.. the question still nags me, what is this process actually training us for?
The vision is for all our energy to be supplied by renewable sources and stored using lithium-ion fuel cells, but the transition may not be as smooth as you think.
Back in December we visited the Xul Solar Museum in Buenos Aires, a stunning building designed by the renowned Argentinian artist.
Private property provides safety and security for those living in a capitalist society. But nowadays nearly all UK property acquisition is based on debt.
The culturally engrained need of the English to compare and measure threatens our ability to create sincerety and warmth.
We in the UK rely on large incumbent firms underwritten by foreign equity to support our urban growth.
At university we are instructed to focus on one stage of the architectural process. After university it transpires that this is the stage where in theory, we still have some influence with clients, other professionals and stakeholders.
I felt the need to build on my previous post, 'The Price of Innovation,’ after reading the Schumpeter column in last week's Economist.
Back in April 2013, I put an entry into this competition, I was trying to get my Masters project off the ground at the time so it gave me a great platform to try and develop the brief for the project, while offering the chance to broaden the research in the future.
Understanding and communicating how long a task will take is the most crucial skill a young architect can learn.
Your project leader walks up to the team and asks for a volunteer. A hushed silence follows. Your colleagues glare are at their screens with manufactured vigour, only to avoid eye contact with their task master.
This post is a discussion of the book 21 Things You Won't Learn In Architecture School by Adrian Dobson. The question being, why don't we learn these things in Architecture School?
The way to make the RIBA accountable to young people, is to give them student members a vote in the Presidential elections.
No matter what your profession or passion, the early years will be spent seeking out where you fit and what you enjoy.
his post is a visit back to the Garden Room. I remember this as being an exciting phase of the build, where spaces that were drawn and agreed months before finally begin to take shape.
Following the redesign of Holly Grove, the points at which design interventions could be made became fewer and therefore more significant to the success of the project.
It is one thing to say that self doubt is a positive character trait in the architect, it is quite another to embrace the uncertainty and fear that this position brings.