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Architecture education has "shifted away" from fire safety, experts say on Grenfell anniversary

Deezen

On the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster , fire safety specialists have attacked UK architecture schools for failing to adequately teach students about the subject. Should we look at the building regulations with respect or as something to be got round? I definitely think it is to do with culture," she said. "I

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"Both sides in the style wars are equally wrong"

Deezen

Last week the century-old squabble between modernism and historicism raised its tired old head once again after a UK government minister backed a report advocating a more "tradition"-friendly new architecture school. and be governed by the answer, whether it requires regulation, restraint, technical change or lifestyle adaptation.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. What I love most about the Architecture industry is that it is sooo vast. The Profession.

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The legacy of deconstructivism "makes me want to retreat to the back of the room" says Bernard Tschumi

Deezen

There is also a very important figure in that group, it's Frank Gehry, who is definitely quite another generation, but who had the circumstances of being in California in a place where it seems never to rain, never to snow, and therefore you can build anything that like spontaneously. At that time, everybody is testing and exploring.

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The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

She told me that she was finishing architecture school to prove a professor wrong that said she shouldn’t do it. I apologize for interrupting, but those are the ones that made it through because there are so many that probably hit that barrier in architecture school and said, I’m not dealing with this.

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What’s in a Name? Intern Architect

Life of an Architect

” If you ask most recent architecture school graduates “just how different is the real world from college? ” If you ask most recent architecture school graduates “just how different is the real world from college?” or are in the process of completing it.

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Financial Investing for Your Future (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

When I was in architecture school, Neil Denari was my inspiration. We’re pretty far behind and I think things, things definitely need to change, the way that we work in the way that we think about our work as well. So yeah, I think definitely pay yourself first. He is a currently a designer at Neil M.