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Architecture, Cities and Nature

2013-06-11T19:13:00-04:00

Date: June 19, 2013. 5:00 PM Madrid time
Title: “Architecture, Cities and Nature”
Speaker: Stan Allen,SAA Prinicipal. Academic Advisor at IE Master in Architectural Design.

IE Master in Architectural Design presents the Online Master Classes series.

Introducing: “Architecture, Cities and Nature”

Traditional histories of Urbanism have seen the city as something separate from nature, organized according to its own rules and conventions. Given the current emphasis on environment and sustainability, and recent experiments in the sustainable urbanism, it makes sense to revisit the history of the city from a new perspective. This seminar will look briefly at the history of the city from the 19th century to the present through the lens of landscape and nature. Beginning with Haussmann and Cerda, we will look at Fredrick Law Olmsted and the City Beautiful Movement, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City proposal and post-war suburban development in the US, ending with the emergenc...

Codesigning Workspace: The future for collaborative environments

2013-05-30T13:00:00-04:00

Date: June 25, 2013, 5:00 PM, Madrid
Title: "Codesigning Workspace: The future for collaborative environments"
Speaker: Oliver Marlow, Studio Tilt. Professor at IE Master in Work Space Design.

The IE Master in Work Space Design presents the Online Master Classes series.

Introducing: "Codesigning Workspace: The future for collaborative environments" with Oliver Marlow from Studio Tilt.

"Collaboration is by its very definition about people, and about transforming their relationships with one another. Using space as a way to transform these relationships is at the heart of a collaborative environment: It needs to be open, inspiring, collegiate and creative.

Designing workspace is changing too, to keep up. Without the user at the heart of workspace design a space will suffer in its conception. But fostering and harnessing these values as the space evolves is the crucial next step to the environment of the future, remaining adaptable, interactive, and iterative. How do we do...

So you want to be famous?

2013-05-28T17:42:00-04:00

Date: June 13, 2013, 5:00 PM, Madrid
Title: "So you want to be famous?"
Speaker: Peter Murray, Wordsearch Communications and NLA Founder. Professor at IE Master in Architectural Management and Design.

The IE Master in Architectural Management and Design presents the Online Master Classes series.

Introducing: "So you want to be famous?" with Peter Murray from Wordsearch Communications.

"Peter Murray discusses the way that throughout the ages architects have used media to promote ideas and projects, to increase their profile and, ultimately, win more work. The lessons of Palladio, Corbusier, Foster, Gehry and Koolhaas are highly relevant to today's practitioners."

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IE Master in Architectural Management and Design program bridges the gap between design and business

2013-04-22T18:03:00-04:00

IE Master in Architectural Management and Design is a 13 month program aimed to bridge the gap that exists between advanced design and the business in the architectural field. The innovative and pioneering content of this master course lies in the combination of IE's well known entrepreneurial spirit and business expertise in conjunction with the design approach of IE School of Architecture.

Its blended format (a combination between online sessions with on-site periods ) allows students to meet their professional obligations while studying.

The Architect's Backstage lecture series will enrich the students experience through direct contact with leaders of top architecture practices, some of whom Pritzker Prize Laureates, will explain key insights to achieve excellence in design.

David Chipperfield Architects. Andrew Phillips
Foster and Partners. Richard Mateu
GENSLER. Duncan Swinhoe
ShoP Architects. Gregg Pasquarelli
Perkins Eastman. Bradford Perkins
...

An Old Slaughterhouse Is Now A Public Cinema Center

2012-05-11T13:18:00-04:00

When architects and designers are called in to redesign a space that already exists for a specific reason and their goal is to reinvent that space for an entirely different use, professionals are faced with a duality of responsibility and potential. In order to respect what once was and bring truth and beauty to the space that is without time or purpose, the task at hand becomes visceral. Questions arise as to how we want people to feel in this space.

Spain protest; photos.

2011-05-17T15:19:26-04:00

"Lo llaman democracia y no lo es. No nos mires, únete". Son los gritos de medio millar de manifestantes en Sevilla. Pretenden convocar una acampada esta semana.

While American news media is flooded by word of Arnold's secret baby, in Spain dozens of thousands of young people and others have congregated in major plazas around the May 15 movement. They are rejecting both major political parties and calling for an end to neoliberal austerity measures.