A journal for educating, recording the past and criticizing modern architecture and architects for their hand in mis-directing our present day society and environment. Our physical assault on nature... More > and lack of understanding and working harmoniously with the organic nature we live in. Poetry of man and plight of Native Americans and their mistreatment not only as a people but as one of the most important groups of people to understanding the earth and how to utilize the soil, sun and vegetation while leaving no debris or litter because they kept a clean campsite.< Less
A journal for educating, recording the past and criticizing modern architecture and architects for their hand in mis-directing our present day society and environment. Our physical assault on nature... More > and lack of understanding and working harmoniously with the organic nature we live in. Poetry of man and plight of Native Americans and their mistreatment not only as a people but as one of the most important groups of people to understanding the earth and how to utilize the soil, sun and vegetation while leaving no debris or litter because they kept a clean campsite.< Less
There are many factors that go into designing successful schools. There is probably no single factor more important than considering the primary occupants of the buildings: students. Student Spaces... More > explores K- 12 schools from all over the world that incorporate areas that students find both beneficial and enjoyable. While books have long featured school designs that provide commentary by adults, this book provides comments from students who have utilized the spaces and enjoyed the benefits first-hand. Having spent over twenty five years designing k-12 schools, I am excited about the examples we have put together. Probably the most common response I have received from those that have seen a draft of this e-book is “Why didn’t I get to go to a school like that?” I trust this e-book will help elevate the quality of school design around the world and in the future more people will say, “Oh, I went to a school like that!” Joel K. Sims, AIA Founder/ President Schooldesigner.com< Less
Every year, the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University invites a renowned architect to serve as the Baumer Distinguished Professor and is both a subject and... More > participant in a graduate seminar, which grounds students in an overview of the Professor's work, explains its motivations, and tracks its practice from conception through construction. The 2010/2011 Herbert Baumer Distinguished Visiting Professor was Toshiko Mori.
This book serves as a collection the seminar’s efforts, which culminated with student essays on select Mori projects. Through a combination of analysis, reading, and discussion, students gain an understanding of the disciplinary contexts of each Baumer Professor's work, and through sustained attention to key projects, understand the conceptual and formal specifics of contemporary architectural production.< Less
The Universe may at times be chaotic. But also there is structure which has regularity. Trigonometry and Geometry are the "science" used to understand this. This book provides Holistic... More > Mathematics, that lives and gives exciting understanding.
"We as Architects in the Wheel of Life - Is this the Mathematics we should be Learning?" is 250 large-format pages of creative efforts that work with the multiple intelligences and skills available in the classroom, pulling in the mathematically challenged yet artistically or kinesthetically gifted, while providing challenge and humanistic development to the student who usually finds the material easy. The book contains 60 proven lesson plans that can be copied right into use and includes mathematical, philosophical, and moral consideration not found in Today's curriculum.
Good for teachers, home schooling parents, students who want math to be more real, and school directors.< Less
There are many factors that go into designing successful schools. There is probably no single factor more important than considering the primary occupants of the buildings: students. Student Spaces... More > explores K- 12 schools from all over the world that incorporate areas that students find both beneficial and enjoyable.
While books have long featured school designs that provide commentary by adults, this book provides comments from students who have utilized the spaces and enjoyed the benefits first-hand. Having spent over twenty five years designing k-12 schools, I am excited about the examples we have put together. Probably the most common response I have received from those that have seen a draft of this e-book is “Why didn’t I get to go to a school like that?” I trust this e-book will help elevate the quality of school design around the world and in the future more people will say, “Oh, I went to a school like that!”
Joel K. Sims, AIA
Founder/ President
Schooldesigner.com< Less
Following the success of the introduction of the `European Charter of Interior Architecture Training' ECIA now inroduces a recognition program for courses in Interior Architecture/Design and an... More > educational membership for recognized institutions. With this program ECIA aims to further the quality of professional education in Interior Architecture/Design in Europe and enhance the exchange of people, services and knowledge. ECIA Recognition offers schools a quality seal that endorses students, faculty and alumni. ECIA Educational Membership provides a platform for the exchange of best practices, harmonization of standards, coordination of research projects and educational and professional development.< Less
Following the success of the introduction of the `European Charter of Interior Architecture Training' ECIA now inroduces a recognition program for courses in Interior Architecture/Design and an... More > educational membership for recognized institutions. With this program ECIA aims to further the quality of professional education in Interior Architecture/Design in Europe and enhance the exchange of people, services and knowledge. ECIA Recognition offers schools a quality seal that endorses students, faculty and alumni. ECIA Educational Membership provides a platform for the exchange of best practices, harmonization of standards, coordination of research projects and educational and professional development.< Less
“Chennai, India, is morphing into the world’s new Motor City. Automakers and parts suppliers like Ford, Hyundai, and Michelin are investing billions in new, top-of-the-line factories,... More > which will produce small cars for export and for increasingly flush Indians, as well. "India is now on the radar as one of the two most important markets for Ford strategically world-wide," says the managing director of Ford’s Indian operations. The boom in automaker interest has created more than 200,000 jobs, many of them in India’s underdeveloped gap between agriculture and high-level tech work. The city will soon be manufacturing 1.5 million cars a year.”
-----The Wall Street Journal< Less
