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Amsterdam-based NL Architects is envisioning a chain of striking towers based on the 'positive powers' of amethyst Hotels are shaped like a geode, featuring a facade that has the appearance of crystals in volcanic rock First hotel is planned for Chinas Ocean Flower, a man-made island under development in the sea north of Hainan
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Published: 07:10 EST, 23 January 2015 | Updated: 07:10 EST, 23 January 2015
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Dutch architects have designed a fascinating concept hotel that would be the jewel of any large city.
The proposed Amethyst Hotel is shaped like a geode and features a facade that has the appearance of violet-coloured crystals in volcanic rock.
Amsterdam-based NL Architects is envisioning a chain of striking hotel towers with designs based on the positive powers of amethyst, a variety of quartz used in jewellery.
The proposed Amethyst Hotel is shaped like a geode and features a facade that has the appearance of violet-coloured crystals in volcanic rock
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Summary:In a recent interview, John Zachman said: 'If we as enterprise architects are not doing diagnosis and prescription, then we're the technicians; we're just taking x-rays.'
Enterprise architects should stop operating as if they are x-ray technicians, and more as doctors -- diagnosing and prescribing solutions for enterprise problems, versus building models that only serve as temporal snapshots of the situation. Photo: Joe McKendrick
That's the word from John A. Zachman, creator of the highly regarded Zachman Framework, in a series of interviews posted at the site of iCMG, an EA services firm. In a fascinating and provocative discussion with Sunil Dutt Jha,CEO of iCMG, Zachman compared enterprise architecture to medicine. Too many of today's EAs are not taking on the roles of doctors as they should be, he opined.
"The doctor does the diagnosis, and then the doctor prescribes the solution, the prescription," he said. "Then you apply the prescription, then you see if it fixed the problem or not. So if the doctor is only ordering an x-ray by the x-ray technician, which is basically a model of your body, it doesn't do anything."
The fundamental problem in the enterprise community, Zachman said, is "nobody is doing the diagnosis, they're just taking x-rays. If people think that enterprise architecture is a practice of building models, that's like taking x-rays. What the enterprise architect ought to be doing is reading the models, figuring out what the problem is, then prescribing three, or five, or 20 possible solutions. If we as enterprise architects are not doing diagnosis and prescription, then we're the technicians. We're building models, we're just taking x-rays, we're taking snapshots."
The Zachman Framework lays the foundation for enterprise architecture, providing a series of classifications based on "What, Where, When, Why, Who and How," cross-indexed by organizational perspectives, including "Executive, Business management, Architect, Engineer, Technician, and Enterprise" perspectives. In the interview, Zachman pointed out that the framework is comparable to the periodic table of elements, which are a series of immutable elements (or "primitives") from which an infinite amount of composites can be created.
"There is one periodic table," he said. "There are n different compounds. "I happened to stumble across the periodic table for enterprises."
The laws dictated by the framework for enterprise architecture are the same as for any other form of architecture, Zachman emphasized. "I did not invent this framework," he said. "How, when, who, what and why has been around for 7,000 years. All I did is see the pattern. I put enterprise names on the same artifacts that are relevant for describing any object, whether it's an airplane, a building, a locomotive, or whatever it is."
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When students voted to pay an extra $20 fee to update the K-State Student Union, little was known about the new design. Now, students can see designs and photos of the product their dollars benefit.
Representatives from Workshop Architects, Inc., the company in charge of the renovation, were on campus Thursday to speak to faculty and student leaders about their direction.
In schematic design, its a lot about the big picture, Andrew Peters, designer for Workshop Architects, Inc., said.
Peters, along with Bill Smriga, executive director for the Union, and Jan van den Kieboom, designer for Workshop Architects, Inc., presented the proposed design for the Union. While designs arent finalized (due to budgeting with Turner Construction), Workshop Architects was able to show off the basis of the new plan.
The biggest changes will be seen on the buildings ground and first floors; the first floor will be completely gutted to make way for new spaces. The new design will feature a circular layout to change up what Peters called the current cut-through setup.
It doesnt really allow people a place to kind of linger and socialize, Peters said. Were re-creating the circulation of the building.
The $25 million renovation will also remove several exterior walls to bring more natural light into the currently dark space. With an open concept, added seating areas and a fireplace, Workshop is striving to make the Union into a more homey environment.
Weve been the living room of the campus for almost 60 years and just really emphasizing that we are every students building, that every student has a place will be a really big benefit to our student body. Audrey Taggart-Kagdis
You come into the new building and you see social space, you see relational space. Its the family room of campus, Peters said.
While redevelopment of the food service area caused a few hiccups for designers, van den Kieboom said he was confident that they had moved things around in a way to make Union more accessible, useful and comfortable for students. Tenative designs feature a sports bar with a balcony overlooking Old Stadium, a multitude of restaurants, a coffee shop and an ice cream shop that open out onto Bosco Student Plaza.
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The school board voted 8-0 in favor of hiring the Lancaster-based firm. Board member Ben Rayer was absent.
Speaking after the meeting, Superintendent Nancy Hacker explained that Gilbert Architects had offered to provide its services at a range of between $45,000 and $53,000.
The board vote followed a presentation by Thomas Gilbert, principal of the architectural firm, and Danielle Hoffer, its vice president and educational planner.
Additionally, board member James Taylor remarked that the Erdenheim project had been discussed at a property committee meeting on Dec. 19, at which time three architectural firms were present.
Hacker reported to the board that the committee felt strongly that Gilbert Architects had stepped up to the plate.
She recounted that the district had earlier developed plans for Erdenheim, with considerable community input. However, Hacker added, the project was shelved because of severe water infiltration problems at the school, which the board determined needed to be addressed first. Also, the type of project that had been proposed originally was more than the district needed to invest in, she said.
However, Hacker described the elementary schools current six lunch periods as excessive, and she also said that there were crowded conditions in the cafeteria. Those were the primary needs to be addressed, Hacker added.
In his introductory remarks, Gilbert said he had started his firm in 1988 and that it had worked on school construction projects totaling over $2.1 billion.
Hoffer said Gilbert Architects had worked on 44 projects in 11 school districts in Montgomery County, among them Glenside, Cheltenham and Wyncote elementary schools in Cheltenham Township, as well as projects in the Colonial and Upper Moreland school districts and Upper Dublin High School. Continued...
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Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP announced today that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from the far northwest side of the city of Milwaukee to the Fifth Ward area, located just south of the citys Historic Third Ward and near downtown.
The move will bring more than 60 employees into a neighborhood that has attracted several development and redevelopment projects lately.
We think there is a lot more action talent-wise in the downtown area and theres a lot more activities for our staff, said managing partner David Raysich said. Downtown is where it is happening.
Plunkett Raysich will lease a former warehouse space at 209 S. Water St. in the South Water Works complex. Renovation work on the space began recently and is being done by Berghammer Construction. The space was formerly a loading dock that has been vacant for years, Raysich said. Plunkett Raysich designed the new office space for itself.
The firm will occupy a building owned by LCM Funds LLC (which includes Scott Revolinski, David Winograd and Ramesh Kapur), which owns the entire South Water Works complex of buildings.
Plunkett Raysich plans to move to its new headquarters office on May 26.
The firm is currently located at 11000 W. Park Place on the far northwest side of the city and has been located in the Park Place complex for 22 years. The firm also has offices in Madison and Sarasota, Fla.
Plunkett Raysich is celebrating its 80th year as a Milwaukee business.
The move is a great opportunity to continue our legacy in Milwaukee and to showcase our design services in the vibrant, growing Fifth Ward community, Raysich said.
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