Ivanka Trump
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first heard Jul 2024
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I think so. I think if you have a vivid imagination, if you sit with it, and then if you also go beyond the rendering, right? You have to live with the materials. So you don't build a 92-story building, glass curtain wall, and not...
examine the actual curtain wall before purchasing it so you have to spend a lot of time with the actual materials not just the beautiful sort of artistic renderings which can be incredibly misleading and the goal is actually that the end result is much, much more compelling than what the architect or artist rendered. But oftentimes that's very much not the case.
You know, sometimes also you mentioned context. You know, sometimes I'll see renderings of buildings. I'm like, wait, what about the building right to the left of it that's blocking 80% of its views? You know, architects, they'll remove things that are inconvenient. So you have to You have to be rooted in reality. In reality, exactly.
I'm living in Miami currently, so I see a lot of super uninspired glass boxes on the waterfront. But I think exceptional things shouldn't be the norm. You know, they're typically rare. And I think in modern architecture, you find... an abundance of amazing examples of super compelling and innovative building designs. I mean, I mentioned the Burj Khalifa. It is awe-inspiring.
This is an unbelievably striking example of modern architecture. You look at some older examples, the Sydney Opera House. So I think there's unbelievable... There you go. I mean, it's like a needle in the sky.
It's huge. And in the context of a city where there's a lot of height. So it's unbelievable. But I think one of the things that's probably exciting me the most about architecture right now is the innovation that's happening within it. You know, there's example of robotic fabrication, there's 3D printing.
Your friend and who you introduced me to not too long ago, Neri Oxman, what she's doing at the intersection of biology and technology. And thinking about how to create more sustainable development practices. Quite literally trying to create materials that will biodegrade back into the earth. I think there's something really cool happening now with the rediscovery of ancient building techniques.
So you have self-healing concrete that was used by the Romans. An art and a practice of using volcanic ash and lime... That's now being rediscovered and is more critical than ever as we think about how much of our infrastructure relies on concrete and how much of that is failing on the most basic level. So I think actually it's a really, really exciting time for innovation in architecture.
And I think there are some incredible examples of that. modern design that are really exciting. But generally, I think Roosevelt said that comparison is the thief of joy. So it's hard. You know, you look at the Tribune building, you look at some of these iconic structures. One of the buildings I'm most proud to have worked on was the historic old post office building in Washington, D.C.
You look at a building like that and it feels like it has no equal. Yeah.
Always. It's like the history of time.
I'm most emotionally drawn, obviously, to the beauty, but... I think as somebody who's built things, I really believe that the form has to follow the function. Like there's nothing uglier than a space that is ill-conceived that, you know, otherwise it's decoration. And I think that after sort of that initial reaction to seeing something that's
Aesthetically really pleasing to me when I look at a building or a project. I love sort of thinking about how it's being used. So having been able to build so many things in my career and worked on so many incredible projects, I mean, it's really, really rewarding after the fact to have somebody come up to you and tell you that they got engaged in something.
lobby of your building or they got married in the ballroom and share with you some of those experiences. So to me, that's equally as beautiful, the use cases for these unbelievable projects. But I think it's all of it. I love
I love that you've got the construction and you've got the design and you've got then the interior design and you've got the financing elements, the marketing elements, and it's all wrapped up in this one effort. So to me, it's exciting to sort of flex in all those different ways.
Yeah. I wouldn't say it's like the most practical design, but look how beautiful that is.
See, it's interesting that they call it Devil's Bridge because to me, this is very ethereal. You know, I think about the ring, the circle, life.
Unless that function's really flawed.
And the connectivity as well.
Yeah. I remember when I was first learning about bridges, studying the cable stay versus the suspension bridge. I mean, you actually built many replicas, so I'm sure you'll have a point of view on this. But they really are... So beautiful.
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