Class started today here in Chicago, and so starts my second semester at UIC. As per the schools structure this semester involves all of my class having all of our classes together. Here is the rundown. ARCH 532- Theory and History II Alexander Eisenschmidt ARCH 552- Design II (studio) Penelope... View full entry

Sean Lally's seminar Returning Home asked students to imagine a world with 'fewer walls but more boundaries.' Jake Gay tells us more about it and posts 5 essays for our perusing on the Fresh Meat blog. The short quips range from E.M.Forster Machine Stops type worlds to foggy desert celebrity... View full entry

This is the work of Paola Gomez, once again from ARCH551 with Paul Preissner and Laura Fehlberg. View full entry

Here is the house project from Brandon Biederman, a fellow first year grad at UIC. I really hope that the updates Archinect is planning including the ability to have larger images in the blog. These should all be bigger to appreciate. View full entry

Some more on Daniel Starcher's project. All the text is straight from his blog, section/plan. URBAN VISION The Ever Expanding Interior is a network of spaces that form continuous passageways through the city. Designed both as circulation and to contain program, it is evocative of Koolhaas&rsquo... View full entry

This is the work of Daniel Starcher, a second year M.Arch student. View full entry

I apologizes for the delay, Evgeniya is at home in Siberia right now so it took me a minute to get another image from her. I will try and get her to send me plans as well. View full entry

The work of Evgeniya Plotnikova View full entry

Tonight, presented by The Department of Urban Speculation, showing at ShowPOD in Pilson, Chicago, come see Six Endless Open Cities!The Department of Urban Speculation is an orginization closely linked with the School of Architecture at UIC that, among other things, focuses on re-imagining the... View full entry

Some of the boards from my final review for ARCH551. A house in which the transverse section only changes in scale as it moves through the house. View full entry

This is the Work of Katie LaCourt For all your theory maze navigation needs... Sorry about the size, it is a limitation of this blog. View full entry

The work of Adrianne Jørgensen. and for those that want to play along at home... Adrianne's experience as a graphic designer before coming to Architecture school seems to be paying off. View full entry

A few frames from my final for Robert Somol's Theory Class.Somol, Priesner,Lererner View full entry

I have a distinct feeling that this is going to be a large topic of discussion around the school blog for the next few weeks or so, but here it is... The semester is almost over. At UIC we have one week and one day until our final review for studio. Everyone reading this knows exactly what that... View full entry

Ahhh, a short week of school, or should I say a long weekend of work. With final reviews closer then the horizon, we find ourselves being thankful for a few solid days of work without the pesky distractions of school itself. This paradigm of architecture school is interesting. Only in Architecture... View full entry

Eisenmania- 1. The mania resulting from studying the works of Peter Eisenman for extended periods of time. 2. The mania resulting from living in the works of Peter Eisenman for any period of time. Here we are with only two weeks left in the first semester of the 3 year M.Arch Program at UIC. Our... View full entry

My name is Matthew Messner, I am new here at the Architnect School Blog. hello As the wind starts to blow out of the north down the third coast, here in Chicago, another semester of Architecture school enters it's final frantic stages. Remnants of Meghan Hade's model building process. This was my... View full entry