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AAVS JORDAN
By AAVSJordan, Riyad Joucka: The next edition of The Architectural Association Visiting School will take place in Jordan from September 1st to 10th.

Here we will publish coverage of the 10-day programme set between Amman, Petra and Wadi Rum and share day to day events, activities and works throughout the workshop.
Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)
AA Architectural ASSOCIATION- Pacific Highway One

By Goswin Schwendinger: Dear Friends.

We are so excited to tell you:

The next "Love&Crime-Basta!" experience, part of the Architectural Association Visiting School programme, will be in form of a road trip.

Check first details on:

http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/pacifichighwayone

Don't miss out and plan your next summer wisely.

Best greetings from all at RTCO (Research Team for Cinematic Operations): Dear Friends.

We are so excited to tell you:

The next "Love&Crime-Basta!" experience, part of the Architectural Association Visiting School programme, will be in form of a road trip.

Check first details on:

http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/pacifichighwayone

Don't miss out and plan your next summer wisely.

Best greetings from all at RTCO (Research Team for Cinematic Operations)
Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)
Infamous Lines - Seminar and Summit
By Annie McCarthy: The technique of drawing is a very distinct architectural element. As Architects, we draw lines for notions of aesthetic, concept, as well as production. Drawing is considered an extension of our thoughts (concept) and vessel to communicate our ideas (technique). Every drawing however has imbedded in it a signature, expression, and authenticity. What is the relationship between lines and our individual design ideologies?
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
IFDC Master course (International Facade Design and Construction) - HS - OWL University of Applied Sciences, Germany
By IFDC International Facade Design and Construction: Our facade master course (IFDC) is providing the current technologies and the high functional demand in the faced field; we are achieving this through a close cooperation with companies and manufacturers specialized in facade. Therefore, our blog will present our master course and what we are doing in this program.
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
MArch to the beat - Points of interest from the Master of Architecture program at the California College of the Arts
By Jeff Maeshiro:
California College of the Arts
No Master - A peer driven "Master's Degree" study program.
By Christine Pierron: No Master is a concept for a peer driven study program aiming to capture the benefits of an accredited master’s program without the school. Aimed at working architects and design professionals who wish to develop their professional growth.

No Master - play on words:
1 Architects (master builders) without a master’s degree.
2 No school or teachers but but a peer review process, no masters just students
3 Ronin - masterless samurai, term for a secondary school graduate not admitted to university.
University of Hawaii Manoa: Architecture School - Visiting Lecturers
By SkyeArchitectureBlog, hsieh, Danalli: Guest speakers visiting from different places coming together and lecturing about their projects, groups, and firms at the University of Hawaii Manoa: School of Architecture.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Solar Decathlon Competition 2013 - SCI-Arc/Caltech Team - D.A.L.E. (Dynamic Augmented Living Environment) Project
By Nicole Violani, Paige Chambers: The Solar Decathlon Competition is a biennial competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Solar Energy where 20 schools from around the world compete in designing and building a net zero prototype home.
The SCI-Arc/Caltech team proposes D.A.L.E. (Dynamic Augmented Living Environment), a 600sf micro-home that literally moves on rails, expanding to create a mid-yard and multiplying the inhabitable space.
For more information on DALE, please view: http://vimeo.com/57032793
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Brendan Callander UBC
By Brendan Callander: M.ARCH Student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada.
The University of British Columbia
University of Oregon College of Design - Ranked #1 in the nation for Sustainable Design Education
By martig:
University of Oregon
AA Visiting School in France -Grands Ateliers - Digital Techniques applied to Earth Construction
By steph chaltiel: http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/lyon
Lyon
Chocolate and Other Powders. Earth and Digital Ongoing Research
Thursday 25 June – Saturday 4 July 2015

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is society, where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more.

-- George Gordon, Lord Byron

For the 3rd edition of our Mud & Digital AA Visiting School, We will keep on cutting our way through the path
From Retrospective to Retroactive - MArch research into book and beyond
By Christopher Perrodin, Christopher Perrodin: I will chronicle my design research and degree project, providing commentary on my thought process at the time. From there, I will transform the body of work into a book which seeks to place into dialogue the two (currently) separated semesters of work.
The Dirty South - Masters' Studio with Jennifer Bonner
By Freya Schlemmer, cosmith: An investigation into Atlanta's offbeat landmarks and attractions.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
BloggyMary - Finally a blog for architecture students
By Polms: BloggyMary is held each year by 5 different master degree students of the architecture School of Versailles, France.

We are posting daily OUR selection of fresh architecture news but we are also bringing out for you: internships that are worth trying, suitable competitions for students and reviews on Parisian exhibition. As often as we can, we'll also post an in-depth article dedicated to a subject that matters nowdays.

www.bloggymary.fr / www.fb.com/bloggymary.fr
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles
University of Western Australia - Touching the Void
By DonnaT: A representation from Western Australia and the journey of Architectural study. Focusing on the design and teaching areas involved in the newly structured Architecture degree, the opportunities available in one of the most remote cities in the world and the creation of a blog which encourages global students to explore trends, designs and importantly get feedback, invaluable knowledge and critique as we travel on the architecture journey in today's world.
University of Western Australia
Wentworth Institute of Technology
By Liem Than: This blog will be used to post various entries about the Wentworth lecture series, the Wentworth Architecture Review magazine, and other entries related to architecture.
Wentworth Institute of Technology
SAID Happenings - A recap of events at UC's School of Architecture and Interior Design
By DAAP-SAID: This blog will provide a recap of events - lectures, gallery openings, major reviews, etc. - at the University of Cincinnati's School of Architecture and Interior Design. Most entries are written by graduate assistants at SAID; other authors will be noted by post.
University of Cincinnati
China Builds - Mainland China's only English MArch program
By Martijn de Geus, EPMA Program, KateMontry, Reva Watson: In the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, Beijing, the English Program for Master Architecture (EPMA) provides a nationally accredited post-professional program in integrated architectural design. It combines a global network with local implementation. The program is focused on the construction of the human habitat, and the application of advanced building technologies.
Tsinghua University
The University of Tokyo (Christopher) - G30 Architecture & Urbanism - Obuchi Lab
By Christopher Sjoberg: The G30 is an English language, architecture and urbanism course offered through the University of Tokyo for foreign students. Led by former AA Design Research Lab Co-Director, Associate Professor Yusuke Obuchi, the program seeks to collaboratively advance architectural and urban design research through the symbiosis of digital technologies and material development.
University of Tokyo
Allied Studio 2012 - Cross-Disciplinary Design at the School of Constructed Environments
By alliedstudio: This blog details the semester-long work of the Allied Studio, a cross-disciplinary effort of the MFA programs in Lighting Design, Interior Design, and the Master of Architecture program at the School of Constructed Environments in New York City. For the fall term students are re-visioning the Harlem School of the Arts in Manhattan, a pioneer of childhood education in the fields of music, dance, theater, and the visual arts.
The New School
Odessa Institute of Architecture & Fine Arts - unofficial blog
By Kyrylo Verbych: This blog spotlights a tendency in architectural education in Odessa and in others fields of architectural space of Odessa. (Ukraine)
Thesis Year - Inverting the Host/ Guest Relationship
By Darian Mason: A blog for an on going MArch Thesis Student
Thesis is now in progress. This Blog will track the advancement through the program and record the many iterations that it takes to arrive at the final solution.
My thesis is concerning how architecture can adapt to immigrant cultures and the current mixing of world cultures.
It will be a fun ride!
FIDI NEWS - The Florence Institute of Design International's Web Magazine
By Marc DiDomenico: Web magazine dedicated to the latest FIDI student and faculty news!
Florence Institute of Design International
M.Arch in a strange land - Musings on the successes and failures of a graduate architecture student.
By Ryan Panos: A week by week journal of the ups and downs of getting through a master of architecture program in Vancouver Canada.

The University of British Columbia
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By Michael Koutsoubis:
AIAS | NYIT Old Westbury
sLAB (COSTA RICA)

By sLAB (Costa Rica): This project is a Student Led Design/Build Initiative of a brand new Recycling Center in Nosara, CR.

It will be a community-run recycling and education center for Nosara, a small village in Northwestern Costa Rica. The project is ready to be built this summer with our team eager and willing to add to this already amazing beach town a symbol of recycling for all of Costa Rica to see. Together with professional filmmaker Ayana de Vos, we also plan to culminate the whole process into a movie. : This project is a Student Led Design/Build Initiative of a brand new Recycling Center in Nosara, CR.

It will be a community-run recycling and education center for Nosara, a small village in Northwestern Costa Rica. The project is ready to be built this summer with our team eager and willing to add to this already amazing beach town a symbol of recycling for all of Costa Rica to see. Together with professional filmmaker Ayana de Vos, we also plan to culminate the whole process into a movie.
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lizzie) - Projects, lectures, events, and studio life at MIT
By lizziey: A window into MIT's M.Arch program and other goings-on in the Boston architectural community from the perspective of an incoming student.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
FAU: School of Architecture B.Arch
By kmartinf:
Florida Atlantic University
Arid Lands Institute - Critiques Pinups Lectures Events
By jeremy delgado: Coverage of the critiques, pinups, lectures, and events hosted by the Arid Lands Institute. Its an inside look at the events you could not make it to and a peek at works in progress.
Arid Lands Institute
@davefromhialeah - Ideas, References, and Provocations from Brooklyn, New York
By David de Céspedes: Now that I'm post-graduate-school, and [for the time being] post-architectural-practice, I'm using this blog as an outlet to generate meaningful conversation on the limitations as well as latent opportunities in architectural practice.

Co-Founder @anewyorkagency
University of Michigan

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