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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part II: Historical Background, Today’s Context and Future Steps

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Studio Culture in Architecture Schools In their design for the Abedian School of Architecture in QLD, Australia, Crab Studio sought to rethink the traditional bounds of architecture’s pedagogical spaces. Part III looks at how to intentionally create a values-based teaching and learning culture.

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Richard Rogers Architect, London Architecture

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I only met him once, at the Architecture Foundation in London with my boss Eva Jiricna (ex-Richard Rogers), but his influence was already pervasive on my thinking before starting at architecture school in 1989. ” More architectural projects online soon. Pritzker Prize Architects – winner in 2007.

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Architizer Holiday Gift Guide 2022

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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School. An oldie but a goodie —Matthew Frederick had what has now become the architecture student’s bible published back in 2007, yet surprisingly, it is still as relevant today as it was then. By Matthew Frederick.

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Rule of Halves

Architects Tales

For aspiring architects, the rule is first encountered as students when they enter architectural school and are told that one half of the students in their class will drop out either in the first year or no later than before graduation. As Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, says in his book, ARCHITECT? According to the U.S.

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The Architect Barbie Conundrum

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Mashawnta Armstrong, who has an M.Arch from the University of Michigan and who designed a one-off architect-themed Barbie for a 2007 exhibition curated by Stratigakos, notes, "Throughout my days in architecture school I feared being judged for the fact that I like to dress well and paint my nails.

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25 Best Architecture Firms in Montréal

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Today, Montréal is a cultural medley of architectural works. Home to McGill University, one of the most prestigious architecture schools in the country, the city constantly produces new pieces of architecture that do not fit under any specific trend or movement but rather steadily push the boundaries of contemporary architecture.

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Turn Up the Music in Studio

Life of an Architect

Mazzy Star, with haunting lead vocals from Hope Sandoval, came into modest success in the very late 1980’s – the perfect time for me as this was the height of my “working up at studio 10-hours a day” period of architecture school.