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Architecture
Architectural education in sub-Saharan Africa
Mark Olweny discusses the historic and contemporary discourses of architectural education that are informed by the recognition that architecture is a sociocultural phenomenon
The Future of Living Project
Urtzi Grau and Guillermo Fernández-Abascal discuss ‘the future of living‘ project, exploring the collective housing domesticity type which is emerging…
Site Unseen: Laneway Architecture & Urbanism
In 1993, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe gained approval to design a laneway house, which won the Governor General Medal…
The Pedagogic Value of Architectural Co-Design
Craig Stott discusses how we can use architecture to posit systemic change by embedding students, as part of…
Enhancing the Identity of Cities Through Creative Media Installations
Timothy Heath discusses how urban media art can transform the sensory and perceptual setting of an environment and promote a ‘sense of place’ and space personalization
Kaleidoscopic drawings: Sights and sites in the drawing of the city
Sophia Banou considers architectural drawing as a device of looking, a kind of visual device that is capable…
Walter Benjamin’s topology of envelopes and perspectives
Laurence Kimmel discusses conditions for architecture as political agency. It discusses how the spatial organisation of architecture can…
Providing care quality by design
Rosica Pachilova discusses a new single measure called Spaces for Communication Index (SCI). Pachilova assesses communication opportunities arising…
Rethinking Intergenerational Housing
Matter Architecture has been working with a grant from Innovate UK over a 12-month period to rethink intergenerational…
Enhancing the Liveability and Resilience of Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
Ted Kesik discusses a framework for guiding the design of multi-unit residential buildings in a Canadian climate, specifically…
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