Article and Video Resources

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DESIGN FOUNDATIONS: Collaborate, critique, communicate

  • Architecture Vs. Engineering: Solutions for Harmonious Collaboration > LINK

  • Collaboration Between Architects and Planners in a Design Studio: Potential for Interdisciplinary Learning > LINK

  • How to Survive a Critique: A Guide to Giving and Receiving Feedback > LINK

  • Communicating Through Sketching > LINK

  • Sketching Tutorials > LINK


DEsign FoundationS: Plans, Sections, and Elevations

  • A Plan, Elevation, and Section of a Building > LINK

  • Drawing Sections Video > LINK

  • Architecture Drawing YouTube Channel > LINK


Learning from the past: Precedents you need to know

  • The Pritzker Architecture Prize > LINK

  • Wonders of the World > LINK


Active citizen: connecting with your community

  • How to Organize and Run Effective Community Meetings > LINK

  • Regular Community and Neighborhood Meetings in Pittsburgh > LINK

  • Pittsburgh Community Plans > LINK

  • Pittsburgh Council Districts > LINK


EXPLORING THE FUTURE: DESIGN, ADVOCATE, DO

  • Study Architecture > LINK

  • The American Institute of Architects (AIA) > LINK

  • Becoming an Architect > LINK

  • Different Careers using Architecture Degree > LINK


DESIGN APPLICATION: CONCEPTS, CODES & CONSTRUCTION

  • Sketching Concepts > LINK

  • Time Lapse: Student Preparing for Review > LINK

  • How to Think Like an Architect > LINK

  • Understanding ADA Accessibility > LINK

  • Experiments and Constructing with Brick > LINK

  • Example of 3D Model, Fallingwater > LINK


ARCHITECTURE ADVOCATE: THE HISTORY OF THE MASTER ARCHITECT

  • The Changing Role of Architects over Centuries > LINK

  • Architecture: Today and Tomorrow > LINK