(via GSAPP News) “Everything In Quotes” Virgil Abloh Response by Michael Rock Virgil Abloh is a longtime creative consultant to Kanye West and the founder of the award-winning luxury fashion label Off-White™. The Chicago-based designer received his Masters of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology and his undergraduate in Civil Engineering at the University […]
(via Mobile Mag) Getting builders to construct your own planned house on your property is like having a car maker come and assemble your car in your driveway. But according to Clive Vorster, visiting professor of architecture at Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture and Design, it makes more sense to build the components off-site then […]
(via U. Chicago News) A feathery mix of purple, blue and green light glows from the newly opened ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen, a multipurpose space in downtown Gary, Ind. that’s becoming a destination for food, culture and art. The once-underutilized building that’s now home to ArtHouse is wrapped in an installation titled Light-Lab. The steel […]
(via Archinect) LIBRARY EXHIBITION José Oubrerie The Chapel of the Mosquitoes February 3 – March 26, 2017 Friday, February 3, 7pm: Opening Reception LOS ANGELES, CA (January 9, 2017) – SCI-Arc is pleased to present José Oubrerie’s Chapel of Mosquitoes architecture and paintings, opening February 3, 2017 in the SCI-Arc Library. Oubrerie’s Chapel of Mosquitoes synthesizes the opposite spatial […]
The first time I visited Detroit, five years ago, I got a grand tour one evening from one of the city’s most tireless boosters, advertising exec and author Toby Barlow. He took me to an avant-garde piano concert in the hip neighborhood of Corktown, an artisanal pizza joint near Eastern Market, and, oddly, a wrap […]
MIT thrives on difficult problems that benefit from bringing together different fields to solve them. Housing in Brazil, in the words of Dean of MIT SA+P Hashim Sarkis, “is the poster child for such problems.” In this video, Dean Sarkis and MIT Professor Adèle Naudé Santos discuss a new collaborative initiative between MIT and partners […]
In the last decade, technology has shaped the way designers create, from the way they draw to the way they build. Now, designers can take an idea, draw it on their computer, and print out a 3D physical prototype with the aid of CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) systems. All over the world, architecture […]
(via Architect Magazine) Today, the American Institute of Architects and the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) named Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA, as the 2017 winner of the AIA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architecture Education, the highest honor given to educators in architecture. The AIA has been granting individuals this award since […]
Are you making a list, checking it twice? Looking for a gift for an architecture student? Look no further! StudyArchitecture has compiled a Holiday Gift Guide with 10 amazing gifts that are designed by architecture students or architects! 1. Ergonomic Craft Knife by ErgoKiwi Start the semester off right with an ergonomic knife made by Boston […]
(via ArchDaily) Getting a job or internship at an architecture firm doesn’t only depend on your skills as an architect (or student). The way you present your skills plays an essential role. At a time of great professional competitiveness and with resumes becoming more globalized, assembling a portfolio may seem like a chore and often very […]