Architecture is learned in school. Becoming an architect takes a lot more people. By Marcus Rosenau Every fall, architecture studios fill back up. New projects begin. Ideas get pinned to walls. Critiques start again.…
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We Built Campuses for Connection. Then We Made Showing Up Optional.
We Built Campuses for Connection. Then We Made Showing Up Optional. By Marcus Rosenau College Has Never Been More Connected. Across college campuses, cars are packed to the roof. Parents are carrying mini-fridges up…
The Last Room That Isn’t Trying to Sell You Anything
The Last Room That Isn’t Trying to Sell You Anything By Marcus Rosenau Public libraries didn’t trade books for something else. They kept the books – and quietly absorbed nearly every other civic role…
Architects Aren’t Going Anywhere. Or Are They?
Architects Aren’t Going Anywhere. Or Are They? By Marcus Rosenau It’s everywhere. You can’t go far without seeing its images, reading an article on how to detect its writing, or software ‘automatically’ completing your…
The Sketch Comes Last
The sketch comes last By Marcus Rosenau Before the first line Before a building is drawn, it’s imagined. Not imagined in the way most people think, through sketches on tracing paper or renderings on…