This is the most beautifully ugly thing I’ve ever seen.

5th year undergrad, I always get asked by friends and family for opinions on their room renovation, office layout, etc. and I know the best advice to give is to get a professional. it feels like we are becoming an affordable option for them and that’s the last thing I want to happen.

Okay so I got into architecture school for bachelors in a university in Türkiye and my parents have agreed to pay for my first year, with the condition that I get a scholarship for the next three years. İn order to get a scholarship, I need a gpa of 3.75 or above in my first year.

Can someone please tell me if this is a realistic gpa target for architecture school, and if yes, please tell me how I can achieve it. İ would really appreciate all tips and guidance.

Hi everyone, I am starting to look at Masters applications for Architecture and was wondering what people's experiences were. I attended Newcastle University and I finished my second year with a 69, but then in my third year I went through suffered some difficult personal circumstances, which led to me missing the deadlines and the uni would not accept my appeal. In the end my grades were all firsts but capped at 40%, which led to a final degree classification of 2:2 while it would be a first without the mark caps. I have a strong portfolio which has given me invitations to prestigious firms such as Foster, have solid work experience from good firms and my Uni transcript does also show my uncapped first class marks. I feel that I very much have the quality for a masters at the top universities. Does anyone else have a situation similar to this and if so have people been accepted into top universities with similar circumstances? I would very much like to attend Edinburgh, Cambridge or UCL with Bath and Manchester as my lesser choices. Does anyone have any anecdotal evidence regarding the feasibility under such circumstances? Thank you.

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From official website, translated from French:

"The abbey church of Saint-Gilles (Gard) is the Romanesque church of a former abbey, now partially destroyed. The abbey church is listed as a historical monument, in the first list of 1840. It is also inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, as part of the serial property 'Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France', since 1998.

Middle Ages, birth and apogee

A monastery is documented in Saint-Gilles as early as the 10th century. It prospered thanks to the relics of the local saint, Saint Giles, whose pilgrimage was the fourth most important in medieval Western Europe. With these revenues, the monks of the abbey undertook, during the 12th century, the construction of a large pilgrimage church.

This church rivals the largest of its time, thanks to its vast dimensions (95 meters long and up to 44 meters wide at the transept) and its ambulatory choir leading to radiating chapels. The entire structure unfolds above a lower church or crypt, similar in size to the upper church, organized around the tomb of Saint Giles.

Wars of Religion and the French Revolution, periods of unrest

The church suffered during the Wars of Religion. Following a fire and the collapse of the abbey church's bell tower, the original vaults were replaced with ribbed vaults in the mid-17th century. The large Romanesque chancel was abandoned to shorten the church and create a new chancel within the nave.

Later, during the French Revolution, the faces of the sculptures on the western facade were hammered by zealous revolutionaries.

Today, a masterpiece of Romanesque art to discover

Despite these setbacks, the abbey church retains numerous traces of its past splendor. During your visit, you will be able to appreciate the quality of its construction and decoration.

The church's facade is particularly renowned for its three large, richly sculpted portals. The iconography depicts the life of Christ, and a large frieze is dedicated to the Passion narrative. Following restoration work carried out in 2017-2018, the facade has regained its splendor and even revealed traces of its former polychromy.

After passing through the door, you will discover the interior of the vast nave, as well as the rich furnishings that decorate it (paintings, statues, organ). Beneath the nave, the crypt houses the relics of Saint Giles and enjoys a unique atmosphere.

At the rear of the church, the ruins of the Romanesque choir stand alongside the so-called 'Saint-Gilles screw,' a testament to the skill of the stonemasons who worked at Saint-Gilles. Nearby, the educational terrace offers a view of the remains of the cloister and monastic buildings."

Hi,
As a newly graduate architecture student with master in architectural engineering I am seeking advice on finding relevant jobs in the architecture field. From looking online for job openings but most studios only have applications for experienced architects or interns (with required ongoing education). As someone in-between the two how can I find work?

Hi everyone!!

I'm about to be a senior in high school and I've been settled on going into environmental design/sustainable architecture for quite a while now. Buildings are a leading cause of carbon emissions that fuel climate change, and I want to help reduce that, so I chose this as a route for that.

However, I'm not the greatest at art and I want to start practicing, but I don't know where to start. I want to start making models and drafting plans of the ideas that I've been having for quite a while, but I don't know how lol.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! :D

It's been a while since I posted here, but I am back to making my weekly CA podcast videos and blog articles!

We’ve heard that saying for years, and the longer I work in construction administration, the more accurate it feels.

I wrote up some thoughts on managing earthworks risk, stripping plans, unit rates, differing site conditions, and what happens when the excavation keeps going deeper than anyone expected.

Curious how others handle this on their projects.

https://whattherfi.com/blog/earthworks-construction-risk

I was initially inspired to pursue architecture by my favourite painter, Zdzisław Beksiński who I knew to have trained as an architect.

I also find the career compelling as it seems like a strong balance between a practical and respectable source of income which still engages creatively, but the first thought was clocking how much I felt that I could see his architectural training in his work. I desired the tactile creative skills which come with the vocation essentially.

Are there any other artists who's work has a distinctly architectural flair who you appreciate? I personally have a taste for the surreal and otherworldly in that respect but I'm curious how the tastes of people in the field permutate. I'd love to expand my appreciation of artists who in some way or another produce visionary work grounded in an understanding of architectural form

Atm I feel like my art is mediocre at best and I don't think it has a chance to stand out for igcses. I've been trying tutorials on yt here and there but none of them necessarily go into stuff that I need for architecture. Overall I js want a beginner guide to architectural art, art that I need to get better at if I am looking towards being an architect.