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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part 1: The Necessity of Cultural Change

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Defining Culture Culture is a relatively ambiguous word and means a lot of different things to individuals, but it is often one of the top reasons firm leaders give when they talk about the need for their people to return to their office. However, the culture within a firm or school does not manifest only when people gather together.

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A Culture of Models

Life of an Architect

Over the course of a few weeks, we had one of our summer interns (Anna Halepaska – a 3rd-year architecture student at Auburn University) built this model from the construction drawings that had been prepared for this project.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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One could spend hours thumbing through the renderings of United Design Architects , or UDA, the Tehran and Portland based architecture firm co-founded by Iranian architect Raha Ashrafi. Left: Hobhouse, London, United Kingdom, 2020 A+Awards Jury Winner in the Architecture +Brick category; Right: Cécile Brisac via Architonic.