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Made by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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Made by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture: An Ethnography of Design by Albena Yaneva 010 Publishers , December 2009 Hardcover | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches | 128 pages | 30 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9789064507144 | €19.95

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7 Best Architecture Firms in The Philippines

Architizer

During the 1920s, architect Juan Nakpil paved the way for environmentally conscious construction techniques. He utilized bamboo as a locally sourced component for his designs instead of relying on imported materials such as stone and brick. TJSO ARCHITECTS Arch. Jordan Ong graduated B.S.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Her publications include the books 49 Cities and Above the Pavement—the Farm! 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. Raha Ashrafi .

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You should say 'Yes' more often | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The thing that made the visit to this building enjoyable was that Jeanne Gang led the tour herself – she even signed my copy of her book at the end of the tour. It was a truly beautiful house but if you are familiar with the Arts and Crafts work of van Doren Shaw’s work, you already know this.

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Letters of an Architect: Lessons from my Best Projects

Community Architect

There was "design assist" for the facades and an envelope consultant who did quality control of our detailing. Ah yes, and all that very contemporary sounding stuff was "fast tracked" in spite of production via the age old techniques of T-squares, ink on vellum and freehand renderings. The design seems to have passed the test of time.

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