"I Love Architecture"

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8055384231/" title="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012 by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8055384231_0b50d34ba1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />On Thursday I attended the <a href="http://construction.com/events/2012/innovation/">2012 Innovation Conference</a>, organized by <i>Architectural Record</i> and held appropriately in the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in Midtown Manhattan. After a string of panels that focused on various strands of innovation—research and development, technological tools, design vanguards, supertall buildings—<a href="http://www.kere-architecture.com/">Francis Kéré</a> gave a keynote that was easily the highlight of the day, only partly because his low-tech means of realizing buildings in his native Burkina Faso and other places was in sharp contrast to the goings-on the rest of the day. Kéré was also very personable, humble, honest, and passionate, as the title of this blog post—the first words of his talk—clearly attests. Visit <i>Architectural Record</i>'s <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/video/">video page</a> to watch his talk in its entirety.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8055383809/" title="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012 by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2012" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8055383809_d91e8e7b47_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

"I Love Architecture"

On Thursday I attended the 2012 Innovation Conference , organized by Architectural Record and held appropriately in the McGraw-Hill Auditor...

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