Below are the 12 most visited Projects during 2012. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. Deconstructing the Churches by Michael Jantzen 2. Alésia Museum by Bernard Tschumi Architects 3. Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture Shelter by David Frazee... View full entry »
Below are the 12 most visited School Profiles during 2012. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. Columbia University 2. Pratt Institute 3. Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) 4. Harvard University 5. Rice University 6. Architectural Association... View full entry »
Below are the 12 most visited People Profiles during 2012. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. Orhan Ayyüce 2. Tyler Hopf 3. Joann Lui 4. Natalie Hardbattle 5. Sean McGuire 6. Kimberly V.K.H. Nguyen 7. Donna Sink 8. Betsy Cole 9. Artur Nesterenko Alexandrovich... View full entry »
fschlem started a blog The Dirty South...The blog takes it name from a studio titled the "Dirty South," offered at the Georgia Tech. The studio was the brainchild of TVSDesign Distinguished Studio Critic Jennifer Bonner and it’s goal was to look at the city of Atlanta through the filter of the rap ideology of east coast/ west coast/ dirty south, translated to the realm of architecture...Connely Farr thought "wow. really interesting idea for a studio..."
Just like last year, Archinect has begun the transition into the new year by reflecting back on the 2012 by sharing the most trafficked pages in Archinect's diverse online ecosystem, with a list of 12 top 12 lists for '12. As always, they listing the most popular pages from across the site, based... View full entry »
Below are the 12 most visited Blogs during 2012. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. Harvard GSD M.Arch.I (Lian) 2. design/buildLAB - Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design 3. The Architectural Venn Diagram 4. Indo Inquisition - 13 weeks in India... View full entry »
Below are the 12 most visited Blog posts during 2012. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. // Architectural LOLCATS 2. Ruins of an Alternate Future (Jinhua Architecture Park) 3. Unpaid internships are so hot right now 4. Top Architectural Record award for Guangzhou... View full entry »
Below are the 12 most visited Live Blog posts during 2012, all authored by our live blogger extraordinaire Lian Chikako Chang at Harvard School of Architecture. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. Rem Koolhaas 2. Patrik Schumacher 3. Wang Shu on "Building a Diverse... View full entry »
Below are the 12 most visited Feature articles during 2012. For a full list of all of our top 12 lists for 2012, click here. 1. Tadao Ando Interview: 20 Minutes with a Master 2. Working out of the Box: Pinterest Co-Founder Evan Sharp 3. The Architecture Job Application Hints & Suggestions... View full entry »
Unpaid interns are common in architecture firms, but recent lawsuits brought by interns across other industries may have the architecture industry forking out some cash.
In many industries, the term ‘intern’ is often used to describe someone who works for no pay, but the NCARB’s IDP has been trying to detach interns from the assumption by architecture firms that they are willing to work for free. The council defines architectural internships as post-graduate, pre-registration professional work.
— DesignBuild Source
Finally, Orhan Ayyüce posted a quote of John Chase’s Shopping for Architecture LA Forum Newsletter, from December 1989. citizen concluded "My old colleague John certainly knew how to turn a phrase. ..My opinion is that merely expanding the list of things to pick out or specify for a design --while certainly adding important variables-- still is not sufficient to get at the complexity of architecture".
News Donna Sink spoke for architects and Wright-lovers everywhere when she commented "YAY" in response to the news that the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy has facilitated the purchase of the David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix, Arizona, through an LLC owned by an anonymous... View full entry »
Unlike more traditional colleges, SCI-Arc, as it is known, has no lawn or central quad to accommodate graduation ceremonies and other big events. The school uses the parking lot for such gatherings, but it lacks amenities and charm, despite remarkable views of downtown skyscrapers.
Now an ambitious project is in the works to create what teachers and students believe will fill the need and become a landmark in a neighborhood that is morphing from gritty to artsy.
— latimes.com
Harvard GSD Introduces the Wheelwright Prize
$100,000 Annual Award Open to Architects Worldwide
— wheelwrightprize.org
Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the launch of the Wheelwright Prize, a $100,000 traveling fellowship awarded annually to talented early-career architects worldwide proposing exceptional itineraries for research and discovery. With an open application process (deadline February... View full entry »
It is with pleasure that we announce that Dean Robert Greenstreet, PhD, RIBA, Int’l Assoc AIA, who has served as the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning’s Dean for over 20 years, has been awarded the 2013 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for... View full entry »
What does it take to build a livable home for under $100 per square foot?
For a group of architecture students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, that question was answered in a semester-long project that ended last week.
The project culminated with two students winning top honors among their classmates by having their projects selected for construction by Habitat for Humanity.
— nj.com
American architect Thomas H. Beeby has been named the recipient of the 2013 Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame. Beeby has designed an array of cultural, academic, religious, residential, and commercial buildings. — bustler.net
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