From Tower Fantasies to Writing Realities

Published: March 1, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

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On this week\'s episode of Archinect Sessions we talk with Carlo Aiello, a Mexican-born, LA-based designer and founder of\\xa0eVolo . Most of our readers are familiar with eVolo\'s (very) popular annual skyscraper competition and related series of books. Carlo, the founder of eVolo, is also the designer of the award-winning\\xa0Parabola Chair \\xa0and the designer of the Kickstarter-success\\xa0ESCALA , a 2-in-1 drawing tool combining the scale-ruler with an insertable fountain pen . In our conversation we track his progress from his studies at\\xa0Columbia\'s GSAPP , to working for\\xa0SOM \\xa0and\\xa0Asymptote , to embarking as a self-made entrepreneur with a move west, to LA.\\xa0

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