Mark Alan Hewitt

Architect, preservationist, author, musician, Quaker, parent, widower.

[Mark Alan Hewitt @hewittarch]

I have not been on this platform for months and will likely quit it soon, but my two posts are necessary today.

[Mark Alan Hewitt @hewittarch]

At Carter's memorial service. The fact that a president with no integrity, moral fiber, character or value to society was sitting only steps away from Biden is an irony that will draw the scrutiny of historians for decades.

[Mark Alan Hewitt @hewittarch]

Anyone who missed today's memorial service for President Jimmy Carter should see it on YouTube or another platform. It was one of the most important historical events of this century. Joe Biden's eulogy about character compares with the finest orations of any president.

[Mark Alan Hewitt @hewittarch]

Can skyscrapers be turned into "gravity batteries?" This is crucial to an argument against high tech green buildings. SOM is just like Exxon, a behemoth that just keeps doing the wrong thing. https://t.co/tyrO90US6I

[Mark Alan Hewitt @hewittarch]

Storybook urbanism is really just urbanism.

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Reminder: Places like these are illegal to build across North America.

Legalize storybook urbanism!

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@VitruviusGrind Lack of humility is a small part of a gigantic crisis in our profession. And the developers in a late capitalist economic system share much of the blame. I t is the stranglehold of starchitects and their enablers all through the schools that allows these horrors to persist.

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I just lectured at a fabulous conference on hand drawing last Saturday at Carnegie Mellon. Look for it online soon.

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@TedGrunewald Wonderful. Even the drawing sings.

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@JonHaidt @glukianoff You are and were both correct and prescient. Stay the course.

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@BlairKamin This is an all too common response to auto traffic. Newark’s monorail solved it masterfully and I prefer it to most US airports. But you can’t beat Helmut Jahn’s terminals. They should be landmarked.

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@brianonhere @VitruviusGrind A Pattern Language is the best and best selling book on design of its time. Your mind is stuck in D&D land.

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@VitruviusGrind This is a revelatory conversation. Thanks for posting.

[Mark Alan Hewitt @hewittarch]

@architext14 One of the greatest of all time. A giant.

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@LangeAlexandra I was there and you are correct. It was a blast. Too bad we got to this point.

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@VitruviusGrind Nikos will argue with you as he is carrying the torch for Christopher Alexander and has written more than Ken Frampton. He also uses real mathematics and neuroscience not the drivel spouted by Mark Wigley and K. Michael Hays.

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@24_architect @jimventuri @JSTOR_Daily Denise is one of the best teachers of her generation as well. A genius.

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@Culture_Crit Indeed they are as we see here!

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@aaron_lubeck Fantastic

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@24_architect Really scary. Are you in your apartment looking at that? Stay safe.