design/buildLABVirginia Tech School of Architecture + DesignBy design/buildLAB: The design/buildLAB is a third year architecture studio focused on research, development, and implementation of innovative construction methods and architectural designs. We are collaborating with the community of Clifton Forge, VA and experts to design and build an amphitheater. The purpose of the blog is to give the public an outlet to follow the progress of our project from start to finish. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
The Architectural Venn DiagramBy A.D.Morley & J.A.Wong .: A new adventure begins as we finish one chapter; we hope to share our story with you.
We are current graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Washington University in St. Louis
Stocking the CityThe Architecture and Infrastructure of Public Food MarketsBy Chris DeHenzel: I am a graduate M.Arch/MLA student at UC Berkeley, and grateful recipient of the 2011-2012 John K. Branner Fellowship, an annual traveling fellowship awarded by the UC Berkeley Department of Architecture. I will spend the 2012 calendar year visiting public food markets in major cities on 5 continents to research the relationship between markets and the infrastructure of food systems, focusing on the cultural and urban design implications of local economies. This blog will follow my journey...University of California, Berkeley
Columbia University GSAPP (Kim Nguyen)Kimberly V. NguyenBy kimwin: This is a journal of my adventures at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) as I pursue my M.Arch degree.
It will include images of my projects, classmates' work, some thoughts, architectural debates, and grad-student daily life. Columbia University
University at Buffalo: School of Architecture and PlanningContributed to by University at Buffalo Architecture Students and FacultyBy Megan Basnak: Welcome to the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo! Here you will be able to discover everything that makes UB's faculty and students so great and how they are making an impact on the architecture world. University at Buffalo
Finding my first jobBrian Henry (M.Arch, U of Idaho, 2011)By Brian Henry: Commentary on looking for work, portfolio and resume design, networking, social media and the job search, interviews, dealing with rejection and the joy of landing a job.
mal-practicethe architecture of constructing a practiceBy Gregory Walker: Central to the blog is a long running interest in how we construct practices that enable and promote the kind of work we are all most interested in. From how firms are run, structured, and constructed, the main focus will be on exploring, expanding and demystifying how firms operate. I’ll be interviewing different practices – from startups to nationally recognized firms, bringing to print at least one a month. Our focus will be connecting Archinect readers with the business of practice.
PRACTICE OPTIONSTo be an architect--or not to be an architect. Or to be an architect without really being an architect. Or to be something else with a background in architecture. That is the question.By Nicole Fichera: This blog is dedicated to exploring alternative modes of practicing architecture--or architects doing things totally unrelated to their professions.
Red HerringDesigns on Studying the Baltic ExperienceBy bjd80, Bronwyn Charlton: We are two MArch students from Washington University St Louis who are traveling for a semester abroad to Helsinki, the arctic circle, and Baltic region. Helsinki is currently the 2012 design capital and we are getting to participate in extensive design related seminars and events that we wish to blog about. We are interested in using this blog to share/explore ideas and experiences about design, art, architecture and culture as we experience it. Washington University in St. Louis
Emmett Zeifman Travel BlogRome, Florence, Bologna, Milan, Lyon, Barcelona, Madrid, Tarragona, Valencia, Granada, Seville, Cordoba, Lisbon, Porto, Santiago De Compostela, Gijon, Bilbao, LondonBy emmettzeifman: His research is focused on the diverse and shifting positions of architecture within Francoist Spain (1939-1975). It pursues a number of related questions, examining the relations between institutions of architecture and the regime, the function of architecture at the intersection of totalitarianism and an increasingly free market, and the evolution of architecture in Spain in the void left by the post-Civil War rejection of international modernism.Yale University
Brian Butterfield Travel BlogTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara, Awaji Island, Himeji, Kanazawa, Naoshima (Setouchi Art Festival), Hiroshima, FukuokaBy Brian Butterfield: The Takenaka Internship is granted yearly to one student each from the architecture schools of Yale, M.I.T. and the University of Pennsylvania. The Takenaka Corporation traces its history back more than four hundred years and this internship provides American students of architecture with a summer of valuable training at Japan's oldest architecture, engineering and construction firm. Based out of the Osaka design office, interns participate in various aspects of design and also accompany architeYale University
BEZOARA mass found trapped in an architectural digestive system.By Javier Arbona: A bezoar is a mass of disparate pieces and materials. For this blog, you will find something somewhere between tweet-length posts and tumblelogging; inchoate thoughts; provocations and assorted scraps that don't fit anyplace else; criticisms of a political and geographic variety; ecoaffective ramblings; spatial imaginaries that don't conform. On Twitter: @AlJavieera; 1/3rd of @Demilit; bookmarked content: @AJFavorite.
Design and AgencyBy Quilian Riano: Thoughts on the built environment, design, agency, and activism.DSGN AGNC
Tangential Fabricationsor How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ComputerBy Aaron Willette: An in-the-trenches view of digital fabrication, academic research, post-hardcore music and whiskey. Not necessarily in that order and often in combination.
Behind the Archinect CurtainA micro-blog for sharing some Archinect behind-the-scenes actionBy Archinect: This blog is intended to keep a brief record of not-so-obvious updates and changes to Archinect. Archinect
The Archinect Blog BlogTips and suggestions for managing an Archinect blogBy Archinect: This is a blog where we post information, tutorials and helpful advice to make the most out of your Archinect blogging experience.Archinect
Sustainable Design WeeklyTechnical advice, case studies and additional resources for low-energy designBy Amy Leedham: A discussion on everything to do with sustainable design. From renewable energy to implementing integrated design in professional practice. Case studies, article reviews and green building certification methods and additional resources will all be included.
EbenEzer Earth architecture and sustainable land development ideas for Baja California, Mexico.By dustinfjames: Approximately two and half years ago my colleague and I started a sustainable land development project 3.5 hours driving distance south of the border of Tijuana. We've developed ideas and constructed them, including a completed Ecodome (see http://calearth.org/galleries/eco-dome.html) for the sake of aide and betterment for local Mexican people in the region. This blog would be one way to communicate opportunities to get involved with this project by designing, donating, or constructing.
Delirious ShanghaiBy Evan Chakroff: reflections on architecture and urbanism in China.
