Despite concerns about the privatization of urban planning practices, there is little known
about the professional actors involved in this restructuring. Private-sector consultants …

Much of twentieth-century design was animated by the creative tension of its essential
duality: is design an art or a science? In the postwar era, American architects sought to …

This article contributes to the current discussion of design as research by examining the
ideological basis for the enthusiastic pursuit of scientific research in architecture in the …

The history of the multinational architecture and engineering firm AECOM provides a
powerful account of the transformations taking place within architectural practice during the …

La Fundación Bariloche tuvo como objetivo promover la educación universitaria en
Argentina. La novedad se centraba en la posibilidad de integrar investigaciones en ciencias …

Between 1964 and 1969, the Ford Foundation developed the Community Facilities Program
in Chile, which articulated technical and financial assistance in the field of architecture and …

The partners of Caudill Rowlett Scott (CRS), a post-Second World War architecture firm in
Texas, USA, were especially innovative in their professional and business practices. One of …

In Anglophone countries, architects appear disengaged from the public realm despite
professional bodies' policies. Critics frequently blame architectural education's core …