R. John Anderson - The Dark Art of Developing Small Projects 10/18/11 from UM School of Architecture on Vimeo.

John Anderson of Anderson Kim has a fantastic presentation on what he terms the 'dark arts' of development. In fact what he is really providing is a detailed introduction to development. He offers his opinion from a unique perspective because his practice is "design and develop" as opposed to the normative "design and build". This presentation offers great insight for architects since it reveals what motivates their clients (who are primarily developers). Yet it also proposes a different model for the practice of architecture, a model that I hope will become increasingly common.