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Tag: architectural education

SCI-Arc ruckus shines light on exploitative labor practices in architecture

April 17, 2022 chriscosper

During a SCI-Arc panel discussion on practice, students were told they needed to work long hours for low or even…

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Back to the Past

August 8, 2021 chriscosper

Nostalgia was once considered a medical condition that required treatment. As a society—and a profession—we may want to revisit that…

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Filed under: architectural education, climate change, Starchitect fails

Architecture school grad creates documentary featuring two architects and their Arctic sea adventure

December 25, 2020 chriscosper

In a neat article that shows the wide-ranging value of an architectural education, an architecture school graduate—who had become a…

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Architectural education: in-person or online?

August 3, 2020 chriscosper

Phil Bernstein makes the case for returning to in-person instruction: link. Mario Carpo makes the case for online education: link.

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Filed under: architectural education, COVID-19

Designing the virtual world

May 2, 2020 chriscosper

Today’s immersive video games need people to design their expansive environments. If you love design, but don’t want to worry…

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Moving to online learning in response to COVID-19 (part 2)

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In Part 1, I discussed moving my two sections of ARCH 242—Design Principles (which I call “Studio-Lite”) online.  From my…

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Build your architecture library: 125 book suggestions

April 24, 2020 chriscosper

The article is titled “125 Best Architecture Books,” but that is misleading—I believe the authors are more correct when they…

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Filed under: architectural education, architecture, fun stuff

ArchDaily’s “greatest hits” of articles looking at architecture and the environment

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I have not read all of the linked articles, but the first article, “Building Bigger Cities Means Digging Deeper Everywhere…

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Filed under: architectural education, architecture, climate change

Moving to online education in response to COVID-19 (Part 1)

March 29, 2020 chriscosper

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, I am personally thankful that my university—and universities in general—moved quickly to transition from…

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Architecture professionals and educators finally get serious about climate change?

January 24, 2020 chriscosper

After years of mostly lip service, architecture professionals and educators are finally getting serious about addressing climate change. Several critical…

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Filed under: architectural education, climate change

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