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The Books You Should Read for Summer 2024, According to Leading Voices in Architecture

2024-05-29T16:41:00-04:00

Is your bookshelf ready for Summer? If not, we have you covered.

Continuing a recurring tradition, Archinect has reached out to notable figures across the architecture community who have been featured in our editorial over the past year, asking them what books they believe should be on your radar. The resulting list, in its own way, encapsulates the most important conversations taking place within architecture, design, and academia today, from inequality and conflict to labor and technology.

We hope you find some new inspiration in the titles below or, if you’ve exhausted our 2024 list, from our previous recommendations.

Sound and Place: Archinect's Summer Music Playlist to Keep You Moving

2023-07-20T10:24:00-04:00

“The interference patterns of visual, sonic, and kinetic waveform transmissions that flooded the dance floor and enveloped me were deeply transformative. Along the perimeter, bass-bins sent out shock waves that rattled your ribcage and tweeter horns above them fired a percussive hailstorm into the twitching crowd.” – Merijn Royaards, one of three designers of The Shed’s new temporary Sonic Sphere performance space on his first experiences clubbing in Rotterdam in the early-90s.

Archinect's 2023 Summer Reading List

2023-07-10T20:46:00-04:00

Summer is here, and whether you're on vacation or preparing for one or looking to lay low at home, a summer must is a good book. The Archinect team has curated a list of reading essentials to explore.

Below is a collection of books organized into five categories – New Releases, Books Every Student Should Read, Books for Motivation and Introspection, Books on Artificial Intelligence and Beyond, and Coffee Table Collectables. We've also included book suggestions from the Archinect team, Archinectors from our forum, and individuals we've interviewed in the last year.

2023 Summer Architecture Programs, Workshops, and Intensives for Adults and High School Graduates

2023-03-15T09:16:00-04:00

Archinect's featured list of summer architecture programs continues with Part II, where we focus on opportunities for recent high school graduates and adults.

Echoing a similar message as provided in Part I, these courses and workshops offer recent high school graduates and adults (at any age range), even without prior design experience, access to the fundamentals of an architectural education. Our list also includes programs for those with existing backgrounds adjacent to architecture looking to explore specific topics with a design emphasis.

2023 Summer Architecture Programs for Kids and High School Students

2023-03-08T15:04:00-05:00

Are you a parent looking for fun and stimulating spring and summer programs to keep your young ones busy? Or are you a high school student interested in exploring the world of architecture and getting college credit? As we enter the spring season and with summer just around the corner, there are plenty of architecture-focused programs young designers can explore in the coming months. For the 2023 summer season, Archinect highlights programs that could be the perfect fit for the budding architect or designer in your life.

Our two-part feature will highlight architecture programs for all ages ranging from young children to adults looking to explore the world of architecture. To kick things off, this first installment lists courses, programs, and workshops for young minds ready to discover architecture's basics. Explore over 30+ programs from across the United States and Canada. We've also included a few programs available for little ones to take during the spring months.

Summer Architecture Programs, Workshops, and Design Intensives for High School Graduates and Adults

2022-05-09T12:28:00-04:00

Continuing with our list of architecture programs to explore during the summer, Part II focuses on opportunities for recent high school graduates and adults. Echoing a similar message as provided in Part I, these courses and workshops offer adults young and old, even without prior design experience, access to the fundamentals of an architecture education.

Our list also includes programs for those with existing backgrounds adjacent to architecture looking to explore specific topics with design emphasis.

Architecture Courses and Workshops for Kids and High School Students

2022-04-29T17:03:00-04:00

Are you a parent looking for fun and stimulating summer programs to keep your young ones busy? Are you a high school student excited to explore the world of architecture? With summer just around the corner, there are plenty of architecture-focused initiatives to explore in the coming months.

For the 2022 summer season, Archinect has created a special two-part feature highlighting architecture programs for all ages. Part I focuses on summer courses and workshops for young minds ready to discover architecture's basics.

That's Chunes: Archinect's architectural-themed playlist certified to make you sweat

2021-08-26T17:30:00-04:00

With all the heat and high-profile stories in the season, it’s easy for Archinect users to get a little beleaguered this time of year. Here's a chance to stomp back into the groove with a mix that's guaranteed to get you moving this summer as we begin to transition into the fall and a post-pandemic society.

2020 saw a rise in impromptu solo performances with plenty of site-specific tie-ins that offer design aficionados as much musically as they do architecturally. Now, as the days start to grow shorter, catch up on what’s been going on in the industry of late with these scorching summer sounds dedicated to the built environment and all who appreciate its principals, practitioners, and awe-inspiring power.

Our eight-set playlist can be seen below:

X-WORLDS: UCLA's 2020 IDEAS Summer Studio Transforms Their Summer Programming Into an Incubator for Remote Exploration

2020-11-15T12:59:00-05:00

Summer 2020 proved to be a season of tackling the unknown as the pandemic impacted architectural academia. With nearly all summer programs pivoting and transitioning to remote learning, popular summer programs aimed to find a way to motivate students during such challenging times with online experiences that allowed them to explore digital possibilities within architecture.

UCLA's IDEAS Summer studio shares with Archinect, "This year's IDEAS Summer Studio "X-WORLDS" marked the first entirely virtual introduction to the one-year Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design (M.S.AUD) program at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. The six-week program provided an immersion into the intersecting worlds of each of the four M.S.AUD research studios: Entertainment, Mobility, Technology, and Urban Strategy."

Archinect connected with the team from UCLA's IDEAS Campus Summer Studio to learn about the program's goals and highlight the work of student participants created during their s...

Dip Your Toes in Architecture This Summer With These 10 Summer Architecture Intensives

2019-04-24T12:00:00-04:00

For some, the summer season is filled with traveling and vacation, but for others, summer is a time to dive into workshops and intensives. Whether in or out of school—architecture, or otherwise—the months of June, July and August, are a great time to beef up that portfolio, enhance a skill set, or participate in an immersive program to explore side interests and subtopics.

Spanning anywhere from one week to a full-month, summer programs enable architecture students and adults without architecture backgrounds to explore and expand their exposure to the field. Below, Archinect has gathered a list of summer opportunities that will push you and your architectural stamina to the limit.

Archinect's 2018 Summer Reading List

2018-07-10T09:01:00-04:00

Temperatures are rising, and for many, that might mean finding a good book for the beach or pool, while on the plane to a summer destination, or hiding away in an air-conditioned Starbucks. When talking to architects over the past few months, we've been asking for their current favorites. Whether it's a companion to the Venice Architecture Biennale or a deep dive into communal living, below you'll find a stellar list to supplement that already overflowing stack sitting on your shelves.

Archinect's Summer Reading List: recommendations from Steven Holl, Kate Wagner, Diana Agrest, Katya Tylevich, Jenny Sabin and Samuel Bravo

2017-07-26T15:36:00-04:00

The summer months are the ideal time to peruse a book from your beach towel, airplane seat, hotel bed, or more likely, the coffee shop you are hiding away from your unconditioned apartment at. From a novel starring an architect-protagonist to one about the Russian Revolution to architectural theory and a biography of the gene, here are some books to dive into this summer.

Archinect's Summer Reading + Listening List: Recommendations from Amale Andraos, Dora Epstein Jones, Jenna Didier, and Mimi Zeiger

2016-08-04T10:13:00-04:00

It turns out architecture folk don't really go for junk fiction when it comes to summer reading. Karl Ove Knausgaard makes another appearance, alongside classics by Albert Camus and Frantz Fanon, as well as some more architecture-specific reads. Here's what Amale Andraos, Dora Epstein Jones, Jenna Didier, and Mimi Zeiger are reading (and listening to) this summer—and why.

Archinect's Summer Reading + Listening List: Recommendations from Aaron Betsky, Jimenez Lai, Alan Loomis and Scott Merrill

2016-07-16T10:41:00-04:00

From vivid historical analysis to theoretically-driven essays on Rem Koolhaas to the mesmerizing stream of consciousness of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Aaron Betsky, Jimenez Lai, Alan Loomis and Scott Merrill spoke to Archinect about what they're reading (and listening to).

Here's a quick glimpse of the tenor and scope of their picks, just in time for summer.

Archinect's Summer Reading List: recommendations from Oana Stanescu of Family, Elaine Molinar and Craig Dykers of Snøhetta, and Jorge Otero-Pailos

2016-07-07T08:39:00-04:00

With temperatures climbing and vacations on the horizon, it’s time to stock up on summer reads. When talking to architects over the past few months, we’ve been asking for their book recommendations—to bring to the beach, to distract from the sweltering heat of the subway, or just to edify. Here’s a few of them.