(via Bloomberg) A year ago two former Harvard University classmates built three 160-square-foot houses, hauled them to rural locations outside Boston, and made them available for nightly stays with an odd proviso: Guests would plunk down $99 to book a night in a tiny house, but they wouldn’t find exactly where the house was until the […]
(via The Tribune) Cal Poly’s Open House to Feature Rodeo, Parade and More California Polytechnic State University’s Open House is expected to bring in more than 5,000 visitors to the campus and community this weekend. The event features a full lineup of activities on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, prospective students and their families visit Cal Poly to get […]
(via FIU News) Nasa Fellow Teaches Students How to Design for Outer Space A new Architecture seminar, Space Fictions, offered at the Florida International University, places students within the framework of outer space, challenging them to design a habitat in space while considering practical issues like radiation and weightlessness. Their work is inspired by design fiction, a design method […]
Visit Cornell University (via Architect Magazine) Each spring, Cornell University’s freshman architecture and engineering students duke it out on the Ithaca, N.Y., campus—with makeshift constructions that liken mythical creatures crafted out of readily available materials provided by their departments. This tradition, which goes back more than 100 years, is “Dragon Day.” Each year’s theme is […]
So, you want to study architecture? Here’s what you should consider when choosing a program. With few exceptions, this path starts with earning a professional degree. At one extreme, a high school student may enter a professional program; at the other extreme, a 4-year college graduate may make a mid-career decision to become an architect, and […]
Visit University of Southern California (Via USC News) Combine dry ice, PVC pipe and glass, and you produce a smoking jacket – literally. That creation by USC School of Architecture fifth-year student Nicolas Oueijn was one of 11 jackets made from unlikely materials as part of associate professor Lee Olvera’s “Craft in Making” studio. The jackets […]
(via Architect Magazine) James Corner Field Operations will create a seascape of “Icebergs” for the National Building Museum’s annual Summer Block Party exhibition in Washington, D.C. The New York-based urban design and landscape architecture firm—known also for its work on New York’s High Line in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Piet Oudolf—will suspend more than 30 prismatic, polycarbonate shards […]
Visit University of Houston (Via The Daily Cougar) Graduate students from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture’s Graduate Design and Build Studio program will officially begin work for the Port Authority of Houston Wednesday. The authority approved plans for a $75,000 proposal to design and construct the entrance way that will welcome visitors […]
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(via Archinect) Emily Fischer studied at University of Michigan Where did you study architecture? I received my M.Arch from the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture. At what point in your life did you decide to pursue architecture? During the summer between my junior and senior years in undergrad. I was doing the […]