MONA and Assemble Create a Fashion School in New Orleans
Called Material Institute, the center offers production space, mentorships, training, and educational programming.
Design Education
In London, a Researcher Guides Biodesign into Uncharted—and Newly Relevant—Territory
With the launch of a new master's degree, Carole Collet is helping define and advance the rather amorphous discipline.
Can You Teach Good Design on a Social Media Network?
Professors at Parsons, Princeton, Yale, and MIT are using a platform called Are.na to help students collaborate without judgment and create in the public eye.
How a DIY Floating University in Berlin Could Be an Unorthodox Prototype for Design Education
The temporary pirate shiplike school, spearheaded by local firm Raumlabor, provided a delightful hodgepodge of serious academia and public programming.
The New Istanbul Design Biennial Wants to Change How We Learn to Design
The sprawling biennial’s installations highlight how designers can find new sources of knowledge and collaboration.
Designing for the Moment Refugees Become Neighbors
Seattle architect Rania Qawasma has created an award-winning guide for refugees navigating day-to-day life in American cities.
A Wright for Our Time
The head of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation argues that the famous architect's built legacy and concepts are surprisingly in step with today's world.
A Student-Designed Canteen That Became A Community Landmark
When the Chonnabot School canteen, a perennial victim of flooding and termites, was retired, third-year architecture students were given the task of replacing it.
The Remarkable Story of the SCAD Museum of Art
In 1991, Paula Wallace saved the U.S.'s oldest existing railroad complex from demolition—and embarked on a remarkable 20-year journey.
"The Underdome Guide" Interrogates Architecture's Role in Energy Reform
The Underdome Guide interrogates architecture's role in the business, politics, and ideology of energy management.
It Takes a Village to Build a Solar Decathlon House
How quick thinking and neighborly collaboration contributed to the success of the UT-TUM NexusHaus.
The Melbourne School of Design's New Building Upends Centuries-Old Conventions
The Melbourne School of Design upends the centuries-old conventions that still define most architecture schools.
Q&A: Jeremy Myerson on the Real Meaning of Inclusive Design
The director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design on designing with people rather than designing for them
It’s Time to Envision A Better Built Detroit
Are architects ready to be part of a shared adventure?
DIALOGUE
A Better View FROM MICHAEL F. MCCAULEY: Where, oh where are images of the Piero Lissoni–designed staircase for his Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam (“History Lesson,” by Eva Hagberg, July/August 2012, p. 66)? The “grand staircase” is mentioned no fewer than…
