Archinect - Features

Portable Us: Exploring States of Motion With Charles Weinberg and Shai Ben-Ami

2019-11-06T06:00:00-05:00

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements, and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects provide a better understanding of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice. Each feature will present a contemporary thesis project through the voice of those that constructed it.

This week, we chat with Charles Weinberg and Shai Ben-Ami from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and their thesis titled, "Portable Us—Journey Anywhere, Nowhere, Everywhere." The work won the Meisler Prize for outstanding graduation project at Bezalel.

#ArchinectMeets @__benthomas

2018-09-27T13:58:00-04:00

#ArchinectMeets is a series of interviews with members of the architecture community that use Instagram as a creative medium. With the series, we ask some of Instagram’s architectural photographers, producers and curators about their relationship to the social media platform and how it has affected their practice.

Social media has undeniably affected the way we perceive, interpret and share opinions about architecture today. Using our own account, @Archinect, as a site for image curation and news content, we wanted to ask fellow Instagram users how they navigated the platform as well as their thoughts on social media's impact on architecture.

We spoke with Ben Thomas (@__benthomas), a photographer and based in Australia. His career has taken him all over the world, including a trip to Dubai for the New Yorker. Through his work, he hopes to provide a way for people to consider the relationships that they form with their surroundings and how those surroundings might affect them in tu...

#ArchinectMeets @lerichti

2018-09-18T14:38:00-04:00

We spoke to Philipp Heer (@lerichti), a freelancer photographer whose work primarily focuses on contemporary architecture in Switzerland and the neighboring European countries. His website states that his complete work can be found on Instagram, a profile he has kept active for nearly four years.

Venice Architecture Biennale for Beginners; Making the most of your trip to Venice

2018-04-11T12:20:00-04:00

The 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale is just around the corner, opening to the public on May 26. From then until its closing on November 25, this year’s exhibition titled FREESPACE will have architects flocking from around the world to see it. Set in a stunning but already overcrowded place, the Biennale can be a hectic experience for newcomers and seasoned visitors alike.

Screen/Print #64: Pedro Bandeira Narrates His Field Trip to Arcosanti

2017-10-18T10:11:00-04:00

In 2012, Pedro Bandeira, architect and professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Minho, travelled to Arcosanti with a class of architecture students. In 2012 Arcosanti, the educator recounts his travel and shares his unique views on the Arizona urban laboratory.

No Particular Place To Go: Cuba, 2016

2017-01-06T13:18:00-05:00

There’s no divorcing architecture from politics. Every construction project beyond a certain size necessitates coordination - cooperation, or coercion – and an organization of effort and labor in service of a design. Until the day a builder can direct a swarm of drones to lay brick or erect steel, architecture will by necessity remain a collaborative effort; buildings and cities the work of societies, not individuals.

Jason Pomeroy, the "City Time Traveller"

2014-02-18T18:41:00-05:00

City Time Traveller, a new travel show that spotlights architectural wonders throughout Asia, debuted earlier this month on Channel NewsAsia. Mixing city history and architectural heritage, the show is hosted by Jason Pomeroy, an architect, academic and urban planner based in Singapore. As an architect concerned primarily with ecological sustainability, Pomeroy focuses the show on places that have weathered time and conflict to persist and thrive today. Archinect spoke with Jason Pomeroy when the show just began airing, touching on his demanding filming schedule and work as an “eco-architect”.

Google Map Tour Guide Central

2007-09-25T14:27:00-04:00

Inspired by Marlin and Ludwig's local tour guides for Los Angeles and London, we've created this ongoing feature for Archinect members to create their own customized Google Map. It's an opportunity to share all your local favorites with the rest of the community. Perhaps you have some off-the-beaten track suggestions that you wouldn't normally find in tour guides, or perhaps your interests lie primarily in certain types of architecture or culture. Here's your opportunity to show us!