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Book Briefs #42

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Here is the 42nd installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog. As the subtitle indicates, inclusive design is the emphasis.

Glass 101
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Students set out ideas for better urban living in My ArchiSchool's first publication

Deezen

Launching next month during the architecture school's Youth ArchiDesign Exhibition, Shall We? 10 Sustainable Urban Architecture Concepts by My ArchiSchool features the work of ten students. The book contains 80 pages. The book is available to buy from the My ArchiSchool online shop. Partnership content.

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Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign launches "joyful architecture" degree

Deezen

Set to start in autumn 2025, the degree is hoped to foster a generation of architects who will "inspire joyful architecture", in line with the goals of the movement. Loughborough University 's architecture school is the first academic institution to join forces with the initiative. It aims to put Heatherwick's ideas into action.

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Illuminating Times? with Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Archinect

Claes Oldenburg had a special place in my formative years as an architecture student. In the end, he gifted each one of us a book about his large-scale projects and sent us to the steel shop where they were fabricating the Las Vegas "Flashlight." He was particularly influential on urban design, siting projects, and pop art.

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007: A Survivor’s Guide to Architecture School

Life of an Architect

Fall is just around the corner and that means it’s time for students around the country to return to their desk’s at architecture school. While it wasn’t mandatory to do your work up on school property, back in my time, this was true for 99.99% of the people in architecture school.

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2022 Reverse Crit

SW Oregon Architect

This past Thursday evening, representatives from three AIA Oregon firms presented projects currently in design for scrutiny by University of Oregon architecture students in the 2022 Reverse Crit. Undoubtedly, the students may not have felt it was their place to question the judgment of experienced professionals.

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My ArchiSchool launches educational programme for young people

Deezen

Promotion: Hong Kong-based architecture school My ArchiSchool has launched its latest curriculum that aims to transform "major components of architectural design processes" into modules children can understand. From conceptualising key elements to exploring design options, students never cease to amaze us," said the school.

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