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What I Would Tell A First-Year Architecture Student
I recently got a question in my DM's: what would I tell a first-year architecture student?
I was about to write the usual long message full of advice, tips and encouragement.
This question keeps coming up, and I expect it will keep comin...
The Failure of the Density Gospel
Having ‘high density’ as the only goal for a new development is stupid.
It's just one ingredient of a multi-ingredient recipe for a good, livable and humane place.
Today, many cities are panicking and rushing to build skyscraper dystopia...
Aesthetic City Principles #7: Active Ground Floors
A critical ingredient for lively & safe cities
Active ground floors - urbanists talk about it all the time. And understandably so: with the work of Jane Jacobs work, Jan Gehl and the New Urbanists, attention for ‘eyes on the street’ was re...
Muskian Futurism: The Aesthetics of Elon Musk
Something that bothers me with Elon Musk's vision on the aesthetics of the future is that it doesn't make sense.
To be clear, this is not an article aimed at Musk-bashing, but an exercise in discovering what the world's first trillionaire'...
Why Europe Needs A New Kind of Architecture School
Since the 1960's, Modernism has reigned supreme in architecture schools.
Its rise was unstoppable. A building boom and connected commercial interests made the stark & simple lines of Modernist buildings extremely attractive to architects....
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