Can a building change lives? Smartly-designed new show "Architecture School" says yes

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Published 8/18/2008 by Joel Brown at TV with MeeVee
... about a sweater: "On weekends, Pete is apparently Rod Laver." Nice. "The Office" news: Someone on the Dunder Mifflin payroll has been busted for E and meth. Is there any greater waste of bandwidth than the "Big Brother" live feeds? The NYT likes Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show." I never got around to writing about "Architecture School" before its debut this weekend. Aaron did. No good news in the writers contract mess. But at least there's ...

'Project Driveway'? 'Architecture School' offers a compelling look at rebuilding New Orleans
Published 8/19/2008 by Tempo at The Watcher
... $18.23 in her savings account. The students’ aspirations are commendable, but good intentions alone rarely make for compelling TV. Design ambitions, economic realities, race, class and the perils of home construction collide in “Architecture School.” It’s that stew—or gumbo, if you will—of unresolved tensions that helps make it a worthwhile show and an absorbing slice of reality. For more on "Architecture School," check out critic Aaron Barnhart's engaging feature on the show.  ...

Let's Go To "Architecture School"
Published 8/20/2008 by Joel Brown at TV with MeeVee
We don't do much with documentaries around here, but tonight the Sundance Channel debuts "Architecture School," which looks at a Tulane University class assigned to design houses for a portion of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina. You can read the New York Times review here; Barnhart also weighed in here. I thought I'd bring you a chunk of the press tour interview with the people who made the show... Question: Was there any impact at all in the decision-making about the design of this house based on the fact that the two ...