Slog - Comments on Lead Pencil Wins the Rome Prize http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize Betsey over at Hankblog broke the news about Lead Pencil Studio: They're winners of this year's Rome Prize! They'll spend 11 months in Rome starting in September, working on a project centered around X-raying the volumes of architecturally beloved spaces using something called Lidar technology. They explained this to me about a month ago (I was holding onto it until the academy made its announcement), but this morning I called for a review. The technology is "not exactly an X-ray, but works in a similar way," Annie Han, one-half of LPS, said. "It's survey equipment that sits on a... Copyright 2008 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:36:54 -0800 Sat, 05 May 2007 18:46:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Agrippa I think you mean Pantheon, not Parthenon.

]]> Agrippa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c698962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c698962 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:27:54 -0800 Comment by josh isn't the Parthenon in Athens?

either way: awesome news for Lead Pencil Studio! they certainly deserve it.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c698969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c698969 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:32:22 -0800 Comment by darling463 This a really cool post. Jen, you aiiiight- i get all my theons mixed up, some say tomahto some say...

]]> darling463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c698972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c698972 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:33:31 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon i'm mainly jealous, but this does nothing to solve the issue of affordable housing.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c699035 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c699035 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:24:08 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves Ack! Yes, duh, Pantheon.

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c699138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c699138 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:24:05 -0800 Comment by keenan where do you live Max? i talked to three homeless people on the street today. i'll bring em over later, if you're true to your cause.

]]> keenan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c699151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c699151 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:37:27 -0800 Comment by Alex hi max,

i don't think that affordable housing is actually an architectural problem but a political one. it is not really up to architects to solve social ills, that would be assigning them more power than they actually have. your comment is similar to pointing a finger at a still life painter and blaiming him or her for world hunger. cultural workers like architects, artists, or writers may be able to examine and name a problem that might move those who can do something about it to act. really we are trying to make the world a more compelling place to live, whatever that might mean.

]]> Alex http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c708926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/lead_pencil_wins_the_rome_prize#c708926 Arts Sat, 05 May 2007 18:46:52 -0800