03.21.09

Stars and heroes

Posted in architecture, cabinetry at 4:14 pm by Administrator

Architect magazine ran an editorial about Star and Hero roles in architecture. David Hovey is a great example of an architect who is making a develop/design/build business model work. Finding and developing business models that work is the work of a hero, with some qualification. Microsoft brought the software world together on one page (one window), it provided leadership when we needed it, but the debate will go on about the trouble that too much power can cause. I suppose that there is a mix of star and hero in all of us. When we remember people or organizations they created we may as Ned Cramer, of ARCHITECT states in his editorial “remember them well, for prioritizing sustainability and the social good over self-aggrandizement and the big commission.”
We need heroes! However, by that definition heroes avoid aggrandizement and we need Stars that can bring issues to mainstream. Hero’s rarely make good publicists, and yet we need to be inspired by them.

Architectural Design and Cabinets star of the week is “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens. She bought a 2.75 million-dollar home in CA, “featuring a chef’s gourmet kitchen with Wood-Mode furniture quality cabinets”.

Wood-Mode began building cabinets in 1942. They represent a family business model that has heroic traits. With the economic downturn we have had fewer opportunities to provide our heroic cabinets, however they are still fantastic. We need Stars and Heroes.

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