This article was originally posted on UB’s News Center. “I’ve been interested in creating work that not only provides habitable conditions for urban wildlife, but also draws attention to them as an important part of our ecosystem.” University at Buffalo architect Joyce Hwang’s latest animal architecture creation is a bird-friendly public art installation that both […]
(via Source WUSTL) Since its launch in 1912, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture(ACSA) has grown from 10 charter members — including Washington University — to become the primary professional organization representing architecture faculty across the United States and Canada. In July, Bruce Lindsey, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ College […]
Virgil Abloh, fashion designer (Off White) and creative director for Kanye West, was recently featured in GQ in an article called “The Life of (Virgil) Abloh.” This cleverly named article highlights Abloh’s rise to fame from his time studying engineering at U of Wisconsin and architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to his creative ventures […]
(via UB News Center) Home for All: University of Buffalo Design Students Use Universal Design Principles to Design Habitat for Humanity Home Later this summer, a family will move into their new home on Buffalo’s East Side. Thanks to a pilot project between Habitat for Humanity and the University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and […]
(via Architects Newspaper) The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) has announced Elizabeth Diller as the recipient of their prestigious 2016 ACADIA Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to “exceptional architects and researchers who over the course of their career have made significant and innovative contributions to the fields of architecture and computational […]
(via FastCoDesign) Mark Wilson 7.12.16 | 7:00am I’m eating a physics-defying cracker-crust pizza in Bloomington, Illinois, at a local favorite spot, Lucca Grill. I know the pizza well, but nothing else about the area. I’m only here as a quick pitstop on the way back to Chicago from a family reunion downstate. And that’s when […]
Wouldn’t it be nice, when visiting a new city, to just be able to pull out your phone and have the city’s history at your fingertips? Now, you can! At least in Pittsburgh thanks to over,under! #theresanappforthat (via Architects Newspaper) The Boston-based interdisciplinary architecture firm over,under has launched a mobile architecture guide app called Jaunt Pittsburgh. The app provides navigation […]
(via ArchDaily) Established in 1974 by the AIA Dallas Chapter, the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (KRob) is “the world’s longest running architectural drawing competition of its kind”. Named after architect Ken Roberts, famous for his ink perspective drawings, the competition recognizes innovations in both hand-drawn and digital architectural drawing. The winners and shortlist each year serve as an inspiring reference for architects, and […]
(via UC Magazine) Sprawling across 92 acres of Adams County, Ohio, the Kamama Prairie nature preserve is home to hundreds of unique and rare plants, 72 types of butterflies and moths, a family of vultures and one “tiny house” created by University of Cincinnati architecture graduate students. Thanks to the construction of this sustainable structure, […]
(via Yale Environment 360) Could Virtual Reality (VR) — immersive digital experiences that mimic reality — save the environment? Well, that may be a bit of a stretch. But researchers say that it could perhaps promote better understanding of nature and give people empathetic insight into environmental challenges. “Virtual reality can give everyone, regardless of […]