The Architecture School Survival Guide

What would be one thing you would tell an incoming architecture student to prepare? I can’t tell you anything. I would ask you to ask yourself, “Are you passionate enough about the subject to be fully committed to a life of design?” If the answer is yes, then you will thrive. What architecture books do you recommend incoming students to buy/read? In terms of social understanding and space,  Herman Hertzberger’s, Lessons for Students in Architecture  is a must. From a compositional and formal understanding you will never stop purchasing variations of books. The books purchased should never be limited to architecture and should act as a catalyst to gain access to a broader library of design. Besides your own instructor to go to for questions, who would you feel most comfortable asking questions to? Whose opinion do you value the most? First, you need to know what kind of information you want to embark on. Whether it be concepts, structure, or design functionali...

Le Corbusier, byname of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (born October 6, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland —died August 27, 1965, Cap Martin, France ), internationally influential Swiss architect and city planner, whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold, sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture and was their most able propagandist in his numerous writings. In his architecture he joined the functionalist aspirations of his generation with a strong sense of expressionism.  He was the first architect to make a studied use of rough-cast concrete, a technique that satisfied his taste for asceticism and for sculptural forms. In 2016, 17 of his architectural works were named World Heritage sites by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).   Hey Kids! Want to be the coolest in the hall or in the studio? Then Pick-up...