Boyce Thompson
Writer at Freelance
Author of Designing for Disaster, Anatomy of a Great Home, The New New Home
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1 month ago |
commonedge.org | Boyce Thompson
Casco Viejo, Panama City’s elegantly restored Old Town, needs to be viewed on foot. On most days, walking is the only way to navigate it. Impossibly narrow streets—designed for horses, not cars—choke traffic. Cabbies deliver tourists to renovated five-star hotels, then wait in near-standstill traffic to return to arterial roads. Pedestrians jostle for precious sidewalk space, playing an unspoken game of chicken; someone must enter the street to pass.
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Aug 28, 2024 |
archdaily.cn | Boyce Thompson
国家公共广播电台的官员们曾经认为他们有一个周密的计划。十多年前，他们开始在华盛顿特区的 NoMa 社区创建新的办公室，将800名员工集中在三栋大楼里。2013年，耗资2.01亿美元的项目完工，包括一座改造的旧仓库和一座新建的七层大楼，特色是高耸的天花板、24小时健身中心、配备驻场厨师的高级咖啡厅，以及数十个自行车架以鼓励骑行。但现在只有一个问题：几乎没有人在那里工作了。 在6月举行的美国建筑师协会年会参观活动中，占据整层楼的密集排列的隔间中，至少有四分之三是令人悚然的空置空间，这并不是因为记者们在外出采访，而是，由于居家办公政策，几乎没有作家和编辑利用大楼价值4400万美元的顶级音频和多媒体设备、14个录音室和6个录音间。 部分由纳税人资金支持建造的国家公共广播电台（NPR）大楼，如今空荡荡的，而最糟糕的情况是，NPR 一直在新闻运营中大量使用临时工，去年又裁减了100名有固定工资的员工，来弥补3000万美元的预算赤字。甚至在疫情之前，许多 NPR 的作者和编辑就已经在家工作并且使用手机录音通话，用便宜的个人电脑制作视频并编辑音频和视频。...
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Aug 9, 2024 |
designshop.aia.org | Boyce Thompson
A look at the environmental benefits and innovative uses of mass timber through 16 commercial projects in the U.S., Europe, and AustraliaThrough architectural photography, technical diagrams, and expert prose, this book explores the environmental benefits as well as stylish and innovative uses of mass timber in commercial buildings.
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Aug 9, 2024 |
archdaily.com | Boyce Thompson
National Public Radio officials thought they had a solid plan. Over a decade ago, they began to create new offices in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to consolidate 800 employees in three buildings. The $201 million adaptive reuse of an old warehouse plus a new seven-story tower opened in 2013 with soaring ceilings, a 24-hour wellness center, a gourmet café staffed by a resident chef, and dozens of bike racks to encourage cycling. There’s only one problem: hardly anyone works there now.
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Aug 5, 2024 |
commonedge.org | Boyce Thompson
National Public Radio officials thought they had a solid plan. Over a decade ago, they began to create new offices in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to consolidate 800 employees in three buildings. The $201 million adaptive reuse of an old warehouse plus a new seven-story tower opened in 2013 with soaring ceilings, a 24-hour wellness center, a gourmet café staffed by a resident chef, and dozens of bike racks to encourage cycling. There’s only one problem: hardly anyone works there now.
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https://t.co/dYM9pKLmso. A great review of my forthcoming book, Innovations in Mass Timber.
All over the Local Authors shelf at the Bethesda library. https://t.co/sHpKCiEsmx
New album out. Visit https://t.co/KfMk5sTMKR to listen and link to streaming services. Worked with some of DC’s finest jazz musicians. https://t.co/wemeYK4H3T