How a Building Shielded a City How did the grain silos survive Beirut’s blast enough to preserve their form? On August 6 1945, The Genbaku Dome was the only structure left standing near the center of Hiroshima after the atomic…

How to Start your own Architecture Firm Do you want to start your own architecture firm? It’s not for every architect you know. Most architects spend their entire careers working for companies large and small without ever going out on…

Tips for Entry Level Engineers and Architects during COVID-19 While engineers and architects around the world are reeling from the primary shockwave of the coronavirus recession, recent graduates in the field are witnessing unanticipated disruptions to their career plans with…

How Freelancers are Coping with COVID-19 Even before COVID-19 struck, a 2019 study found that more people than ever before view freelancing as a long-term career path. The flexibility, ownership, and specialization are just a few of the attractive characteristics…

7 Tips to Be More Productive When Working From Home As COVID-19 forces 1.5 billion people worldwide to stay home, remote work has swiftly become the new normal. However, the transition from office to home can be disorienting, and many…

Celebrating World Landscape Architecture Month 2020 One of the bright sides of the lockdown is that it may be giving us a renewed appreciation of open spaces as we are forced to stay indoors. Now more than ever, we are…

Resume Improvement Tips With the entire “on-hold” situation we’re all surviving, think of this sudden time-out as a gift, a moment for us to accomplish things we’ve forever put on hold due to normal life’s never-ending errands. One way to…

How Remote Working Can Support the Construction Industry During COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused industries around the world to find new ways to operate while adhering to social-distancing rules. For businesses, remote working has become the norm, making use…

How COVID-19 & Remote Work Have Impacted the Architecture & Engineering Industry The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced industries around the world to either rapidly come to a halt or experiment with new ways of working. Estimates show that 900…