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given by Aldo Leopold in his essay, “The Land Ethic”

Christopher Alexander • A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

fundamental task of the course architect changed from adapting golf to the landscape to adapting the landscape to golf.

Harry Brown • Golf Ball (Object Lessons)

he did not see form as an end in itself. It was always connected to human activity, to functional use, and to place.

Paul Goldberger • Building Art

Brand and product designer Frank Chimero noted in a 2018 talk at the Substans Conference in Bergen, Norway, that “if we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places.”*

On Digital Gardens: Tending to Our Collective Multiplicity

how his architectural instincts could yield a new department store that would both function better and be more aesthetically appealing than the familiar older ones.

Paul Goldberger • Building Art

Apart from the work of Ellis Stones and Edna Walling, there was practically no original landscaping in Australia before the late 1950s except for that of Burley Griffin and the pre-First World War Guilfoyle, who was responsible for the Royal Botanic Gardens. There was, however, a growing awareness of Australia's indigenous flora, but the practice i... See more

Alistair Knox

architectural design.

Christopher Bugaj • The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!

His design approach at CAM was a curious mix; at times it resembled that of a Renaissance sculptor, carving away at the block until a form emerges.

Paul Goldberger • Building Art

Frank used simple, basic materials, and arranged them in such a way as to create a structure of unexpected power, not to say beauty.