Do Computers Hurt the Design Process?
Computers have a definite place in architecture. They help carry out some of the work, which lets creative thinkers focus more on what they do best, which is solve problems…
Architects Explain What’s Hot (and Not) About Shipping Containers
Who’d have ever thought that shipping containers would one day be a hot new residential building tool? The future is now, but it’s not without its curiosities. Architects and owners…
Students Don’t Thrive on Collaboration
Businesses have moved toward open, collaborative work spaces for several years now, but the reaction isn’t all that positive. The idea was simple enough: When workers spend unrestricted time around…
How One Art Exhibit Challenged the SF Housing Crisis Head On
The housing crisis in San Francisco has hardly gone unnoticed. Rents are astronomical, available properties are scarce, and homelessness is at a record high. As a result, scores of…
Expert Interview with Colin McCrate Of Seattle Urban Farm Company On Urban Farming
According to a study conducted by Mission 2014, 20% of the world’s undernourished population lives in cities. This is in spite of the fact that in New York City alone,…
Airstream to Archisteam: VT Architects Mobile Ed Center
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has been all about education these days, and the AIA Vermont chapter is taking that message on the road in a mobile education…
Seattle Develops a Jimi Hendrix Tribute Park
It’s been nearly 50 years since the untimely death of rock legend, Jimi Hendrix. And now, after four years of planning, the city of Seattle is moving ahead with design…
Can Architecture be a Responsive, Living Thing?
Architecture has changed so much just in recent years. Large strides have been made toward more efficient design with less waste and less reliance on fossil fuels. But what might…
University of Miami Gets a New School of Architecture Building
It’s long overdue, according to many observers. But some also say that the new University of Miami School of Architecture design studio building isn’t shaping up to be what anyone…
Experimental Architecture will Shape the Future
Architecture finds a need and designs a building or structure or even a community to suit it. In generations past, that has meant anything from sticking with what’s solid, dependable…