(by Zach Mortice via OZY) Buildings That Grow, Breathe and Burn Calories – Zach Mortice Last fall at an exhibition in Chicago, something was pumping and hissing. Twenty-two tanks, all in a stack, filled with water and framed in wood. Weird art? But clearly it was some kind of wall system. So … weird architecture? […]
(via SC Sun News) The members of the Silver City Arts and Cultural District Coordinating Council meet monthly to share information and sometimes feature special guests and reports. … One set of speakers was from the Plata Studio, an effort merging students from Woodbury University’s Architecture School and from the University of New Mexico School […]
(via Architect Magazine) The quest to design a livable and build-able 3D-printed dwelling continues. Earlier this week, Chattanooga, Tenn.–based design startup Branch Technology named the winner of its Freeform Home Design Challenge. The competition deemed “freeform” to mean that the structure didn’t espouse the typical linear, box-style construction, but instead used the company’s proprietary Cellular […]
The University of Miami School of Architecture, the Southeast Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and the AARP Foundation will collaborate in a day-long workshop and charrette about resiliency and sustainability in South Florida. The charrette will take place on Monday, June 13, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jorge Perez Architecture Center […]
(via New York Times) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A photo exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art offers views of parts of Detroit neighborhoods before they’re fully illuminated by new street lights. Titled “Overnight,” the exhibition by Detroit-based architect Catie Newell opens Saturday at the Ann Arbor museum and runs through Nov. 6. […]
The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning hosted an opening ceremony for the Women of the Americas (The Academy), an international program intended to expedite research and leadership skills, as well as increase the amount of undergrad women pursuing a career in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and architecture (STEM+A) fields. The […]
oi(Via http://archcareers.blogspot.com) Follow @DocArchitecture New Programs added by @acsaupdate NORTHEAST Barnard College – New York, NY http://barnard.edu/summer June 26 – July 23, 2016 (4 weeks) Boston Architectural College – Boston, MA http://www.the-‐bac.edu/education-‐programs/summer-‐academy July 2016 […]
Are you looking for hands-on building experience while you are studying architecture? These 5th year Kansas State University Students partnered with local architecture firm (El Dorado) as part of the Design+Make Studio! Read more about the partnership below! (via el dorado blog) Since el dorado opened it’s doors in 1996, we have been exploring the relationship […]
MARS ICE HOUSE from Mars Ice House on Vimeo. (via CMU News) Carnegie Mellon Visiting Professor Christina Ciadullo’s Team Designs Winning Habitat for Mars Visiting Ann Kalla Professor Christina Ciardullo and her team, SEArch (Space Exploration Architecture) and Clouds AO (Clouds Architecture Office), an architecture and space research collective, are the winners of the NASA- and […]
(via Cornell Chronicle) Cornell University Professor Named NYC Parks Historian-in-Residence Faculty member Thomas J. Campanella, MLA ’91, is the new historian-in-residence at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. An associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in Cornell’s Department of City and Regional Planning, he was appointed by Parks and Recreation Commissioner […]