Technology’s Siren Song
10.14.2024
How to lure an architect onto the rocks.
How to lure an architect onto the rocks.
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Designers and Planners Take Note: People’s Fondest Memories Rarely Involve Technology
08.11.2020
A crucial lesson with great implications for planning and engagement.
A crucial lesson with great implications for planning and engagement.
Architectural Education is Changing: Let’s Hope the Profession Can Keep Up
01.22.2018
Contrary to popular myth, the schools are leading the way into the future.
Contrary to popular myth, the schools are leading the way into the future.
Architectural Education Will Have to Change or Risk Becoming Irrelevant
01.04.2018
The technological revolution is making the studio model increasingly obsolete.
The technological revolution is making the studio model increasingly obsolete.
There’s More than Just One Way for Architects to Create Value
12.07.2017
Smart design can create environmental, social and economic benefits.
Smart design can create environmental, social and economic benefits.
Is Online Learning Really the Future of Architectural Education?
11.20.2017
The promise and the pitfalls of this inevitable shift.
The promise and the pitfalls of this inevitable shift.
The Challenge and Terror of Making Payroll as an Architect
10.18.2017
How technology will transform that bi-weekly terror.
How technology will transform that bi-weekly terror.
How Behavior-Aided Design Will Transform Architecture
10.01.2017
Or, how buildings go BAD.
Or, how buildings go BAD.
Swipe Left: How Technology Has Skewed Architectural Competitions
08.02.2017
The digital revolution has transformed a studio experience into a form of online dating.
The digital revolution has transformed a studio experience into a form of online dating.
Sarah Williams Goldhagen on How the Brain Works and What It Means for Architecture
07.20.2017
The author talks about her new book, Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives.
The author talks about her new book, Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives.
What Architectural Education Does To Would-Be Architects
06.08.2017
Teaching principles of “living structure” can be a real challenge in the current education environment.
Teaching principles of “living structure” can be a real challenge in the current education environment.
Who Will Own the Smart City?
05.25.2017
The recent rollout New York City’s LinkNYC raises some important questions about our digital future.
The recent rollout New York City’s LinkNYC raises some important questions about our digital future.
The BIM Moment: What We’re Losing in the Robot-Age of Architecture
11.01.2016
For most architects today, Building Information Modeling is the elephant in the room.
For most architects today, Building Information Modeling is the elephant in the room.
Witold Rybczynski’s New Cultural History of the Chair
07.27.2016
In his new book, the author Witold Rybczynski has pulled off a deft trick. Now I Sit Me Down, due out next month, feels loose and relaxed, as well as grounded and authoritative. In a way, it’s like a good chair. The book, a sweeping look, rendered in concise breezy prose, blends first person accounts […]
In his new book, the author Witold Rybczynski has pulled off a deft trick. Now I Sit Me Down, due out next month, feels loose and relaxed, as well as grounded and authoritative. In a way, it’s like a good chair. The book, a sweeping look, rendered in concise breezy prose, blends first person accounts […]
Modern Restoration and the Veneration of Its Hero Architects
07.20.2016
This is not renovation: it’s work of religious purification and fine arts conservation.
This is not renovation: it’s work of religious purification and fine arts conservation.
The Pleasures and Futility of Teaching Drawing to Architecture Students
07.05.2016
Sometimes it feels like I spend as much time advocating for its usefulness as I do teaching it.
Sometimes it feels like I spend as much time advocating for its usefulness as I do teaching it.
Why Drawing Should Still Matter to Architects and Designers
06.23.2016
Despite its astounding efficiencies, the digital revolution has diminished what was once once an essential part of the creative process: the human hand.
Despite its astounding efficiencies, the digital revolution has diminished what was once once an essential part of the creative process: the human hand.
Donald Trump and the Rage Against Robots
06.16.2016
For all of its insanity, buffoonery, cluelessness, bigotry and narcissism, Trump’s candidacy is tapping into something else besides racism and xenophobia: Economic displacement.
For all of its insanity, buffoonery, cluelessness, bigotry and narcissism, Trump’s candidacy is tapping into something else besides racism and xenophobia: Economic displacement.
A Young Architect’s Brutally Honest Job Evaluation
05.11.2016
An interactive employee evaluation, leaked to us by a very distressed employee.
An interactive employee evaluation, leaked to us by a very distressed employee.
Richard Florida on the Enduring Legacy of Jane Jacobs
05.02.2016
In celebration of the Jacobs centennial, the noted urbanist and author talks about the legend, their close relationship in her later years, and her lasting influence on his work.
In celebration of the Jacobs centennial, the noted urbanist and author talks about the legend, their close relationship in her later years, and her lasting influence on his work.
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