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Ep 098: Architecture Presentations

Life of an Architect

Being an architect for some people means standing up in front of a bunch of people and talking about your architectural decisions. If you are a student, you definitely will be architecture presentations so you might as well learn some tips that will make those moments wildly more successful.

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What is Architecture?

Life of an Architect

How do we define architecture as a profession, as a practice, as a concept? I’ve been talking a lot about this lately with colleagues on this topic, so I wanted to attempt a definition of architecture, in my opinion. The post What is Architecture? Continue reading What is Architecture?

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. Having an architecture license is not a prerequisite to having a successful career in architecture.

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Architecture education has "shifted away" from fire safety, experts say on Grenfell anniversary

Deezen

On the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster , fire safety specialists have attacked UK architecture schools for failing to adequately teach students about the subject. I definitely think it is to do with culture," she said. "I But that is not always the case now.". I think the problem begins at university.

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"Both sides in the style wars are equally wrong"

Deezen

Last week the century-old squabble between modernism and historicism raised its tired old head once again after a UK government minister backed a report advocating a more "tradition"-friendly new architecture school.

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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part 1: The Necessity of Cultural Change

Architizer

However, the culture within a firm or school does not manifest only when people gather together. In Part Two of this series, we’ll look at the history of those attempting to change the culture in architecture schools and within firms and what firm leaders can do to begin developing culture intentionally.

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Until Proven Safe

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

With Until Proven Safe , they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces–––biological, political, technological––that shape our modern world.

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