Scope Daylight in architecture is an ever-relevant topic. Daylight has been used for centuries as the primary source of light for the interior and architects have always been interested in and fascinated by daylight; yet daylighting can be a difficult discipline to approach, understand and master. Daylighting describes the controlled use of natural light in … Continue reading International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture 2018
An exhibition of 60 collaborative designs from throughout the United States and across borders, By the People challenges the country’s persistent social and economic inequality. Curator of Socially Responsible Design Cynthia E. Smith conducted over two years of field research—traveling to shrinking post-industrial cities, sprawling metro regions, struggling rural towns, areas impacted by natural and man-made disasters, … Continue reading By the People: Designing a Better America exhibition
Dutch Complex Housing explores a special form of multi-family dwelling developed as socially accountable policy in response to the Netherlands’ dense population and situation below sea-level. The exhibition profiles eight visually rich structures, responsive to their sites , designed to incorporate non-housing functions, a variety of housing types and income levels that support diverse communities. … Continue reading Complexity: Dutch & American Housing
ArchiDOCT is a peer-reviewed e-journal aiming at fostering, enhancing and promoting doctoral research in architecture. It is supported by the European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture (ENHSA) an EU funded Network in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Program, and fueled by the ENHSA Observatory. ArchiDOCT only accepts manuscripts from PhD students in … Continue reading ArchiDOCT – “RISK” – Call for Submissions
ARCC is a proud partner of the BRIK Research Portal: What is BRIK? The Building Research Information Knowledgebase (BRIK) is an interactive portal offering online access to professionally reviewed research projects and case studies in all facets of the built environment, from predesign, design, and construction through occupancy and reuse. Who is developing BRIK? BRIK … Continue reading BRIK Research Portal
Charrette, the journal of the Association of Architectural Educators (AAE), first published in 2013, is now well established as a pioneering journal for academics, practitioners, and theorists engaged in design teaching practices and theoretical debates. For this issue (Volume 6, Issue 1), Charrette invites papers and essays that foreground the experiences and perspectives of architecture … Continue reading Charrette: Call for Contributions
At the conference, the ARCC representatives discussed updates to the bylaws. These changes clarify the inclusive and non commercial nature of ARCC membership, as well as update some of the communications language for the 21st century. Take a look at them here: ARCC By-Laws-Approved_June2017
Ewan Branda, Professor, Woodbury University School of Architecture The Forms of Bureaucracy at Centre Beaubourg Dr. Branda is an architect and architectural historian at the Woodbury University School of Architecture. He teaches thesis studios, foundations studios, and seminars examining contemporary practices of digital humanities and scholarly communications using techniques borrowed from digital gaming and electronic … Continue reading 2017 Conference Best Paper Award
Call for Submissions The AIA Upjohn Research Initiative supports applied research projects that enhance the value of design and professional practice knowledge. This AIA program funds up to six research grants of $15,000–$30,000 annually for projects completed in a 6- to 18-month period. The funds must be fully matched with hard dollars, with a maximum … Continue reading New AIA Upjohn grants cycle open
For the first time in human history, 194 nations signed into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change. ARCC is thus disappointed to learn of the US administrations’ recent decision to withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement. The central aim of the Paris Agreement is to strengthen the global response to … Continue reading The Paris Agreement
The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles has procured the early archives of Frank O. Gehry. To date, Gehry has executed approximately 160 projects. He has been featured in four major museum retrospectives and countless smaller exhibitions, and he is the subject of considerable scholarly attention and innumerable publications. Acquired directly from Gehry’s studio in … Continue reading Gehry Archive Goes to Getty
The notion of craftmanship is evolving. Increasingly, the age-old knowledge of woodcarvers, masons, and other craftspeople is embedded in an intelligent design process using geometric computer models and machine fabrication to develop new crafts and architectural métiers. Today, craft is computational. And yet, as Brandon Clifford of Matter Design argues, “we have more in common … Continue reading Craftsmanship in the Digital Age
Architecture2030 is a non-profit think tank transforming climate change problems into solutions through the design of the built environment. The urban environment is responsible for most of the world’s fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The solution is a carbon-neutral future. The programs and initiatives at Architecture2030 include design platforms, strategies and tools, benchmarks, targets and policies, and professional education and high performance … Continue reading Architecture2030
Invention of the Environment in Architecture As the effects of man-made climate change become apparent, it is now clear that architecture needs an environmental history. The Canadian Centre for Architecture is initiating a collaborative and multidisciplinary research project to write such a history. From Sorry, Out of Gas in 2007, in which we highlighted the … Continue reading CCA Mellon call for proposals
RCR Arquitectes of Spain have been selected as the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates. Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta are the first to share the prize three ways, as well as including the third ever female recipient. Founded in 1988 in Olot, Spain, RCR Arquitectes reached early success with a 1989 lighthouse competition. … Continue reading RCR Arquitectes Awarded 2017 Pritzker Prize
ARCC 2017 Triennial Retreat, Philadelphia March 3-4, 2017, Temple University Center City The ARCC Board had some very good discussions, looking back at the past three years and looking forward to some exciting conferences and new initiatives. This includes increasing ARCC’s research support for early career faculty, improving our communication protocols, bringing more visibility to … Continue reading ARCC 2017 Triennial Retreat, Philadelphia
Abstract “If we are to offer a sound advice about how architectural practice ought to function, we must know more about how it functions now” (Cuff 1992: 6) Until the 1970s architectural researchers have focused all their attention on the professional products – buildings and places. The process of design was considered as insignificant; it … Continue reading Ardeth Call for Papers
The Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) in the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon conducts research on how buildings, related transportation and land use systems determine energy and resource use; develops new materials, components, assemblies, whole buildings, and communities with improved performance; consults and develops design tools; educates professionals and students; and collaborates with academia, government … Continue reading ESBL University of Oregon
It is our great pleasure to announce this year’s recipients of ARCC’s annual awards program. Please join us in congratulating them! 2017 James Haecker Distinguished Leadership Award Charles M. (Chuck) Eastman Professor, College of Design and the College of Computing (joint appointment) Founder, Digital Building Lab [btnsx id=”1364″] 2017 New Researcher Award Dr. Kyle Konis, … Continue reading 2017 Awards Announcement
Charles M. (Chuck) Eastman Professor, College of Design and the College of Computing (joint appointment) Founder, Digital Building Lab Chuck Eastman was an early pioneer of AEC CAD, developing research 3D and early solid and parametric modeling systems, at first general for all designed products, later focusing on the building industry starting in the middle … Continue reading 2017 James Haecker Distinguished Leadership Award
Dr. Kyle Konis, AIA Dr. Kyle Konis, AIA is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. His courses focus on techniques and measurable methods for integrating sustainable design principles into architectural practice and urban design. Kyle’s research interests are centered on improving the feedback loop between design and the performance outcomes … Continue reading 2017 New Researcher Award
