Discussions on Domestic Hydrology with Elizabeth Galvez, Wed, May 29 '19

This week we talk to Elizabeth Galvez who is was the 2018-19 Muschenheim Fellow at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College. Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption and trend of fellowships in academia today. These positions within the ...

The Words, Projects, Images and Thoughts of I.M. Pei, Fri, May 17 '19

Few voices have had a more significant impact on the discipline at large than I.M. Pei. His projects and ethos have shaped and an endless number of pupils both directly and indirectly, and he will continue to impact the world at large through the echos of his teachings. With his recent passing, we ...

19 Young Architects on Why They Decided to Start Their Careers With Their Own Firms, Thu, May 2 '19

Striking it on your own can be an exhilarating process, the ability to take on your own clients, building your imagination and growing your own company. While your mind will jump immediately to the successes of your own company, learning the nuances of the nuts and bolts is just as if not more ...

Geoffrey von Oeyen on Exploring Resilience at a Number of Scales, Mon, Apr 29 '19

From Pavilions in China to Horizons in Malibu, Geoffrey von Oeyen blurs boundaries and explores the means and methods of architectural exploration at both environmental and social scales.  For this week's Studio Snapshot, Geoffrey von Oeyen Design walks us through how ...

Margaret Griffin & John Enright on Defining the Projects that Define You, Mon, Apr 22 '19

Looking for a rebuttal to the question "What have you done on your own?", Griffin Enright Architects has delved into the profession through a combination of landscape, pedagogical, and built environment explorations as a means to define and build their own history.  For this week's ...

Discovering Techniques of Descriptive and Analytical Geometry with Iman Fayyad, Thu, Apr 4 '19

This week, we talk to Iman Fayyad. Iman holds a Master in Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she was the recipient of the American Institute of Architects Certificate of Merit, Faculty Design Award, and the Araldo A. Cossutta Prize for Design ...

XTEN's Monika Haefelfinger​ on Swiss Technique and Resilience in Architecture Practice, Mon, Mar 25 '19

For this week's Studio Snapshot, we talk with Monika Haefelfinger about her practice, XTEN and explore the various aspects of a firm whose name and ethos is inspired by the film, Powers of Ten (by Ray and Charles Eames). In the movie, the observer can see how zooming in and out of an ...

This is a Start-I Really Want Your Opinion Before I Continue..., Sat, Mar 16 '19

In this installment of Cross-Talk #9 — The Architecture Play, Ivan Bernal presents a personal account on how Play could be understood as a way to jump-start the discipline.  The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the polemic and ...

Disciplinary FOMO & Exhibitionary Pornification; A Look at Contemporary Curatorial Plights, Fri, Mar 15 '19

In this installment of Cross-Talk #9 — The Architecture Play, Anthony Morey explains why the constant stream of exhibitions and their hashtags may be doing more damage than good and how the solution could be to sit one out and reevaluate instead.  The role of Archinect’s ...

Architectural Agency: Playing at a New Scale; Thoughts with Taraneh Meshkani, Thu, Mar 14 '19

In this installment of Cross-Talk #9 — The Architecture Play, we talk with Taraneh Meshkani about the role of autonomy or maybe its non role in Architecture and how scale just might be the answer.  The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the ...

Playing in the World, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fetish with Jon Yoder, Wed, Mar 13 '19

In this installment of Cross-Talk #9 — The Architecture Play, we talk with Jon Yoder and the reunification of theory and practice into a purely playful disciplinary atmosphere.  The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of ...

​Parallel, Cooperative & Solitary Play; The Architecture Play with Kathryn Strand, Tue, Mar 12 '19

In this installment of our current Coss-Talk outing — The Architecture Play, we talk with Kathryn Strand and the various forms and values of play and their value to Architecture today.  The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the ...

Spinagu Exemplifies a Contemporary Practice with Academia, Profession & Experimentation all Running at Full Steam, Mon, Mar 11 '19

For this week's Studio Snapshot, we talk with Spinagu's principals Maxi Spina and Jia Gu. They walk us through their studio's history, trajectory and explain how all the various avenues of disciplinary exploration find their ways into their work. From chess sets and exhibitions to dwellings ...

Words from 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, Arata Isozaki, Tue, Mar 5 '19

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Latent Rationality & Incompatible Worlds; A Conversation with Zahra Safaverdi, Tue, Mar 5 '19

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

Redlines: Oblique, Thu, Feb 28 '19

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

Contemporary Preservation & Identity; A Conversation with Connor Gravelle, Tue, Feb 19 '19

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

Horizons, Political Organizations & Facebook; A Conversation with Tony Gonzalez, Fri, Feb 15 '19

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

Forging Alternate Hybrids of Practice; Conversations with the Writers of The Blindspot Initiative, Wed, Feb 6 '19

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From Collaborative Performances to Immersive Environments, Bryony Roberts Explores Alternate Forms of Practice, Mon, Jan 28 '19

Bryony Roberts Studio is an award-winning design and research practice based in New York. The studio approaches design as a social practice, creating immersive environments and community-based collaborations that prompt alternative forms of inhabitation.  In this week's Studio Snapshot ...

Uncanny Perspectives & Paper Realities; Lectures with Thomas Demand, Wed, Jan 23 '19

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

"Thesis Review" With Luciano Menghini, Winner of the Woods Bagot Prize, Tue, Jan 22 '19

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

A Fib Built of Stones, Light & Aluminum, kind of; A Conversation with Richard Quittenton, Fri, Jan 11 '19

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

A Thesis Hidden in the Shadows; A Conversation with Zack Matthews, Thu, Jan 3 '19

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

Words of Wisdom from Toshiko Mori, Harvard GSD's First Tenured Female Professor, Wed, Dec 12 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Urban Discussions Never Sleep; A Conversation with Bernd Upmeyer, Founder of MONU Magazine, Mon, Dec 10 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

Armageddons, Pterodactyls & Paradigms; Words with Eric Owen Moss, Wed, Dec 5 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

A Conversation with Nicholas McMillan on Peculiar Architecture, Mon, Dec 3 '18

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a ...

Does Neil Denari Dream of Electric Sheep? Thoughts and Tangents with Neil Denari, Tue, Nov 27 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Cross-Talk #8: Academia & Practice — Introduction, Mon, Nov 19 '18

The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the polemic and allow for the resulting conflict to bring to life an otherwise still and comfortable climate of creativity—if there can be one. Cross-Talk attempts—if to only say ...

A Conversation with Jack Stewart-Castner on Architectural Jekyll and Hydes, Thu, Nov 15 '18

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the academic arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a contemporary ...

Speculation on Objects, Realism and the Arts; A View into the Mind of Graham Harman, Wed, Nov 14 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Balancing the Conceptual and The Actual; A Studio Snapshot of Preliminary Research Office, Mon, Nov 12 '18

Led by Chloe Brunner, Dingliang Yang and Yaohua Wang, Preliminary Research Office has been making a name for itself as an emerging practice leveraging contemporary motifs, exceptional techniques, and potent design schemes to consistently push the boundaries of what a young office can do in ...

A Conversation with Runze Zhang & Alessio Grancini on their Thesis Project "Games of Deletion", Wed, Nov 7 '18

Thesis Review is a collection of conversations, statements and inquiries into the current state of thesis in academia. Thesis projects give a glimpse into the current state of the education arena while painting a picture for the future of practice.  Each feature will present a contemporary ...

40 Years of Discipline-Shifting Architecture with Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron, Wed, Nov 7 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From Exodus to S, M, L, XL to Seattle; Architecture with Rem Koolhaas, Wed, Oct 31 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

The Negative Spaces of Domesticity, Wed, Oct 24 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Constructs of Memory: Lorem Ipsum, Thu, Oct 18 '18

Lorem Ipsum: Narratives of Architecture is the first studio to be subjected to the experimental format of a jury presented in Pedagogies, the Public & Juries. The third round of Lorem Ipsum focuses on bringing the processes and products from the previous stages together, presented here as ...

Transcripts of Los Angeles: Lorem Ipsum, Wed, Oct 17 '18

Lorem Ipsum: Narratives of Architecture is the first studio to be subjected to the experimental format of a jury presented in Pedagogies, the Public & Juries. The second round of Lorem Ipsum borrows its process from Bernard Tschumi’s Manhattan Transcripts. What follows is the development of ...

Nolli in Los Angeles : Lorem Ipsum, Tue, Oct 16 '18

Lorem Ipsum: Narratives of Architecture is the first studio to be subjected to the experimental format of a jury presented in Pedagogies, the Public & Juries. The rounds of this jury will be released and segmented as the studio was experienced by the students. Here we begin with Nolli in Los ...

Pedagogies, the Public & Juries: Lorem Ipsum, Mon, Oct 15 '18

A jury is generally thought of as a body of people who are responsible for giving a verdict in a legal case based on the evidence submitted to them in court. However, juries in architecture tend to function in a slightly different manner. They serve to structure and embody polemical tussles. Their ...

Centre Georges Pompidou or a Cemetery, Aldo Rossi's Fork in the Road, Fri, Oct 12 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Beyond 2030, Thoughts on the Anthropocene, Wed, Oct 10 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Collecting Architecture as Making Architecture; Ai Weiwei and Architecture , Fri, Oct 5 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Architecture & Design Podcasts to Listen to While Working, Wed, Oct 3 '18

Soapbox is a series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin to keep ...

Ish~Ness & Counter-Absolutes: Maya Alam and the Harry der Boghosian Fellowship., Fri, Sep 28 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research, and design influence, traditionally done within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

Skateboarding as City Mapping. Talks on Cities, Skateboarding and Identity. , Wed, Sep 26 '18

Soapbox is a series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin to keep ...

A Fountain and Vanna Venturi House; 1964 with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Sun, Sep 23 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

A Collection of Thoughts and Wisdom from Robert Venturi. , Thu, Sep 20 '18

Soapbox is a series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin to keep ...

Cross-Talk #7: Creative Rights & Intellectual Property — Introduction, Mon, Sep 10 '18

The role of Archinect’s series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the polemic and allow for the resulting conflict to bring to life an otherwise still and comfortable climate of creativity—if there can be one. Cross-Talk attempts—if to only say ...

It Could Have Been Called SOB: Gordon Bunshaft and SOM, Fri, Sep 7 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

From a B at Yale to a Built Memorial: Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial, Fri, Aug 31 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Jeffrey Kipnis, Wed, Aug 29 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Jack Self, Editor of Real Review (Now Available at Archinect Outpost!), Discusses His "Mystic Process" and the Importance of Print , Fri, Aug 24 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

Has Educational Complacency Diminished Today's Discourse?, Thu, Aug 23 '18

Complacency is the enemy of progress and Architecture, as a whole, is built on progress. The progress of thought, progress of conversations and progress of objection. Architecture is not a search for truth, but instead, as a discipline, it is a collection of studies, inquiries, and expertise into ...

Soapbox: Christo and Jeanne-Claude , Wed, Aug 22 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

As Principal of a Small Firm, Founder of Synthesis Design + Architecture Alvin Huang Says You Always Have to be Hunting, Mon, Aug 20 '18

"As a design research practice we leverage technology as an avenue to challenge convention and imagine alternatives" says Alvin Huang, founder of the firm Synthesis Design + Architecture. Started in 2011, Huang began his practice after gaining significant experience working for prestigious firms ...

From a Home to President Obama's Library: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architect's Eisenberg Residence , Fri, Aug 17 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Brutalism , Wed, Aug 15 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From Dr. Dre to John Lautner, it all started here. The Panel House by Barbara Bestor. , Fri, Aug 10 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Ai Weiwei, Wed, Aug 8 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From Obscurity to MoMA. Eric Owen Moss's Playa Del Rey Triplex, Fri, Aug 3 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Psychotherapy, Wed, Aug 1 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Readlines: Fresh Meat, Tue, Jul 31 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

Tombs, Hotels and Libraries. The beginnings of Étienne-Louis Boullée., Fri, Jul 27 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Jonathan Gold, Wed, Jul 25 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Redlines: The Funambulist, Tue, Jul 24 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

From the Ground Up: Lebbeus Woods, Fri, Jul 20 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Dada, Wed, Jul 18 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Redlines: PLAT, Tue, Jul 10 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

Cross-Talk #6: East vs West - Introduction, Mon, Jul 9 '18

The role of Archinect’s new series Cross-Talk is to bring forward the positive aspects of the polemic and allow for the resulting conflict to bring to life an otherwise still and comfortable climate of creativity—if there can be one. Cross-Talk attempts—if to only ...

Soapbox: Architecture & Hip Hop, Wed, Jul 4 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Rem Koolhaas, Fri, Jun 29 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: John Quentin Hejduk, Wed, Jun 27 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Herzog & de Meuron, Fri, Jun 22 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Hannah Arendt, Wed, Jun 20 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Soapbox: The School of Life, Wed, Jun 13 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Redlines: JAE, Tue, Jun 12 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

From the Ground Up: Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Fri, Jun 8 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Gordon Matta-Clark, Wed, Jun 6 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Andrea Palladio, Fri, Jun 1 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Virtual Reality, Wed, May 30 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Redlines: Thresholds, Tue, May 29 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

From the Ground Up: Thom Mayne, Fri, May 25 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: American Architecture Now (1980), Wed, May 23 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Shigeru Ban, Fri, May 18 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Will Alsop, Wed, May 16 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Redlines: CLOG, Tue, May 15 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

From the Ground Up: Frank Gehry, Fri, May 11 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Commencement Speeches , Wed, May 9 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows: Linda Zhang, Fri, May 4 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption and trend of fellowships in academia today. These positions within the academic realm produce a fantastic blend of practice, research and design influence and traditionally within a tight time frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

Soapbox: Job Interviews, Wed, May 2 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Santiago Calatrava, Fri, Apr 27 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Elizabeth Diller, Wed, Apr 25 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Redlines: SOILED, Tue, Apr 24 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

AN.ONYMOUS Architects Show Us How Obstacles Make for Better Projects, Mon, Apr 16 '18

AN.ONYMOUS is a transdisciplinary design firm based in Los Angeles and New York. Founded by Iman Ansari and Marta Nowak, the studio focuses on speculative approaches towards architecture and urbanism in relation to ecology, technology and biology. Since its inception in 2012, AN.ONYMOUS has ...

Cross-Talk #5: Criticism — Introduction, Fri, Apr 13 '18

Redlines: Pidgin, Thu, Apr 12 '18

Redlines is a collection of interviews with editors that make today's most provocative architectural publications come to life. While architecture is traditionally concerned with buildings, materials, and scale, their importance and historical impact are recorded through words, books ...

Soapbox: Social Housing, Wed, Apr 11 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Philip Johnson, Fri, Apr 6 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Fiction, Wed, Apr 4 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows: Viola Ago, Fri, Mar 30 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research, and design influence, traditionally done within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

Soapbox: Origins, Wed, Mar 28 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows: Hans Tursack, Fri, Mar 23 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research, and design influence, traditionally done within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

Soapbox: Surrealism , Wed, Mar 21 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Balkrishna Doshi , Fri, Mar 16 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the formative of hands and often, surprising shifts that occur in ...

Soapbox: Pritzker, Wed, Mar 14 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

From the Ground Up: Zaha Hadid, Fri, Mar 9 '18

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes, in even the most formative of hands, and the often surprising shifts that ...

Soapbox: Gender, Wed, Mar 7 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows : Zahra Safaverdi , Fri, Mar 2 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research, and design influence, traditionally done within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

Soapbox: Criticism , Wed, Feb 28 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows : D-ESK, Fri, Feb 23 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research, and design influence, traditionally done within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

Soapbox: Identity, Wed, Feb 21 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Soapbox: Race, Wed, Feb 14 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Walk Softly and Don’t Carry a Big Shtick; A Small Studio Snapshot of LA-Based Darin Johnstone Architects, Mon, Feb 12 '18

Darin Johnstone is a Los Angeles based architect and teacher. He is the founder of his eponymous practice, Darin Johnstone Architects, and a faculty member at SCI-Arc. For this week's Small Studio Snapshots, we talk with Johnstone about moving to LA on a whim to start his studio, his ...

Soapbox: Black in Design, Wed, Feb 7 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Cross-Talk #4: Academic Aesthetics — Introduction, Mon, Feb 5 '18

Cross-Talk is a new recurring series on Archinect that endeavors to bring architectural polemics and debate up-to-date and up-to-speed with the pace of cultural production today. Each installation will feature four responses by four writers to a single topic. For this week's iteration, the ...

Fellow Fellows: Outpost Office, Fri, Feb 2 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption of fellowships in academia today. Within this realm, these positions produce a fantastic blend of practice, research and design influence, traditionally within a tight time-frame. Fellow Fellows sits down with these ...

Soapbox: Semiotics, Wed, Jan 31 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Soapbox: Diversity, Thu, Jan 25 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows: WAI Architecture Think Tank, Thu, Jan 18 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption and trend of fellowships in academia today. These positions within the academic realm produce a fantastic blend of practice, research and design influence and traditionally within a tight time frame. Fellow Fellows sits ...

SoapBox: Utopia, Wed, Jan 17 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Soapbox: Aesthetics , Fri, Jan 12 '18

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Fellow Fellows: Zachary Tate Porter, Thu, Jan 11 '18

Fellow Fellows is a series that focuses on the current eruption and trend of fellowships in academia today. These positions within the academic realm produce a fantastic blend of practice, research and design influence and traditionally within a tight time frame. Fellow Fellows sits down with ...

Cross-Talk #3: Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions, Tue, Dec 26 '17

Soapbox: Curation, Wed, Dec 20 '17

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

SoapBox: Pedagogy, Wed, Dec 6 '17

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

SoapBox: Representation, Wed, Nov 29 '17

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

SoapBox: Discourse?, Mon, Nov 20 '17

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin ...

Cross-Talk #2: Pedagogy — Introduction, Mon, Jul 24 '17

pedagogy  |ˈpedəˌɡäjē|  noun (plural pedagogies) the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept: the relationship between applied linguistics and ...

Introducing Archinect's New Critical Debate Forum 'Cross-Talk', Mon, May 22 '17

The last four-plus decades have seen formidable developments in the discipline of architectural history and theory. This prolific production was disseminated publicly primarily through text-based mediums such as Oppositions, Log and Assemblage—among countless others. But now, the emergence ...

Oyler Wu Collaborative in ink, graphite and steel, Mon, Feb 9 '15

Painters paint, sculptors sculpt, and writers write, yet architects do not architect – they draw, model, and write. Architecture is one of the few creative fields that does not allow the artist to work in the medium where the final work will be produced. Yet Oyler Wu Collaborative makes ...