(via Daily Toreador) Starting this semester, the College of Architecture will begin offering a graduate studies degree called the Master of Science in Architecture with Specialization in Design and Health. “As the name would suggest, the program specializes in the design of health care facilities,” Saif Haq, associate dean of academics and professor of architecture, […]
(via Architectural Record) Architectural Record has announced the winners of its third annual Women in Architecture Awards, recognizing five American architects who are design leaders and have contributed to women’s increasingly visible role in the profession. The winners will be honored at a symposium and reception at CUNY Graduate Center in New York on November […]
Harvard Graduate School of Design has announced is 2017 class of Loeb Fellows. Since 1971, Loeb Fellows from around the world have come together at the GSD for a year of study and collaboration, strengthening their respective abilities to create positive social change. This year’s class includes practitioners working in urban inequality, planning policy, refugee […]
FORM Academy created by UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture supports art education and college aspirations with exercises in “Dreaming Identity.” The Sculpture Lab in the Broad Art Center was abuzz with activity this summer with preparations for a very special exhibit. But instead of UCLA students creating works of bronze, ceramic, and other […]
We like big Buttes and we cannot lie. But we definitely like them more as a park than a dump. That’s why we are so excited to share the news of the Montana State University professor, Bradford Watson’s reclamation project of the Butte’s Bonanza Mine Dump which will transform it into a BMX Racing course. Read below for […]
(via doggerel) by Zach Mortice On a hot, sunny August morning on Chicago’s West Side, Matt Snoap, an architect with the firm bKL, is putting more than a dozen high school and early college students in place for a groundbreaking photo op on one of the city’s many abandoned freight rail lines. But unlike a traditional […]
(via Archinect) River LA, formerly the Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation, has posted a video interview with Frank Gehry about his work on the LA River revitalization project. The nonprofit organization works to build public support for the project. “I think when I started it I had trepidation,” Gehry begins. “I had the feeling that […]
University of Miami School of Architecture helps to create a new Smart City in the Yucatan Peninsula The project, which is being designed by UM SoA’s Responsive Architecture and Design Lab (RAD-UM Lab), will be built next to the Yucatán Science and Technology Park (YSTP), established by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. RAD-UM Lab […]
Frame by frame, moment by moment, we record the world around us through our senses. We experience the warmth of light through a window, the sound of our footsteps in a hallway, the texture of a handrail, the aroma of something cooking in the kitchen. These senses create the full experience of the spaces we […]
Interested in Urbanism? Want to supplement your degree? Check out these 8 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) on the subject of Urbanism, from urban water to the Global History of Architecture. (via CityLab) Back-to-school season can still induce a thrill, even if you’re not heading to the classroom armed with fresh supplies. If you want […]