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Rule of Halves

Architects Tales

25 for the blog, architects-tales.com, Copyright 2019 by Dale R. 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. ”- Buckminster Fuller.

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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Life, they say, throws you curve balls, and that's just what happened last month, when a family emergency had me put this blog on hiatus. The book is a fitting result of a building, the Petite École , that functions as an architecture school for children.

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The New Design Critics Next Door

Dwell

They take on issues like the exploitation of architecture workers, hypocrisy in academia, and how overconsumption and late-stage capitalism foster bad design. Architecture criticism is totally self-serious," says Kate Wagner, 28, an architecture critic who got her start in 2016 with McMansion Hell, a blog that roasts ugly buildings. "I

Design 109
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Design Voice Podcast with Catherine Meng (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course: Profit for Small Firm Architects today at EntreArchitect.com/FreeCourse. Catherine Meng received her bachelor of architecture degree from Cornell University and joined DLR Group Kwan Hemi in 2016 where she focuses on multifamily and student housing projects.

Design 40
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How to Teach Equity in Architecture?

Community Architect

Introduction to the guest blog When in 1968 the then President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Durham, FAIA, extended an invitation to the executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. She wrote this guest contribution describing her approach to teaching equity in architecture school.