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Dilemmas of an architecture Graduate, by Nadine van den Berg, Ada Jaśkowiec, Lydia Giokari, Kseniya Otmakhova.Sportsmen keep health their priority, and in most other professions, overnight and weekend hours get rewarded double the hourly rate. After all, our profession requires comprehensive conceptual, technical, interpersonal and business skills.…View →
Missed Takes on Gender in Architecture, by Julia Korpacka.The resultant problem is, however, that the conversation about. gender. in the mainstream discourse of our profession often dwindles, and eventually stops around there. The unasked questions that remain are: Why does it matter?…View →
Exploring Possibilities, by Jan Pruszyński.We are always told to try to turn our passion into profession.…View →
Architectural Misconceptions, by Jan Pruszyński.Writers, directors, producers and actors play major roles in shaping how millions around the world perceive different professions.…View →
Podcast, Archi-Podcast, by Jan Pruszynski.I have chosen several of my favourite podcasts, which talk about all things architecture, from theory and history, through programs used in the profession, to starting your own office.…View →
Some of My Problems, by Tuomas Peippo.Rather than individual practices, it speaks of a general condition of the profession and how architects talk about their work to people outside their field.…View →
An Introduction to The Invisible Architect, by Inez Van Oeveren.However, women who have experience in the male profession of architecture intimidate, and sometimes surprise the other gender. Women in architecture aren’t much of a role model.…View →
Calling it like it is, by Christopher Clarkson.But it is a profession, which people do in order to afford living, which means they get money, and I’m doing my best to avoid saying it but: Architecture is a business. Clients pay money, and architects design a building.…View →
Perks of Dating an Architect, by Inez Margaux Van Oeveren.*An interactive infographic published by Bloomberg told me out of the information of 3,5 million households that architects are most likely to marry within their profession. Architects are unique; you could certainly say that.…View →
Green & Pleasant Land, by Sam Eadington.I spoke with Professor of Interiors Building Cities Daniel Rosbottom to find out about his views about politics within the faculty and the implications of Brexit on his life, his practice and his teaching.…View →
The INDESEM Archive, by Inez Margaux Van Oeveren.In 2000 INDESEM explored the theme ‘A critical judgement’, making the profession more critical with regard to relevant evaluation criteria.…View →
Bjarke Ingels Portrayed, by Aimee Baars.Rem Koolhaas applauds Ingels with the following words: "Bjarke is the first major architect who disconnected the profession completely from angst". Simultaneously, and quite crudely, angst has by then caught up with Ingels on a personal level.…View →
Does Architecture Really Have a Gender?, by BLOB & Jack Oliver Petch (introduction) .The outdated value system of TU Delft's Architecture Faculty and the representation of a dominant gender in the profession needs to change. This institutional problem is beyond BLOB or even the operation of TU Delft.…View →
Bnieuws edition 53/02. Published October 2019.Fact is that somehow we, and our patter, have been able to lift the profession of designers to a level of 'stardom', and though we might pretend not to care, we ourselves are responsible for this phenomenon: we care!…View →
Manifesting, by Jonas Althuis.For there is no such thing as “art by profession”. There is no essential difference between the artist and the artisan. Manifesto of the Staatliches Bauhaus. , Walter Gropius, 1919.…View →
Bnieuws edition 57/02. Published January 2024.Jeremy Hill relates his philosophical findings to our profession, and argues that the building must also facilitate the comfort of the psychological. (page 26). To conclude, we invite Ricardo Avella to review. The Game.…View →
Interview: Maarten van Kesteren, by Aimee Baars.The tendency of specialization is a serious problem to the profession. As Siza says, an architect is a specialist in non-specialization. What do you hope to achieve with your designs?…View →
P-618, by Lucie Castillo-Ros.Sternberg, professor of medicine and director of Research at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine of the University of Arizona, presents her book Healing Spaces.…View →
The Marble Arch Joke, by Alessandro Rognoni.Now, because of our editorial inexperience and our lack of self-confidence, we at Bnieuws are usually very timid when it comes to criticising architecture, a profession in which we’ve all have very little professional involvement.…View →
The Impact of Juicy, Crispy Fried Chicken on Architecture and the Built Environment, by Nathan Kramer.Even after the heyday of full-on modernist architecture, standardization still remains in some parts of the profession. Of course, the academic circles of the 1980s saw the development of critical regionalism and similar, user-centered approaches.…View →
108 Questions, by Jonas Althuis.Why don’t we learn from working professionals related to our profession, such as construction workers, during our studies? What made online learning so unpleasant? What’s your favourite course? What’s your least favourite course?…View →
A Crisis of Imagination, by Joost Hoepman.In the face of the current exigencies faced by the profession and the society it serves, it is at least logical that a better kind of ordinary is sought; architecture with an appropriate modesty, where expressiveness of form is no longer sacred.…View →
Living in safe mode: In conversation with Theo Deutinger, by Marco Fusco and Matthew Cook.At the same time, it helps to understand what our profession is hiding. Most of the phenomena in the. Handbook of Tyranny. are designed by engineers, architects, and planners. We should feel responsible and aware of that.…View →