The architect’s perspective on the tour and map perspective by Papadopoulou, Athina, Papadopoulou, Athina

“…The results provide evidence that architects’ formal knowledge does not override the preference of the tour perspective in descriptions of experienced space. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Nasser Rabbat: letter to a young architect by Rabbat, Nasser O.

Get full text

Zero tolerance: Design and delivery of the MIT Collier Memorial by Yoon, J. Meejin, Howeler, Eric

“…It was delivered through an unusual project delivery structure that transformed the architect’s instruments of service, their design documents, into files and protocols for implementation and fabrication—an approach that signals a larger paradigm shift within the discipline and the building industry.…”
Get full text
Get full text

Maps are plans: re-evaluating territorial hermeneutics through Manuel de Solà-Morales’ project of description by Salgueiro Barrio, Roi

“…Abstract During the late 1970s, Catalan architect Manuel de Solà-Morales focuses his research on understanding territory as an architectural construct. …”
Get full text

Enhancing Building Fire Safety Performance by Reducing Miscommunication and Misconceptions by Park, Haejun, Meacham, Brian J., Dembsey, Nicholas A., Goulthorpe, Mark

“…Although architects design buildings within the boundaries of the regulatory requirements, the architect’s focus is often related to the visual and spatial aesthetics of buildings linked to building form and functionality, which are not subject to the regulations. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Breaking down brick walls: Design, construction, and prototype fabrication knowledge in architecture by Villalon, Rachelle, Lieberman, Henry A., Sass, Larry

“…Physical prototypes are still essential for the architect and their clients to get a feel for whether designs "work". …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Reclaiming the estranged : imagining an architecture of excess by Cinalli, Sydney

Get full text

Learning by playing – teaching energy simulation as a game by Reinhart, Christoph

“…Being able to read thermal simulation results and to adapt one's design accordingly has become an essential skill for graduating and practicing architects. This article proposes and evaluates an innovative way of how this skill can be taught via a 90-min in-class exercise or 'game' based on DesignBuilder/EnergyPlus. …”
Get full text

Planning the "Multiracial City" : architecture, decolonization and the design of stability in British Africa (1945-1957) by Woudstra, Rixt (Rixt Laurien)

Get full text

Topologies: The Urban Utopia in France, 1960–1970 (review) by Ferng, Jennifer H.

“…Topologies is another notable volume that contributes to the widening body of literature on postwar architectural history that reinterprets the technological thinking of French utopian architects, along with those such as Archigram, Buckminster Fuller, the Metabolists, Cedric Price and Team 10, who collectively foresaw the dawning of a new age, tempered not by revolution but by the scientific techniques gained from economics and the social sciences. …”
Get full text

‘Islamic architecture’ and the profession by Rabbat, Nasser

“…Even today, with many architects around the world using the vocabulary of Islamic architecture in their design mainly in response to passionate requests from their clients, the notion of ‘Islamic architecture’ sits uneasily within both the practice of design and the field of architectural history, where its name, scope, and claim to specificity are constantly questioned. …”
Get full text

The Yenidze Oriental Tobacco and Cigarette Factory : an example of Islamic Ornamental architecture in Germany by Shaikh, Ayesha Usman.

Get full text

How can art change the meaning of the city? : an examination of an installation in a public setting, Compton Court, M.I.T. by Shamash, Diane Alexandria.

Get full text

Graphical Representation of Climate-Based Daylight Performance to Support Architectural Design by Kleindienst, Siân, Bodart, Magali, Andersen, Marilyne

Get full text

Unmasking the Wiesner : a technological transformation : this is not a building by Spampanato, Maryellen

Get full text

Impacts of Realistic Urban Heating. Part II: Air Quality and City Breathability by Nazarian, Negin, Martilli, Alberto, Norford, Leslie Keith, Kleissl, Jan

“…This methodology helps identify the effects of design on urban microclimate, and ultimately informs urban designers and architects of the impact of their design on air quality, human health, and comfort.…”
Get full text