Suite 200 Anne Laird-Blanton, AIA AIA Long Beach Paul E. Schroeder, AIA An accomplished abstract watercolorist, his paintings are included in many distinguished collections, including Sacramento, CA 95814 R. Kent Mather, AIA Peter K. Phinney, AIA Jeanne M. Zagrodnik, AIA 916.448.9082 p 916.442.5346 f Pamela M. Touschner, FAIA AIA Los Angeles AIA San Fernando Valley Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum. www.aiacc.org Associate Director North Hsin-Ming Fung, AIA Miguel C. Renteria, AIA Gray Dougherty, Associate AIA, John E. Kaliski, AIA AIA San Francisco Paul Welch, Hon. AIA, Executive Director of the AIA California Council, recalls that, 2008 Executive Committee AIA East Bay David D. Montalba, AIA Michael D. Chambers, FAIA AIACC President Associate Director South Katherine J. Spitz, AIA Karin L. Payson, AIA Whit was a close friend and colleague of mine for more than thirty years. Known for his tireless advocacy Jeffrey T. Gill, AIA Leonard Yui, Associate AIA, AIA Martha L. Welborne, FAIA Zigmund Rubel, AIA on behalf of the value of design, elevating communities, and the human spirit, Whit’s devotion to family, AIACC FVP/President-Elect Redwood Empire L. Paul Zajfen, FAIA, RIBA Brian R. Shiles, AIA his love of the profession, and his commitment to his community are legendary. Whit’s life epitomizes the John P. Grounds, AIA Student Director AIA Monterey Bay Alexander J. C. Tsai, Assoc. AIA AIACC Secretary Jairo Alberto Garcia-Guadian, Daniel Fletcher, AIA David P. Wessel, Assoc. AIA highest standards of the profession and is an extraordinary example of how one individual can make a dif- James T. Wirick, AIA AIAS East Bay AIA Orange County AIA San Joaquin ference. We deeply miss his infectious smile and his enthusiasm for life. AIACC VP of Comm./Public Affairs AIA Central Coast Jason Briscoe, AIA Arthur T. Dyson, AIA Nicholas D. Docous, AIA Lauren L. Luker, AIA, LEED AP Brian J. Pratt, AIA AIA San Mateo A Note on Overabundance AIACC VP of Regulation & AIA Central Valley John J. Schroder, AIA Diane Whitaker, AIA Practice Cynthia Easton, AIA AIA Pasadena AIA Sierra Valley For this rather unusual issue of arcCA, focusing not on a topic in the usual sense, but on a generation—those Scott F. Gaudineer, AIA Michael F. Malinowski, AIA J. Guadalupe Flores, AIA Robert T. DeGrasse, AIA architects who graduated during the 1990s—we have gathered a rich excess of material. Three of the articles AIACC VP of Legislative Affairs Matthew Shigihara, AIA Mark S. Gangi, AIA AIA Ventura County included here are, consequently, excerpts from longer narratives. The full-length versions of these articles—“Cali- David L. Phillips, AIA AIA California Desert AIA Redwood Empire Howard E. Leach, AIA AIACC CACE Director Lance Christopher O’Donnell, AIA Alima Silverman, AIA fornia: State(s) of Practice,” “Five Schools, Eight Voices, Two Surveys,” and David Erdman’s conversation with Thom AIACC Staff Nicola Solomons, Hon. AIA/CC AIA East Bay AIA Santa Barbara Executive Vice President Mayne, FAIA—can be found in arcCA online at www.aiacc.org/arcCA. AIACC VP of AEP Anko A. Chen, AIA Gregory C. Rech, AIA Paul W. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIA Jason D. Pierce, Assoc. AIA Philip A. Erickson, AIA AIA Santa Clara Valley Director of Marketing Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, editor Executive Vice President AIA Golden Empire Elizabeth A. Gibbons, AIA and Communications Paul A. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIA Bruce M. Biggar, AIA Thomas F. Horan, AIA Lori Reed [email protected] 4 5 Contributors Annie Chu, AIA, is a principal of Patricia A. Morton is Chair and Associate Professor to ride turtles at Turtle Park in St. Louis. He may be Chu+Gooding Architects in Los Angeles, of architectural history at UC Riverside. Her book on reached at [email protected]. focusing on projects for arts-related the 1931 Colonial Exposition in Paris, Hybrid Moderni- and higher education clients. Clients ties, was published in 2000 by MIT Press. Her current Paulette Singley is Program Head include Museum of Contemporary Art, research focuses on “bad taste” in 1960s architecture of Architectural History and Theory in The Hammer Museum, Kentucky Museum of Art+Craft, and its relation to postmodern architecture.
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