As i was applying to the Rome prize i asked a former teacher, turner brooks, who had won it in the 1980's for advice. he chuckled as he recounted how he went to rome to look at baroque to learn how to infuse those crazy forms into vermont wooden structures. then he confessed that for his successful application bid, he had philip johnson, robert venturi, and vincent scully write his recommendations. 2 pritzker prize winners and a legendary architectural historian that had taught the likes of maya lin and norm foster. the only pritzker prize connection i had was glen murcutt who notoriously does not communicate via e-mail and takes 6 months to respond to written letters.
despite the lack of flashy recommenders, i proceeded to apply.... learning 3d rendering programs and analyzing the colosseum to show the kind of research i would do in rome if given the opportunity to speculate on the ruins. i found out today i unfortunately did not make the next round of the application process.
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