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Moholy-Nagy: Hitler’s Revenge

Architecture Here and There

Moholy-Nagy cited its “lack of relationship to its environment,” which she saw as a key demerit in the modern architecture that sprang from the Bauhaus. In short, they reorganized the field of architecture along the lines of a cult – or to be more dramatic, along the lines of the totalitarian regime that they fled.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

fine tuning that design, creating construction drawings, specifications, details, getting cost estimates, solving code issues, obtaining building permits, supporting the contractor with information during construction, responding to unforeseeable conditions, working with and coordinating furniture, IT, and moving consultants. .

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Decoupling revenue from time [9]

A Better Built Environment

From my frustrations with auto-centric city design, to design work that I find inspirational, or people who are doing great things, my goal is to share observations on the built environment, the practice of architecture, and ways design impacts how we live. If you are considering building a custom home, this is a good place to start.

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The Architect's Questionnaire: Doug Minarik

Portland Architecture

DOUG MINARIK: Touring hill towns in Greece was where I realized architecture was the right career choice, something clicked, architecture was much more than drafting plans for a house. That Greek trip was during my 4th year of architecture school. I started in engineering but transferred to architecture after a semester.

Architect 147
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Competitions: International Design Competition of Rural Revitalization and Regeneration (R3)

Bustler

The R3 Design Competition is conceived to develop a design strategy guided by "critical regionalism" or "contextualism," intending to propose projects and designs closely related to local culture, architectural language, environment, and economy. There are no limitations on the design process or construction techniques.

Design 52
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EPAC Experimental Puppetry Arts Centre Bulgaria

e-architect

The task clearly requires “preservation of the existing permanent tree vegetation to an optimal extent” The project does not preserve a single tree from the total of 14 existing trees within the permitted development. It could be found by comparing the detailed survey of the existing trees provided in the assignment.

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St Christina’s Primary School, St John’s Wood, London

e-architect

A dense plane tree screen to the rear of the site and the use of timber in the existing school informed the design as we sought to bring the idea of trees into the scheme with similar use of timber, manifested as slatted timber ceilings, deep timber cills, timber wainscot panelling and timber framed pinboards.