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Professional Δ Academia - Exploring the interstitial space between the professional and academic realms
By Commix: There is a definite divide between the professional and academic realms of architecture. This blog is an exploration in how each paradigm could be used to inform the other. The commentary is based on my own experience at small firms and the dialog I've had with students, firm principles, contractors, fabricators, and faculty in a major metro area on the East Coast of the United States.
theWanderlister+ on Archinect

By JJ Acuna: JJ.Acuna, founder and editor of theWanderlister+, is an architect and interior designer by day and moonlights as a style blogger by night. All posts from Hong Kong, China broadcasting to the rest of the world. He also writes for InDesign Magazine, Surface, and Dwell Magazines for the China and Asia-Pacific Region.: JJ.Acuna, founder and editor of theWanderlister+, is an architect and interior designer by day and moonlights as a style blogger by night. All posts from Hong Kong, China broadcasting to the rest of the world. He also writes for InDesign Magazine, Surface, and Dwell Magazines for the China and Asia-Pacific Region.
China Builds - Mainland China's only English MArch program
By Martijn de Geus, EPMA Program, KateMontry, Reva Watson: In the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, Beijing, the English Program for Master Architecture (EPMA) provides a nationally accredited post-professional program in integrated architectural design. It combines a global network with local implementation. The program is focused on the construction of the human habitat, and the application of advanced building technologies.
Tsinghua University
Columbia GSAPP M. Arch I (Jesús Mariel Maldonado)

By jesusmaldonado: A blog that attempts to record the overload of people, perspectives and projects that run through the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.

3 years of M.Arch studies from 2013-2016. Lectures. Tours. Crits, reviews, juries. Studio transgressions. Contentious viewpoints. Facts and fiction, with a side of parti(e)s.

: A blog that attempts to record the overload of people, perspectives and projects that run through the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.

3 years of M.Arch studies from 2013-2016. Lectures. Tours. Crits, reviews, juries. Studio transgressions. Contentious viewpoints. Facts and fiction, with a side of parti(e)s.

Columbia University
China Architecture Blog - Everything you ever wanted to know about architecture and landscape design in China
By Leedscape: Updates about new landscape/architectural projects in Mainland China, industry news and events; info about Chinese design conferences, competitions, and seminars.

Also: advice about living and working as an architect/designer in Mainland China, plus tips and info about applying for Chinese jobs.

This is the Archinect version of our blog. Please visit our main blog at www.chinarchblog.com
Leedscape Design
Brendan Callander UBC
By Brendan Callander: M.ARCH Student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada.
The University of British Columbia
The Soft City - Architecture's Public?
By Matthew Rust: The purpose of The Soft City is to question the motives and ideology behind our urban spaces. As urban users, we are active elements within a city. We have the ability to shape the city surrounding us. Consequently the environment around us offers resistance to our interactions and reshapes us in turn. This continuous moulding and reshaping of people and space is directly reflected in our societies.

This relationship will help form the key theme for the blog; who is architecture's public?
University of East London
University of Tennessee (Lauren)
By Lauren Trotter:
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Cultural effects on the Built Environment in Rio de Janeiro
By Ian Wilson: I would like to start a blog about my upcoming travels to Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I am going to visually document and narrate my adventures around the city and local areas. I really want to share my findings with the architectural community and help document what people dont see in the websites online. I will be looking at the city from a macro to micro view all the time, taking into account the minute details to the overall city.: I would like to start a blog about my upcoming travels to Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I am going to visually document and narrate my adventures around the city and local areas. I really want to share my findings with the architectural community and help document what people dont see in the websites online. I will be looking at the city from a macro to micro view all the time, taking into account the minute details to the overall city.
Floating City - New Ecopolis X - Namir El Andary
By Namir El Andary: Massive populations, global warming, rising sea levels, congestion and destruction of coasts... All these reasons are leading us into discovering the oceans.
New Ecopolis X is the journey to the land of future cities as it projects the idea of the floating cities into the current end of the 21th century.
This utopia will surely be one day a reality.
University Of Houston - UH COA (Dawit)
By HR Dawit: The UH Experience
University of Houston
Starting up Awesome - A blog about starting up an architectural business in sunny, crisis-ridden Italy
By bigness: Starting up your own practice is often something you only dream of... what if one day you woke up and realized that you really had no other option? Young, determined, absolutely pennyless and without much of a clue, these are the chronicles of Richard and Stefano trying to start their dream practice: Osom Architects.
The Crisis of Aesthetic - Behind the Scenes: The Making of my Master's Thesis
By Joseph Raffin: I am a few months into the beginning of my thesis year at the University of Detroit Mercy. The thesis is an investigation in how dominant culture and technology shape the new paradigm. The blog is a good way of documenting and organizing my thoughts throughout the process as well as sharing my ideas with the Archinect community. It would also be a cool look into the mind of a student working though a thesis. I intend to post images I've been working on and thoughts about them.
University of Detroit Mercy
Paper Matters Press - Paper Matters Press (PMP) is a platform for creating and showcasing student and faculty publications at the UVa School of Architecture
By Paper Matters Press: PMP is the new publishing dept. at the UVa School of Architecture which is currently operated by a group of 5 students and 3 faculty members. We intend to utilize the blog platform at Archinect.com as a way to communicate with the larger public about the critical conversations that are currently happening at the school.
University of Virginia
Garry's Blog - The musings of an architect
By Garry Thomas: Architect, traveler and top 25 all time star architect of Grand Designs... follow me for architecture, design and globalism. Based London • Hereford
[Re_Map]drl
By [Re_Map]drl: We are preoccupied with data, mapping, networks, representation and visualization. We are interested in the contemporary city as a political, economic, social and cultural hybrid in flux rather than as a fixed place.
Manchester School of Architecture
Connect with ideas
By JNBouchard: Ideas worth spreading. Today more than ever, architects have the potential to publish their work, share their ideas with a larger audience than their own environment. Getting feedbacks, giving out ideas, get new ones, work them out in a new pattern, under a new angle... and share it agian. The creation of an informal collective, created by an online network. The goal is, by mutual exchange of information, progression and the production of better ideas.: Ideas worth spreading. Today more than ever, architects have the potential to publish their work, share their ideas with a larger audience than their own environment. Getting feedbacks, giving out ideas, get new ones, work them out in a new pattern, under a new angle... and share it agian. The creation of an informal collective, created by an online network. The goal is, by mutual exchange of information, progression and the production of better ideas.
Université Laval
seamless - my journey towards an integrated approach to design
By dawn m trimble: Comprehensive design at its best can be quite a sensual experience – calling attention to sight, sound and touch. I believe the best designers are generalists and agile in their approach to design. At the same time, they are connoisseurs of things that are of particular interest to them. seamless is a blog intended to document my investigation towards the type of practice I want to build: a practice where the lines of architecture and interior design are blurred or, shall I say it? seamless..
Malibu Architecture + Design - Perspectives on design from a Malibu Architect
By Lester Tobias: A blog on architectural design, and thoughts and ideas on the process of design, from the unique perspective of a Malibu architect, who must deal with severely restrictive zoning codes.
Tobias Architecture
From Toronto to Cardiff: Journey To Becoming An Architect
By YawTony: I am a designer from Toronto, CA in a land called Cardiff, GB UK. My journey as an architect continues here, in a place where I can visit a 2000+years castle and visit museums for free. Inspiration is what I call this city, join me in my journey with captions of my every step.
Cornell AAP M.Arch.I
By wabi.sabi: M.Arch.I program at Cornell, plate life at Milstein, experiences in Ithaca and New York City, trips, course work, studio work, sightings, students, faculty, events, exhibitions, lectures, crits, reviews, and everything in between.: M.Arch.I program at Cornell, plate life at Milstein, experiences in Ithaca and New York City, trips, course work, studio work, sightings, students, faculty, events, exhibitions, lectures, crits, reviews, and everything in between.
Cornell University
AAVS JORDAN
By AAVSJordan, Riyad Joucka: The next edition of The Architectural Association Visiting School will take place in Jordan from September 1st to 10th.

Here we will publish coverage of the 10-day programme set between Amman, Petra and Wadi Rum and share day to day events, activities and works throughout the workshop.
Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)
Tangential Fabrications

By 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.: An in-the-trenches view of digital fabrication, academic research, post-hardcore music and whiskey. Not necessarily in that order and often in combination.
Cedar Sketch book - Demystifying Architecture and the Design Process
By Kelvin Bwamu: To show the ideal Architectural design process from sketch work to the finished product with aim of educating people of the role of an Architect
Architecture by Cedar
UC Denver (Patrick)
By Patrick Beseda: ARCHIVED - student blog: ARCHIVED - student blog
University of Colorado at Denver
SAVE Jose Oubrerie's The Miller House

By Ari Sogin, Katie Halsey: The Miller House, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is slowly being encroached on by generic suburban housing developments. Designed by Jose Oubrerie, the last living apprentice to study under Le Corbusier, the Miller House which once sat on a little over 29 acres and overlooked a lake, is now a single lot in a developing cookie cutter neighborhood. The house has been repossessed by the FDIC and its value has been significantly decreased monetarily and culturally. #SAVEtheMillerHouse: The Miller House, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is slowly being encroached on by generic suburban housing developments. Designed by Jose Oubrerie, the last living apprentice to study under Le Corbusier, the Miller House which once sat on a little over 29 acres and overlooked a lake, is now a single lot in a developing cookie cutter neighborhood. The house has been repossessed by the FDIC and its value has been significantly decreased monetarily and culturally. #SAVEtheMillerHouse
MÖBIUS: the pareSITE Pavilion

By Jason Nam, djasonn: Blogging the process of designing and building the pavilion for the 2013 Prague ReSITE Festival. Lead by Marie Davidová with Martin Gsandtner, Martin Šichman and Lukáš Kurilla at ARCHIP and FLD - CZU.

http://resite.cz
http://archip.eu
http://www.fld.czu.cz/en: Blogging the process of designing and building the pavilion for the 2013 Prague ReSITE Festival. Lead by Marie Davidová with Martin Gsandtner, Martin Šichman and Lukáš Kurilla at ARCHIP and FLD - CZU.

http://resite.cz
http://archip.eu
http://www.fld.czu.cz/en
Architectural Institute in Prague (ARCHIP)
Nightmare job - working for a Diva/o
By ohhh_architecture: Needing to vent? and maybe get some outside perspective...I sure do. And yes, one should be grateful to have a job! (but at a sweatshop?)

Disclaimer: My first blog, will not respond to hurtful/negative remarks, will delete if I can, might answer some questions....will not disclose personal or professional details,....we are all learning this game...different strokes for different folks, be nice =)

These post are intended to reflect on recent experiences, and hopefully gain some insight
Attainable Sustainable Design

By 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.: 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.
Hello....my name is ROBERT - An open door into J.R.'s domain.
By R_O_B_E_R_T: No architecture is worse than a missed opportunity.

ROBERT intends to open the dialogue of Dallas in a manner that focuses on a collective mindset that strives to uncover the critical, praise the successes, and recognize the potential in the Metroplex.

We have a central voice again....but why not many.

Whether you live in Dallas or have something to say about it, speak through Robert and submit your piece to robert@robertarchitecture.com.

The basis is open.

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