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University of Southern California presents 10 architecture student projects

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Embedded in one of the nation's most respected research universities, the School of Architecture nurtures an environment in which students and faculty collaborate across disciplines. From a foundation of rigorous research and inspired design, USC architects and scholars move fluidly from theory into practice.

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Teaching Practical Geometry

Jane Griswold Radocchia

The barn was deconstructed about 10 years ago. The deconstruction contractor gave me the board. Here, the points divide the large square into 9 small squares - the diagram used on cellphones - or 3 equal rectangles. For more information: In 2020, I wrote 7 posts entitled 'Lessons' for students of all ages.

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Bernard Tschumi is the deconstructivist architect with big ideas

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Tutors would not give programmes, they would ask the students to invent a programme.". Enlisting the advice of Jacques Derrida, the founder of the philosphical theory of deconstruction, Tschumi's concept was that these three components would be overlaid to create unexpected moments of collision and "event".

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On Case Studies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The fact I included a case study chapter in Buildings in Print , as mentioned above, points to my appreciation of this sub-genre of architecture books but also to the role they have played in teaching architecture students, spreading knowledge around important works, and promoting architects and architecture within and beyond the profession.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Graphic Standards - Part 2 Deconstruction versus. Underdog Architecture Student What about the way to tear a straight piece off of a roll of trace? (I It’s got lots of ergonomic/spatial data illustrated with diagrams (eg how much space do you need to open a kitchen cabinet when kneeling). mattwardman Folding an 8.75

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Rereading the Nineties

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Needless to say, Prairie Avenue Bookshop helped define the architecture-book side of the 1990s for me — both as a student and as a young architect. When it came time to research and write Buildings in Print , I kicked myself for not keeping the old "tour de force" catalogs from Prairie Avenue.

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Rotterdam 2023: Part 2 - Urban Design and Architecture

Community Architect

Rotterdam - City of Architecture (Photo: Philipsen) Through my past teaching and current mentoring role at Morgan State University I was invited to participate in the student and faculty architecture trip to Rotterdam organized by Murphy. Murphy also organized and moderated a Baltimore Rotterdam webinar series addressing urban design issues.