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Elon Musk is a truly inspirational visionary that has taken on many substantial business challenges and managed to succeed. During the Ted Talk towards the end Elon explains his reasoning and ability to do what others have not done in the same fields. I believe that his reasoning is also applicable to design in Architecture when he says the following: "I do think there is a good framework for thinking is Physics, you know the first principle is reasoning. What I mean by that is that boil things down to there fundamental truths and reason up from there, as opposed to reasoning by analogy. Through most of our life we get through life by reasoning by analogy. Which means kinda copying what other people do by slight innovations... When you want to do something new you have to apply the physics approach. Physics has figured out how to discover new things that are counter intuitive, like quantum mechanics... Also really pay attention to negative feed back, and solicite it p

Description on Youtube: Published on  Mar 20, 2012 Preserving Lautner's Legacy: The Spectrum of Stewardship The Los Angeles Conservancy and the John Lautner Foundation, with the support of the Getty Conservation Institute, hosted this public panel to discuss recent work on restoring the unique iconic residences by legendary modern architect John Lautner. The panel was comprised of architects and residence owners from Los Angeles who discussed their unique views and approaches on sustaining the architect's built legacy. This event which was hosted in conjunction with a year-long program entitled John Lautner Turns 100 which commemorates the centennial of the legendary architect. The Getty Conservation Institute provided support a documentary video on the panel program for viewing by the public. The invited panelists were moderated by Los Angeles Conservancy Executive Director Linda Dishman: Helena Arahuete, Principal, Lautner Associates; architect consultant to the

A Futuristic Modern Architecture Box (dubbed the Sky Tower) nestled in the surreal setting above the clouds in the (futurist post apocalyptic) movie Oblivion  (2013) written and directed by Joseph Kosinski . The home takes some obvious inspiration from the Stahl House aka Case Study # 22 by Architect Pierre Koenig . The home has some obvious improvements with the the extended helipad over the see through acrylic infinity pool. The foundation of the home is on a unbelievably thin single (steel?) column that seems to be unaffected by the wind throughout the movie. The Director Joseph Kosinski conceived of the sky tower design with early 3D modeling renderings that he made. Joseph Kosinski graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Architecture that explains the strong modern design elements in his work. Kosinski admits that his production design team refined his early ideas into finished reality . The set is a crisp clean design and the frameless glass wall