A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 23, 2023

Oscar-winning" is a common phrase in an obituary or other headline involving an actor, director, or producer who won an Academy Award at one point in their life. Mention of Pritzker, Oscar, Nobel, or other prestigious prizes signals to readers not so well versed in architecture/Hollywood/science/etc.

Foundation 95

Foundation Sustainability Architecture Project 95

Community Architect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But with rare becoming common the damages to the built environment reach new heights every year. When a building floods or is torn apart by a hurricane or consumed by fire, or rendered almost useless by weeks without electric power, it used to be "force major" or "an act of god". Unfortunate but rare.

Design 61

Design Management Events Cities 61

Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

This article aims to highlight some of the world’s most innovative minds, and celebrate their success in an evergreen format that can inspire the AEC community year-round. Women have been the creative force behind dozens of winning projects in recent seasons, from B.L.U.E. Find out more about the jury here. Amale Andraos. Raha Ashrafi .

Architecture 101

Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101

Community Architect

JANUARY 14, 2021

Culturally, newly urban areas often have more in common with persistently rural places than with the biggest cities.(Washington A greater number of people live in small concentrated urban areas (the districts showing up in blue) than in the vast (red) territory in between the coasts and outside the urban centers.

Cities 52

Cities Zoning Innovation Industrial 52

Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

This is an extremely important issue for our field – it forces us to look at how we are nurturing and building the careers of the young people who aspire to become architects, and what their path to success might include. I have read the report myself several times over and the data presented in it is both remarkable and alarming.

Architect 111

Architect Engineering Engineering IT 111

EntreArchitect

JANUARY 24, 2017

Everything I have learned about succeeding in business as a small firm architect has come to me in two ways; either through trial and error (with lots and lots of error) or through the many dozens of business and “self-help” books that I’ve read over my many years as an architect. by Seth Godin. by Seth Godin. by Seth Godin.

Architect 52

Architect Management Firms Finances 52

Community Architect

MAY 23, 2022

Technology continues to develop at a breakneck pace but there is growing pessimism about the balance of solutions and harm. Furthermore, even where technology is supposed to come to the rescue, for example at renewable energies and transportation, implementation is often numbingly slow. The stress of uncertainty frays social cohesion.

Cities 81

Cities Real Estate Building Masterplanning 81