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if you just want to go to have a look at london, IBIS Aldgate is not bad for £60 odd per night, or Crowne Plaza Shoreditch for about £80 a night. There are easyhotels for a lot less, but I'm not able ...

wow. that was an old post you replied to.

Yes. Its reasonably intense but no more so than a first year at architecture school. A bit too much navel-gazing, bs and faux science justification for ...

I am in my third year of part 1. age 35. there is someone in year one at cardiff who i'd have said was late 40s. so no. oscar niemeyer is 100 in a few days and still working.

roden crater project as you say is turrell's big project - he's using all the cash he's coining from his artificial light installations to make that. he also has (or had) an installation at the sheff ...

i suppose it depends on a lot of factors, language, course content. i think you need to prepare yourself for the fact you aren't going to get a cheap masters degree. i was speaking to someone last n ...

are you swedish then, as courses are only free in sweden to nationals, as far as i know from speaking to a swedish colleague? even eu to eu nationals will have a tough job getting cheap masters progr ...

well, you might need to give us some clues as to what you're thinking of a bit. there are loads of uses for concrete, and its hard for us to know what you consider 'special'.

look up translucent ...

um, you say "comparing to CAD". Vectorworks is CAD - its computer aided design. Vectorworks is pretty intuitive and quick to pick up - unlike Autocad which was written by programmers for architects, ...

here's some stuff i did last academic year

http://images2.fotopic.net/?iid=yki4bg&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1
http://images5.fotopic.net/?iid=yq2nr8&outx=600&noresize=1&n ...

hello

could i pick your collective brains and ask for any good contemporary (or at least modernist and later) buildings within, say, 100km or so of Nancy in France. I'm keen to see Lacaton & V ...

i'd have said the City of London (the financial district) most of all, largely as:

a) there is very little residential community to adhere the place together
b) corporations try to outdo each othe ...

hello

being a bit lazy, just wondering if anyone could recommend any decent buildings to visit within 100km say of Nancy in France. Obviously there's Ronchamp, and I'm keen to see Lacaton & Va ...

time to get stuck into early 1900s spam philosophy and its related art then it sounds like. best of luck with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(art)

may give you some refere ...

sounds to me like you've been sucked in by the aesthetics of deconstructivism - i.e. you like the way zaha hadid's buildings or daniel liebskind's buildings look? maybe i'm wrong, but if i'm not, you ...

i think a balance between sketches and some words, prose, poetry is good. drawings can sometimes be prescriptive early on and end up sending you down a blind avenue, you draw a good looking form and ...

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Topic: Architectural Association (London) summer school
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 7671	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:16 am Subject: Architectural Association (London) summer school
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 7671	if you just want to go to have a look at london, IBIS Aldgate is not bad for £60 odd per night, or Crowne Plaza Shoreditch for about £80 a night. There are easyhotels for a lot less, but I'm not able ...
Topic: Architectural Association (London) summer school
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 7671	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:15 am Subject: Architectural Association (London) summer school
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 7671	wow. that was an old post you replied to. Yes. Its reasonably intense but no more so than a first year at architecture school. A bit too much navel-gazing, bs and faux science justification for ...
Topic: Too late for a change in career? Where do I start?
jrhartley Replies: 7 Views: 4166	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:55 pm Subject: Too late for a change in career? Where do I start?
jrhartley Replies: 7 Views: 4166	I am in my third year of part 1. age 35. there is someone in year one at cardiff who i'd have said was late 40s. so no. oscar niemeyer is 100 in a few days and still working.
Topic: Natural light in architecture
jrhartley Replies: 9 Views: 8004	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:32 am Subject: Natural light in architecture
jrhartley Replies: 9 Views: 8004	roden crater project as you say is turrell's big project - he's using all the cash he's coining from his artificial light installations to make that. he also has (or had) an installation at the sheff ...
Topic: European design schools??
jrhartley Replies: 19 Views: 15359	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:22 am Subject: European design schools??
jrhartley Replies: 19 Views: 15359	i suppose it depends on a lot of factors, language, course content. i think you need to prepare yourself for the fact you aren't going to get a cheap masters degree. i was speaking to someone last n ...
Topic: European design schools??
jrhartley Replies: 19 Views: 15359	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:14 am Subject: European design schools??
jrhartley Replies: 19 Views: 15359	are you swedish then, as courses are only free in sweden to nationals, as far as i know from speaking to a swedish colleague? even eu to eu nationals will have a tough job getting cheap masters progr ...
Topic: special use concrete
jrhartley Replies: 1 Views: 1953	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:50 pm Subject: special use concrete
jrhartley Replies: 1 Views: 1953	well, you might need to give us some clues as to what you're thinking of a bit. there are loads of uses for concrete, and its hard for us to know what you consider 'special'. look up translucent ...
Topic: Vectorworks / Autocad
jrhartley Replies: 1 Views: 1744	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:48 pm Subject: Vectorworks / Autocad
jrhartley Replies: 1 Views: 1744	um, you say "comparing to CAD". Vectorworks is CAD - its computer aided design. Vectorworks is pretty intuitive and quick to pick up - unlike Autocad which was written by programmers for architects, ...
Topic: Presentations
jrhartley Replies: 2 Views: 2143	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:39 pm Subject: Presentations
jrhartley Replies: 2 Views: 2143	here's some stuff i did last academic year http://images2.fotopic.net/?iid=yki4bg&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1 http://images5.fotopic.net/?iid=yq2nr8&outx=600&noresize=1&n ...
Topic: good contemporary architecture near strasbourg / mulhouse
jrhartley Replies: 0 Views: 1570	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:01 am Subject: good contemporary architecture near strasbourg / mulhouse
jrhartley Replies: 0 Views: 1570	hello could i pick your collective brains and ask for any good contemporary (or at least modernist and later) buildings within, say, 100km or so of Nancy in France. I'm keen to see Lacaton & V ...
Topic: Which area in london is constantly changing?
jrhartley Replies: 2 Views: 2211	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:15 am Subject: Which area in london is constantly changing?
jrhartley Replies: 2 Views: 2211	i'd have said the City of London (the financial district) most of all, largely as: a) there is very little residential community to adhere the place together b) corporations try to outdo each othe ...
Topic: 1920s+ buildings within an hour of nancy
jrhartley Replies: 0 Views: 1342	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:54 pm Subject: 1920s+ buildings within an hour of nancy
jrhartley Replies: 0 Views: 1342	hello being a bit lazy, just wondering if anyone could recommend any decent buildings to visit within 100km say of Nancy in France. Obviously there's Ronchamp, and I'm keen to see Lacaton & Va ...
Topic: Deconstruction
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 2743	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:42 am Subject: Deconstruction
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 2743	time to get stuck into early 1900s spam philosophy and its related art then it sounds like. best of luck with it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(art) may give you some refere ...
Topic: Deconstruction
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 2743	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:41 pm Subject: Deconstruction
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 2743	sounds to me like you've been sucked in by the aesthetics of deconstructivism - i.e. you like the way zaha hadid's buildings or daniel liebskind's buildings look? maybe i'm wrong, but if i'm not, you ...
Topic: Overcoming the BLANK page
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 2955	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:09 am Subject: Overcoming the BLANK page
jrhartley Replies: 4 Views: 2955	i think a balance between sketches and some words, prose, poetry is good. drawings can sometimes be prescriptive early on and end up sending you down a blind avenue, you draw a good looking form and ...