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Lesson Plan #6: Teacher, Don't Teach Them Nonsense: Reforming Architecture's Broken Education
A curriculum overhaul alone cannot fix the problem; rather, the practice of architecture must first reform itself for any pedagogical reforms to make sense.
by Mathias Agbo, Jr. November 14, 2019 | 
(Nikos A. Salingaros) |
The End of Design Movements
We are in the greatest time of change since the Industrial Revolution. When things change, Movements happen. But is the Era of Movements over?
by Duo Dickinson November 7, 2019 | 
(patrick lee lucas / design : cosmology) |
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Lesson Plan #5: Letter from an architect to the gurus [teachers] and chelas [disciples] of architecture
From India, Shirish Beri writes this special letter out of the restlessness that arises from a genuine concern for the present state of architectural education and profession, as well as that of our society.
by Shirish Beri October 31, 2019 | 
(Nikos A. Salingaros) |
Building Abundance #5: Small City Rejuvenation and Architectural Abundance
Schools are more than conduits of knowledge - education is critical to both social and economic stability. Through regenerative design, architects can rethink of how learning is delivered that emphasizes its importance to small cities and rural areas.
by Edward McGraw, AIA, LEED AP BD+C October 23, 2019 | 
(Ashley McGraw Architects) |
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INSIGHT: Three Trends to Know in Community Park Landscape Design & Planning
A look at the relevant trends that Design Workshop incorporated into the planning and design of the new Branch Park in a mixed-income, mixed-use urban village in Austin, Texas.
by Claire Hempel, PLA, AICP, LEED GA October 17, 2019 | 
(Design Workshop) |
Lesson Plan #4: Response to Open Letter for Curriculum Change: A New, Biological Approach to Architecture
This response, in two parts, is from two instructors at the Boston Architectural College.
by Ann Sussman, RA, and A. Vernon Woodworth, FAIA October 8, 2019 | 
(Nikos A. Salingaros) |
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Who Isn't a Born Architect?
Simon Unwin envisions children in their playful place-making defining architecture's essence in "Children as Place-makers."
by Norman Weinstein September 25, 2019 | 
(Routledge) |
What is a Sage? Climate Week and the Design Profession
This is not about fighting climate change. This is about standing with the planet, our communities, our youth.
by Maxinne Rhea Leighton, Assoc. AIA September 24, 2019 | 
(Kristen Richards) |
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Report from the 2019 North American Passive House Network Conference (NAPHN19)
Of particular value during the two-day conference were presentations by Passive House practitioners, developers, and city agencies who have advanced PH implementation in their own practices and businesses - and in public policy.
by Miguel Angel Baltierra, Assoc. AIA, LEED BD+C, PMP, CAHP September 5, 2019 | 
(Courtesy New York Passive House) |
Lesson Plan #3: Beauty and Sustainability in Architectural Education
We were greatly heartened to see architecture students call for a curriculum change to address the social, political, and ecological challenges of our time, and we want to say something about how their proposals intersect with the work of the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission.
by Nicholas Boys Smith and Roger Scruton August 22, 2019 | 
(Nikos A. Salingaros) |
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Maestro, Please: Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Berkshires, welcomes its first new facility in 25 years - to applause
The Linde Center for Music and Learning, designed by William Rawn Associates Architects with Reed Hilderbrand
by Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA August 1, 2019 | 
(Kristen Richards) |
Lesson Plan #2: A Time of Change
The coming technological changes in architecture will impose a full deconstruction of the way we educate architects.
by Duo Dickinson July 25, 2019 | 
(Nikos A. Salingaros) |
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Beginning the Bauhaus
"Bauhaus Beginnings" at the Getty Research Institute lives up to its name - it is so impressive that, after a preview tour, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wondered, "How can there be so much great Bauhaus material outside of Germany?"
by Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA July 11, 2019 | 
(©2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn) |
Lesson Plan #1 "Signs versus Symptoms": A Reply to the Open Letter from British Architecture Students Calling for Curriculum Change
Asking for radical reforms in architectural education, this courageous appeal could help this latest effort be taken seriously, and not simply dismissed, as previous cries for reform have been.
by Dr. Nikos A. Salingaros July 10, 2019 | 
(Nikos A. Salingaros) |
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Aaron Betsky: Experiment and Experience at Taliesin - and Beyond
Architecture, according to Betsky, is everything that is about building or buildings: how we design, represent, and discuss them, what they mean, and how they act in our society.
by Effie Bouras, Ph.D. June 6, 2019 | 
(Andrew Pielage) |
Martin Puryear ... artist, sculptor, and possibly architect?
The United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2019: "Martin Puryear: Liberty/Libertà"
by Johannes M.P. Knoops, Assoc. AIA, FAAR May 30, 2019 | 
(Joshua White – JWPictures.com) |
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Building Abundance #4: Abundance from Regeneration - Our Opportunity as Designers
Design strategies that are driven by an understanding of place, community, and full intentionality can achieve abundance.
by Susanne Angarano, ASID, CID, NCIDQ May 23, 2019 | 
(Ashley McGraw Architects) |
Book Review on the Day of a Book Launch Party for nARCHITECTS
"Buildings and Almost Buildings - nARCHITECTS" by Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang wryly showcases their journey to create "near buildings."
by Norman Weinstein May 21, 2019 | 
(Actar) |
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I.M. Pei, 1917 - 2019
Pei was as urbane as his best buildings.
by Fred A. Bernstein May 21, 2019 | 
(Fred A. Bernstein, circa 1989) |
Best Bauhaus Books to Peruse During the Bauhaus Centenary
New publications offer invaluable biographical insights and contemporary global responses.
by Norman Weinstein May 9, 2019 | 
(Thames & Hudson) |
