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CJ Hendry transforms a defunct East London church into a giant ‘snow globe’

The Spaces

After initially exploring venue options stateside, Hendry was tipped off about the Bethnal Green church by a friend from her architecture school days. The works have changed a lot and the petals falling from the ceiling inform that sense of decay and death’ Photography: CJ Hendry.

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A Love Letter to "Home: A Short History of an Idea," the Book That Defined My Idea of Comfort

Dwell

The 1986 bestseller by architect Witold Rybczynski informed my steadfast belief that beauty actually isn’t what matters most when it comes to aesthetics. In fact, many of the things Rybczynski learned in architecture school and beyond seemed to directly contradict the concept.

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Architecture School in a Box

30X40 Design Workshop

Before I enrolled in architecture school in the late summer of 1991 (has it been 32 years?), As architecture schools greet new students this fall, I thought it would be fun to revisit that list of “must-haves” after having practiced architecture for 30 years. You'll use a lot of this in architecture school.

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Architecture in the Real World … sorta

Life of an Architect

One of the things having a web site like mine affords you is a peek behind the curtain – curtains in just about every nook and cranny of the planet. One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world.

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Dear Future Architects – You need to Hear This

Life of an Architect

Simply based on my inbox, there is a new batch of bright and shiny new future architects about to graduate and they are on the hunt for their future … hopefully in an office like mine. Architects – Getting Your First Job Getting your first job in an architecture school is more about who you are than what you can do.

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No challenge too small or too great

Architects Tales

Backing up a bit, when I graduated from architecture school, I returned to Wisconsin to look for a job with an architectural firm to continue my apprenticeship. Then, I received a call from a former classmate, John McKeen, who informed me there was a job for two weeks. Jonathan was Henry’s brainchild.

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Architectural Studio - 4 Questions | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The actual building type you work on is irrelevant while in school – you go to college to learn how to learn , this time is about learning how to think, process information and solve problems. Here are a few tips that can help make your experience in architecture studio that much better and more rewarding.