Essay
Design as a Business
Is it possible to be a good designer, and still be prosperous? How did business make its way into design? Is it okay for a designer to talk money?
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Fragmented Notes on Libeskind’s Jewish Museum
A series of fragmented notes on Libeskind’s Jewish Museum in Berlin, moving through questions of memory, violence, interpretation, permanence and perception.
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How to Begin an Architecture Design Thesis
Choosing an architecture thesis topic is not about finding the most impressive subject. It is about finding a question you care enough about to investigate—and focused enough to eventually design around.
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Words of Creative Wisdom
Famous quotes are loaded strings which clear through the muddle, and underline, or even define our thinking in some ways. I call them “Thought–Concentrates”.
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Words of Wisdom: Part 2
A second collection of quotations on architecture, design, beauty, form and conservation.
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Thoughts on Architectural Design
Architecture is more than programme and shelter. This essay introduces four kinds of comfort—functional, environmental, emotional and temporal—as a simple way for students to begin thinking through design.