In June of 2013, Elizabeth Plater Zyberk stepped down from the role of Dean at the School of Architecture after holding the position for 15+ years. After a international search done by the university, Dr.Rodolphe El-Khoury was named the new Dean In July of this year. Dr. El-Khoury comes to us by ways of the University of Toronto's The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. During his tenure there he was the Director of Urban Design, held the Canada Research Chair, and was the co-director of the Responsive Architecture laboratory (RAD Lab). He is also a founding principal of the firm Khoury Levit Fong and former principal at Office dA. If you're in the area, please stop by the Miami Center for Architecture and Design to welcome him to the community this Tuesday September 23rd. Please RSVP.
Sponsors: AIA Miami, University of Miami School of Architecture, Stantec, and MCAD.
Below are some new progress photos taken from last week. I guess that means these would be #latergrams? The development is coming out nicer than the quality of the photo allows. Once this part of the assignment concludes we'll include some professionally scanned images.( egg beater... View full entry
If you happen to be in the area, please come by tonight for a free lecture by architect, MIT professor and founder/principal of Nadaaa, Nader Tehrani.Event takes place at 6:30pm View full entry
“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.”- Le CorbusierI start my class every year with that quote to explain to these students the importance of visual communications. Since I've began teaching this course most of the students I get have never had to... View full entry
This blog gives a sneak peak into the architecture world at the University of Miami. What began as an experiment following one group of incoming graduate students through their first semester of design, has morphed into a window of the school of architecture through this professor's eyes. I will try to post as often as possible.
