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Architensions on Creating Architecture That “Exists Beyond the Logic of Capitalism”

2020-03-03T09:00:00-05:00

When Alessandro Orsini and Nick Roseboro teamed up to lead Architensions, it was, as Alessandro describes, a “sort of a re-birth” for the architectural design studio. Since then, the Brooklyn- and Rome-based practice has been committed to exploring ideas that challenge “the paradigm of architecture as a financial tool” by putting human-driven design at the center of all their work.

In this Studio Snapshot, Alessandro and Nick thoughtfully reflect on their journey and what they've learned, from the ongoing process of evaluating their identity as a practice, to the importance of agency and social responsibility in the architectural field, to the thrill of getting to design an art installation for Coachella 2020.

Deans List: Stephen Phillips on Complementing Architectural Practice With Academic Discourse and Vice Versa

2020-01-06T14:18:00-05:00

Archinect's Deans List is an interview series with the leaders of architecture schools, worldwide. The series profiles the school’s programs, pedagogical approaches, and academic goals, as defined by the dean–giving an invaluable perspective into the institution’s unique curriculum, faculty, and academic environment.

For our latest installment, and in conjunction with Archinect’s Spotlight on Los Angeles, Archinect spoke with Stephen Phillips, Director and founder of the Cal Poly Los Angeles Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The 30-student program offers fourth-year undergraduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo “an urban experience highly suited to an advanced architecture education” that compliments SLO’s more traditionally collegiate educational offerings while also offering an integrated design curriculum that includes a 20-week internship experience at some of the city’s top architecture firms. Phillips writes: “We position our students within the profe...

Conversations Amongst Friends: Architect Charles Renfro and Artist Anton Ginzburg Discuss Art, Architecture, and the Idea of Disappearance

2019-07-01T10:13:00-04:00

Conversation between colleagues can lead to new perspectives unveiling new areas of discourse, especially between differing practices. The art and architecture disciplines have experienced much overlap over the years, and many would argue for or against the notion of these disciplines having an interchangeable set of methodologies. Despite differing views and stances on where these practices might fall into each other, discussions between architects and artists are common, and entertaining. From Frank Gehry and Ai Weiwei to David Adjaye and James Turrell, it can be observed that artists and architects have more similarities than differences in certain aspects of practice and approach.

Following the recent opening of Anton Ginzburg's exhibition, VIEWs, at Helwaser Gallery in New York, Charles Renfro of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Anton Ginzburg met for an exclusive discussion with questions provided by Archinect. The two reflected on each other's work, spoke of observational techni...

Mismatches Between the Social Value of Art and Public Consumers; Some Thoughts by Erin Cuevas.

2018-11-22T09:00:00-05:00

The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the polemic and allow for the resulting conflict to bring to life an otherwise still and comfortable climate of creativity—if there can be one. Cross-Talk attempts—if to only say that it did—to allow text the freedom that the image has accepted and embraced. Cross-Talk attempts to force the no, to contradict itself, to anger, to please and then anger again, if only to force a stance, to pull out the position of the self, of the discipline and of the hour as a means to begin and maintain conversations moving forward.

In this series, we are looking at the role Practice and Academia in today's disciplinary framework and how we can begin to analyze and recalibrate their relationship. In today's installment we hear from Erin Cuevas, a Los Angeles based designer and lead of Curious Minds Los Angeles.

Ontological Crapstractions or Just What is it That Makes Today’s Architecture so Indifferent so Appalling

2018-11-21T09:00:00-05:00

In this series, we are looking at the role Practice and Academia in today's disciplinary framework and how we can begin to analyze and recalibrate their relationship. In today's installment we hear from WAI Architecture Think Tank. WAI Architecture Think Tank is an international studio practicing architecture, urbanism, and architectural research. Founded in Brussels in 2008 by French ...

Designing Practice: Moving Architecture Forward

2018-06-26T09:00:00-04:00

Designing Practice is a collection of conversations aimed at Moving Architecture Forward.

Looking to the future, Designing Practice is a series that explores how the practice of architecture can evolve in the 21st century. Framed by contemporary conditions, the series asks architects and designers to consider the discipline’s broader context and imagine new models for moving architecture forward.

Cross-Talk #4: Saba Salekfard on 'Academic Aesthetics'

2018-02-08T09:00:00-05:00

Cross-Talk is a recurring series on Archinect that endeavors to bring architectural polemics and debate up-to-date and up-to-speed with the pace of cultural production today. Each installation will feature an introduction premise along with four responses by four practitioners to a single topic. For this week's iteration, we look at 'Academic Aesthetics'.

Dean's List: Kate Schwennsen's balancing act at Clemson University

2016-12-27T10:02:00-05:00

Kate Schwennsen, Dean of Clemson University's School of Architecture, is hoping to strike that ideal balance between theory and practice that will prepare students to not only tackle the day-to-day challenges of working in architecture, but give them the inspiration to explore new conceptual territory.