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Making+Meaning 2020 invites students from around the globe to discover design

2020-05-28T12:00:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by SCI-Arc, an Archinect School Partner

SCI-Arc has announced that its summer program Making+Meaning will be held online this year. Now open to applicants all around the world, students from across the US, Asia, Europe, and beyond will convene to delve deeply into the most cutting-edge techniques and processes advancing design and architecture today. Making+Meaning is a discovery career program for students that may or may not have any experience in architecture, or want to refine their own technical skillsets or design abilities.

Unlike previous iterations, the program will be divided into two modules, each two weeks long, during which participants will develop interactive content for a design portfolio, all while cultivating a creative community through the exploration of architecture. Upon finishing the program, students will present their design work and receive feedback from renowned architects and design professionals.

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California State Universities announce plans for an all-online fall semester

2020-05-14T18:41:00-04:00

As universities across the country begin to plan for an unpredictable fall semester, the California State University (CSU) system has made the decision to preemptively schedule its fall semester courses online.

The New York Times reports that the school system, which operates 23 campuses and educates a student population of 480,000, is opting for the approach out of an abundance of caution and as fears of a so-called "second wave" of coronavirus infections increases while states begin to lift stay-at-home ordinances.

Previously on Archinect: "Universities begin planning for an unpredictable fall semester." Harvard and University of Pennsylvania have outlined their intentions to start the coming semester one way or another. Image courtesy of Wikimedia User Joseph Williams.

Timothy P. White, the chancellor of the California State University system, tells The New York Times, “Our university, when open without restrictions and fully in person, as is the traditional norm of the past, is a...

California's Quattrocchi Kwok Architects helps bring broadband internet to rural students amid COVID-19

2020-05-05T12:36:00-04:00

When Santa Rosa-based Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) heard a local call to action to help economically disadvantaged schools in Sonoma County facilitate distance learning, they answered the call. Due to COVID-19 many of the underprivileged students in the area lacked the basic resources needed to continue their education online.

QKA has so far provided 60 Wifi hotspots to families without internet access, 350 reams of copy paper, and monetary contributions to the Roseland Public School's Family Relief Fund to help feed families in need. The firm specializes in education design and co-founder and Principal Mark Quattrocchi, FAIA, personally reached out to school across Sonoma County and Lake County to see how he could help.

"Listening to their stories of material shortages is heart-wrenching, as we see up close the uneven playing field these disadvantaged schools experience — from no laptops, to laptops but no Wi-Fi, and to Wi-Fi “hotspots” but no cell coverage," Quattrocchi wrot...

Pratt School of Architecture to offer free “continuing education” courses online

2020-04-24T18:14:00-04:00

In response to COVID-19, the Pratt Institute School of Architecture is partnering with AIA Brooklyn to offer four free AIA-accredited continuing education courses. The course offerings are due to launch on April 29th and will offer "dialogue on current topics like affordable housing during a pandemic as well as in-demand technical training."

"Our intention is to show our solidarity with our extended architecture community by offering free classes to professionals that can be accessed remotely," said Harriet Harriss, dean of the School of Architecture, in a statement. "Thanks to our partnership with AIA Brooklyn, architects can earn the vital credits they need to complete the CPD requirements necessary to maintain registration."

Moreover, Marshal Shuster, director of continuing education at AIA Brooklyn expressed the organization's commitment to advancing the profession through this pandemic and beyond. The course offerings have been dubbed the "Executive Education Series" and focus ...

The Design Museum of London aims to bring art and design into your home with their new Digital Design Museum Calendar

2020-04-03T17:57:00-04:00

Online courses, activities, and programming have increased as the globe adjusts to this "new normal" of social distancing measures and safety precautions amid the current pandemic. However, museums across the globe have shifted their efforts towards bringing art to the homes of millions of patrons.

On April 1st, the Design Museum announced the launch of their new Digital Design Calendar of online content. According to a press statement by the museum, "new digital calendar includes lesson plans and activities for children at home with the Young Design Museum program, a series of ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions for adults in new Learn with the DesignMuseum series and a roster of Instagram Lives with leading designers called #DesignDispatches."

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The museum has partnered with the Royal College of Art, BBC Studios, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and several others who aim to assist the museum by carrying out it's "mission to make the impact of design vi...

M-Rad's Matthew Rosenberg shares architectural business tips in a new online course

2019-12-18T15:15:00-05:00

Matthew Rosenberg, CEO of M-Rad Inc, has launched a new online course for GoArchitect's DesignClass called Learn to Lead with Matthew Rosenberg.

In the course, Rosenberg shares the lessons he's learned throughout his career and presents fresh ways to operate as an architectural businessperson by looking at topics such as real estate development, strategic partnerships, standing out in a competitive market, and hiring staff.

This new DesignClass will launch December 23, 2019.

HiveIO's upcoming webinar teaches the healthcare, education, design, and construction industry's how to boost their desktop with GPU

2019-06-11T13:12:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by HiveIO

As datacenter technologies have evolved from mainframes to distributed architectures to the Internet each layer of "improvement" brought with it ever increasing complexity. HiveIO changes the datacenter at its core. We bring simplicity and cost control to hyperconverged infrastructure, enabling IT operations teams to focus on supporting their users and their business initiatives.

Join the HiveIO team for a webinar this Thursday, June 13th at 11am EST to learn about the latest developments in GPUs and the evolving use cases.

Toby Coleridge demonstrates the latest developments in GPUs and the performance improvements driving VDI innovation across healthcare, education, design, and construction.

See first hand how Nvidia, ATI, and Intel GPU hardware can be virtualized and shared across desktops for improved performance and affordability. This is an on demand event, register to watch any time! To register click here.

HiveIO was started with one goal...

Christopher Hawthorne, LA Times architecture critic, reviews Harvard's first online architecture course

2017-05-04T14:42:00-04:00

[K. Michael Hays] represents an approach to teaching architecture and architectural theory that has held sway in the American academy for at least a generation. This approach doesn’t simply treat architecture as a discipline separate from the rest of the world, with its own passwords and protocols. It guards that separation with its life.

A spirited Christopher Hawthorne reviews Harvard GSD's first online course as taught by K. Michael Hays, who appears to prize obfuscation and condescension as teaching methods (Hawthorne does explain the history behind this autonomous pedagogy, which resulted from architects of the 1970s needing to break away from corporate/political control). Still, the question of whether online courses are actually any different than the level of instruction you would receive in a classroom appears to be trending toward no, at least in substantive terms. The medium isn't the message, especially if you're taking instruction from a lecturer who thinks speaking at you, rather than engaging with you, is the way to go.

Boston Architectural College Provides An Accelerated Path to Become a Professional Architect.

2015-11-23T09:00:00-05:00

This post is brought to you by Boston Architectural College.

The Master of Architecture, distance program is the first, primarily online program in the nation to be accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB). It is available at the Boston Architectural College to U.S. citizens anywhere in the world. Led by the BAC’s faculty of practicing architects, engineers, and historians, the program is ideal for hands-on learners who seek real-world design practice in interactive studios. This selective program is designed for students who have an undergraduate degree in design as well as practitioners in the field who seek to elevate their design knowledge.

↑ M. Arch, Ruthie Kuhlman’s Thesis presentation of constructing perspective, how seeing relates to position, Instructor Rayford Law

The Master of Architecture, distance program at Boston Architectural College enables students to earn a NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture degree while continuing to practice full ti...

Philadelphia University offering free Sustainable Design online course once again

2015-03-09T20:38:00-04:00

After a successful first run last June, Philadelphia University is inviting students, industry professionals, and all who are interested to enroll in the free massive open online course (MOOC), Principles of Sustainable Design. The graduate-level course, which starts today until April 24, 2015, focuses on topics like demand for resources, energy systems, self-interest and altruism. The course also allow students to learn about new methods of sustainable practices that work towards "authentic sustainability" instead of "superficial greening."

Taught by Robert Fleming, co-creator and Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program at Philadelphia University, the course will be taught via HD videos, narrated PowerPoint presentations, text-based learning modules + interactive quizzes, and faculty-moderated and peer online discussions. Students will collaborate to design and implement an impact project that addresses sustainability-related issues for the final class.

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Join the Online Master Class "Real Estate in the Corporation – More than just an Expense", hosted by Sharon Liebowitz

2014-09-30T11:35:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by IE School of Architecture & Design

Online Master Class
Real Estate in the Corporation – More than just an Expense
Date: Oct 7th 2014 at 6:00 PM Madrid time.
Speaker: Sharon Liebowitz, VP of Global Real Estate, JPMorgan Chase
Registration: click here to register to the event.
Brought to you by: IE School of Architecture & Design

Real Estate is among the top three expenses for most corporations, and as such, needs to be aggressively managed. But, in addition to managing real estate as an expense item, real estate also needs to be managed as a strategic asset. This can include using the workspace to attract talent, developing a location strategy to situate offices near the best labor pool, or creating an office environment that supports collaboration. Deploying the capabilities of real estate as a strategic asset enables businesses to achieve their priorities.

Biography of the speaker:
Sharon Liebowitz is a vice president of Global Real Estate at JPMor...

Join the Online Master Class “The Versatile Workplace”, hosted by Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexander (Studio O+A)

2014-09-08T21:20:00-04:00

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Online Master Class
The Versatile Workplace
Date: September 25th, 2014 at 7 PM Madrid time.
Speakers: Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexander, Founders Studio O+A
Registration: click here to register to the event.
Brought to you by: IE School of Architecture & Design

Founders of O+A, Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexander will discuss emerging changes in the workplace through the lens of the firm's most recent design projects, including Uber and Yelp. They will challenge current trends and notions on collaboration, the open office, and technology as a major catalyst for change in office design and will demonstrate a new way of working that offers "complete customization" of a workspace.

This Online Master Class focuses in one of the areas developed in the Master in Design for Work, Retail and Learning Environments at IE, an innovative, post-professional program that addresses the shifts that are occurring within the realm of busines...

Sharpen your skills with Archinect & Black Spectacles. Live digital design workshops start on September 27th.

2014-09-02T15:28:00-04:00

Keeping up with new design and rendering softwares is a never-ending job. Industry standards change, plug-ins multiply, and technology simply improves. And more often than not, the onus of learning these updates falls on the individual architect or designer — school programming moves at too glacial of a pace, and employers can’t lose the time spent teaching.

To better equip individuals with the tools to educate themselves, Archinect has partnered with Black Spectacles, an online library for live, digital design workshops and courses specific to architecture and design. As part of our collaboration, Archinect is offering discounted access to five of Black Spectacles' live workshops, to attend either in-person or online.

Register for Black Spectacles workshop here. Archinectors can get $100 off a workshop by registering with the code "Archinect100".

Founded in 2010 by architect and educator Marc Teer, Black Spectacles works with architects at top-notch firms to create road-tested worksho...