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Rereading the Nineties

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.

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Rotterdam 2023: Part 2 - Urban Design and Architecture

Community Architect

Introduction The sister City relationship between Baltimore (pop 600,000) and Rotterdam (pop 650,000) is brought to life by the Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee and by various activities of individuals and organizations that believe exchange is fruitful, including Morgan State University's professor Cristina Murphy (MSU).

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Ultimate List of Architecture Terms

Architecture Quote

Diagrammatic architecture is the usage of diagrams to develop a building or structure. The diagrams have the purpose to analyze problems and thereby develop solutions to them. Deconstruction. Deconstruction in architecture words is hence questioning what a building actually is, and challenging possibilities in structures.