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Challenging Our Biases

SW Oregon Architect

I also use Twitter to broaden the reach of this blog, as many of my updates announce and link the latest SW Oregon Architect posts. Nina included a link in her tweets to a blog post by Sean Joyner about the student-run organization ASTERISK at Woodbury University. They make Twitter endlessly fun and interesting.

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The 50 most powerful women in architecture and design

Deezen

The following year, Grafton Architects won the 2021 RIBA Sterling Prize for Kingston University London – Town House. Her Stone Garden apartment block in Beirut was named architecture project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2021. The studio was named architecture studio of the year at Dezeen Awards 2021.

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Favorite Books of 2022

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

For this last post of 2022 I looked back at the dozens of books I reviewed or featured as "Book Briefs" on this blog, and the ones I reviewed on World-Architects. Nash, with photographs by Bruce Katz (Princeton Architectural Press, 2023) Urban Design in the 20th Century - A History by Tom Avermaete and Janina Gosseye (gta Verlag, 2021).

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What might happen in 2024

Brandon Donnelly

But in slower markets, the door is open and history has taught us that it can be the foundation in which great fortunes are made. Since 2021, I have used my hyper scientific Jimmy the Greek Reopening Index to keep tabs on office utilization and the overall return to office. This second approach is harder to achieve in bull markets.

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Book Briefs #44

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Here is the next 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. Accumulation: The Art, Architecture, and Media of Climate Change edited by Nick Axel, Nikolaus Hirsch, Daniel A.

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Book Briefs #49

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The most recent numbered 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, was #48, back in December. The last shows how ideas around concrete are as important as the physical material itself.

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Learn How Much is a Cord of Wood? (Cost, Volume, & More)

Architecture Ideas

Today in this blog, we will tell you everything about how to buy wood in cords and how much a cord of wood costs. This happens because wood is generally cut in various lengths, and due to this and uneven stacking, there is a lot of air space remaining in a pile foundation. Is it necessary? x Height = 4 ft. x Depth= 4 ft.

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