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18 Best Books for Architects (Professional and Architecture Students)

Archute

The post 18 Best Books for Architects (Professional and Architecture Students) appeared first on Archute. Another point of view opens your eyes to a different perspective of the same gaze. Reading is one way of meeting other architects who came before me, and each time has been life-changing.

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"My Photographs Are a Celebration of the Making of Things": In Conversation with Christopher Payne

ArchDaily

As an architecture student at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s, Payne had the good fortune to find a summer job with an agency inside the National Park Service called the Historic American Buildings Survey. They sent teams of architecture students, historians, and photographers to document all kinds of projects,” he says.

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11 Frank Lloyd Wright Books | Inspiration for Architects

Architecture Lab

If you are an architecture student, then chances are that you have already heard of Frank Lloyd Wright and his commendable work. He had worked with complex structures, and there are a great many books written […].

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Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

I've decided to bring back "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.

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Frances Anderton says LA must end the stigma of apartment dwelling to survive

Archinect

Anderton’s book provides further powerful evidence that density is not something to be scared of, but is fertile ground for architectural invention, creating more neighbourly, walkable communities, and ultimately making Los Angeles a more livable city for all.

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Illuminating Times? with Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Archinect

Claes Oldenburg had a special place in my formative years as an architecture student. In the end, he gifted each one of us a book about his large-scale projects and sent us to the steel shop where they were fabricating the Las Vegas "Flashlight." He was particularly influential on urban design, siting projects, and pop art.

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2022 Reverse Crit

SW Oregon Architect

This past Thursday evening, representatives from three AIA Oregon firms presented projects currently in design for scrutiny by University of Oregon architecture students in the 2022 Reverse Crit. All three projects stressed the realities of the real-world design process and the dynamics associated with getting the job done.

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