The University of Miami School of Architecture presents its 2018 - 2019 Lecture Series, sponsored by Tecnoglass.  This year's theme, Impact, explores practices and works that have a significant effect on the built environment, whether with large infrastructural interventions or small but... View full entry

The University of Miami School of Architecture presents its 2017 - 2018 Lecture Series, sponsored by Tecnoglass.  This year's theme, Housing, builds upon last year's theme, Water, as topics that are currently affecting the way we look at the city of Miami.  The series contains lecturers from... View full entry

“Cities are man’s greatest achievements, and also man’s deadliest inventions”, stated Kunlé Adeyemi in his evening lecture at the University of Miami School of Architecture.  The Nigerian born, Netherlands based architect was on hand addressing a full house as part of the... View full entry

In a previous post, I wrote about a new focus of embedded technologies but today I got to see the work first hand in action.  My colleague Dr. Juhong Park who leads the digital design initiatives at the school invited me to take part in his upper level studio's final review.  The goal of the... View full entry

Last Halloween I was introduced to Wintercroft Masks; low-poly masks made from recycled paper products created by designer Steve Wintercroft.  His designs are abstractions of animals, human faces, mythical creatures and others which are turned into geometric disguises.  Designs are purchased in... View full entry

Yesterday marked the ground breaking ceremony for a new building on the University of Miami School of Architecture campus.  This will be the first new building in the past ten years, and plans to hold larger studio spaces, review spaces, student lounge, and a new state of the art digital... View full entry

In 2013 Rodolphe el-Khoury gave a lecture at TEDxToronto where he discussed the relevance of embedded technology and architecture and dubbed it “The Internet of Things”.  Now entering his second year as the Dean of the University Of Miami School Of Architecture, el-Khoury is implementing new... View full entry

This past Wednesday, Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos kicked off the lecture series season at the University Of Miami School Of Architecture.  Once again sponsored by Tecnoglass, this year's focus is on Miami and the Tropical World.  Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury explains to the audience that... View full entry

 A new year is upon us here at the University of Miami School of Architecture, and to start things off, Patrik Schumacher is the first on the list for this year's UMSoA Currents lecture series.   UMSoA Currents is a forum for the diversity of voices and interests in the field. Previous... View full entry

For the first time, that at least I can remember or have known, the University of Miami School of Architecture held its Upper Level Reviews and Graduate Thesis Reviews off campus to the Miami Design District.  Occupying the historic Moore Building, reviews were spread out over a two day period... View full entry

The Tecnoglass Lecture Series, “Call to Order”, continued this Wednesday with a presentation by local Miami architecture firm R & R Studio.  The studio is helmed by husband and wife team Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, and operates a small but influential practice near Miami’s... View full entry

This week Bernard Khoury gave a lecture at the University of Miami School of Architecture as part of their ‘Currents’ lecture series.  ‘Currents’ casts a wide net of different speakers with varying topics, but usually focused on work being done in the present.  Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury... View full entry

The University of Miami School of Architecture has had a long standing tradition of community engagement.  Design studios have often revolved around a local focus or need in several of Miami’s impoverished neighborhoods such as Homestead, The West Grove, Allapattah, and Opa-Locka.  Although... View full entry

Happy hump day everyone!  I have the pleasure to announce that local construction company, Coastal Construction, is supporting the University of Miami School of Architecture by pledging $3.5 million to construct a state-of-the-art design studio.  The new building, currently being hailed as the... View full entry

Photo by Brillhart Architecture - Model ShopIt's easy to forget that blog posts tend to be informal opinion based writing pieces that sometimes edge closely to the realm of narcissism.  If this were a crime, I would most definitely be guilty.  True, most of the work you find here on this blog is... View full entry

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For those that have been following the story so far, this blog was meant to chronicle just one first year graduate student class. Originally, the purpose was to highlight ways of communication and problem solving in a visual media.  It has expanded to this professor's take on life at the School... View full entry

 The University of Miami School of Architecture continues its lecture series, "A Call to Order" this Spring. This series is made possible in part from TECNOGLASS, whose mission is glass transformation and distribution through high manufacturing technology, completely satisfying and fulfilling our... View full entry

(This is only a fraction of the work from the semester long project)This semester has drawn to a close, with the final review happening yesterday afternoon.  Over the course of the semester, the students were engaged in masqueraded mini-design exercises that secretly showed them how to draw... View full entry

(Large Strandbeest used in demonstrations)This year marked the 13th edition of ArtBasel Miami Beach.  One of the great things about being in Miami during the "winter", is that the city explodes into a frenetic pace of artistic energy.  Almost all neighberhoods, no matter how different, are... View full entry

As my students rigorously attack their SketchUp and Rhino tutorials, I decided to take a break and see what everyone else is doing around campus.  The UM SoA isn't housed under one giant roof or in a warehouse like you see many other schools.  In case you didn't know, the school is housed in... View full entry

The University of Miami School of Architecture lecture series Call To Order continued this past Wednesday when Matteo Ghidoni of Salottobuono addressed a crowd of faculty and students at Glasgow Hall.  This was the second lecture in the series, with the first being Nader Tehrani of Nadaaa.  Dean... View full entry

In June of 2013, Elizabeth Plater Zyberk stepped down from the role of Dean at the School of Architecture after holding the position for 15+ years.  After a international search done by the university, Dr.Rodolphe El-Khoury was named the new Dean In July of this year.  Dr. El-Khoury comes to us... View full entry

Below are some new progress photos taken from last week.  I guess that means these would be #latergrams?  The development is coming out nicer than the quality of the photo allows.  Once this part of the assignment concludes we'll include some professionally scanned images.( egg beater... View full entry

If you happen to be in the area, please come by tonight for a free lecture by architect, MIT professor and founder/principal of Nadaaa, Nader Tehrani.Event takes place at 6:30pm  View full entry

“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.”- Le CorbusierI start my class every year with that quote to explain to these students the importance of visual communications.  Since I've began teaching this course most of the students I get have never had to... View full entry