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Category: Architecture’s Self-Image

Interviews and Posts on what architecture does, how it’s seen or how it presents itself

A composite image of 6 different schools.

Spot the Difference!

Similar visions of school design travel the world at speed – with what effects?

images of school design, internationalization of school design

Putting Children (and Values?) into Architectural Plans of Schools

Aldo van Eyck put children into his architectural drawings to influence ideas of schools. Can you add “values” too in this way?

Aldo van Eyck, architectural plans, children in architectural plans, schools, values in architecture

On Forgetting: Some Similarities between Architecture and Social Media

Architecture and social media share a way of being understood as neutral things – their social production being obscured.

architecture and social media, spaces and politics
Vitruvian triad Utilitas Socialitas Firmitas Venustas - Architecture as a social science too...

Architecture as a Social Science?

Some ideas for seeing architecture as – amongst other things – a social science. Also a bit on why the social sciences seem to ignore architecture.

architecture and people, architecture as a social science, Firmitas, spaces and politics, Utilitas, Venustas, Vitruvius, What is architecture?

AR’s School Awards: will the interiors count? That’s where students spend their 13,585 school hours…

As the Architectural Review’s School Awards close, let’s hope the judges give due emphasis to the design of the interiors … More

architecture and people, school architecture, school design
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“Zigzag, white, no life”: a Martian’s View of Architecture

Our interactions with Google search results appear to contribute to the fetishization of Architecture as big white ribbed structures. This post explores why.

architecture, architecture and people, asocial architecture, wacky architecture

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