Interior Design: Transformer of Space, or Mindset?
The short answer is both. Interior Design is a multi-faceted practice, part rooted in physicality, part deeply psychological. In order to evoke broad scale shifts, designers must put themselves …
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The Craft of Story Building
At a playwriting workshop recently, a fellow writer said, “Sometimes you create, sometimes you produce.” I knew what she meant. In writing fiction, be it in narrative form or for …
Schenley High School Re-Envisioned
An isosceles triangle in plan, the monumental Schenley High School opened in 1916 at the edge of the Oakland neighborhood. The school functioned for nearly a century until closed down …
Learning from the past with the Victorian Society in America
A founding principal of Strada, John Martine, AIA, is a highly respected preservationist, recognized for preserving the historical fabric and at the same time, drawing upon the past in developing …
Learning by Doing: Designing Active Learning Spaces
For the first time in decades, schools from elementary through higher education are dramatically changing the way they teach. Acknowledging the limitations of the traditional classroom, they are embracing new …
How design is like quantum physics?
I doubt that architecture and quantum physics have ever been considered in the same sentence, but I’ll argue that they are different perspectives on the same problem. Some background In …
Storytelling in Architecture: Learning from Pixar
Story is important in architecture. It is seen in how a new building continues the story of an existing place. It is used verbally to convey how a design was …
