Model-making is all well and good, but there's no substitute for hands-on experience. These five architecture programs empowered students to design and build functional structures in their communities. What they came up with bodes well for the next generation of architecture.
A group of Parsons students gave an aging WPA-era recreation center in Manhattan a modern overhaul over the course of four years. The facility now features a wooden pavilion, expanded lobby, and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems.
Virginia Tech students designed and assembled this prefab fieldhouse in under a year. The architecture professors involved with the program feel "the most important thing is that a single group of students sees a project from beginning to fruition.”
On a budget of $112 per square foot, architecture students at Auckland's Unitec Institute of Technology helped design a compact prefab for a couple who thought they'd never be able to afford a home at their favorite vacation spot.
For the 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe, students from Appalachian State University teamed up with peers from the Université d’Angers in France to design an ultra-green, market-ready prototype made of prefabricated modules. The model's heavily insulated frame and energy-efficient systems won the students the Electrical Energy Balance award.
Upon learning there were as many as five parking spaces for every registered car in the United States, students at the Savannah College of Art and Design set out to design shelters to fill those spots. The experimental SCADpad is a micro-dwelling where hypothetical residents can use a 3-D printer to produce custom accessories for their home.
A group of Parsons students gave an aging WPA-era recreation center in Manhattan a modern overhaul over the course of four years. The facility now features a wooden pavilion, expanded lobby, and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems.
Docomomo US announces the winners of this year's Modernism in America Awards. Each project showcases exemplary modern restoration techniques, practices, and ideas.
Today, we kicked off this year’s annual Dwell on Design at the LA Convention Center, which will continue through Sunday, June 26th. Though we’ve been hosting this extensive event for years, this time around is particularly special.
By straightening angles, installing windows, and adding vertical accents, architect Aaron Ritenour brought light and order to an irregularly shaped apartment in the heart of Athens, Greece.
From the bones of a neglected farmstead in rural Scotland emerges a low-impact, solar-powered home that’s all about working with what was already there.
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