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Only $90 for Frank Gehry's wisdom?

2017-02-21T13:32:00-05:00

Don't tell grad students carting around six-figure debt, but those who wish to learn from one of the masters of architecture can now do so for $90. MasterClass, a San Francisco-based educational video company, is now taking pre-orders for an online class taught by none other than Frank Gehry himself. Students can sign up for the class, which offers "video lessons from the instructor, interactive exercises, course materials, peer interaction, and more." Watch the trailer below to see what you'll likely learn as Frank winds his way through his model archive (and memories of nearly six decades of professional practice)...

Sharpen your skills with Archinect & Black Spectacles. Live digital design workshops start on September 27th.

2014-09-02T15:28:00-04:00

Keeping up with new design and rendering softwares is a never-ending job. Industry standards change, plug-ins multiply, and technology simply improves. And more often than not, the onus of learning these updates falls on the individual architect or designer — school programming moves at too glacial of a pace, and employers can’t lose the time spent teaching.

To better equip individuals with the tools to educate themselves, Archinect has partnered with Black Spectacles, an online library for live, digital design workshops and courses specific to architecture and design. As part of our collaboration, Archinect is offering discounted access to five of Black Spectacles' live workshops, to attend either in-person or online.

Register for Black Spectacles workshop here. Archinectors can get $100 off a workshop by registering with the code "Archinect100".

Founded in 2010 by architect and educator Marc Teer, Black Spectacles works with architects at top-notch firms to create road-tested worksho...

Progressive Designers Need a Learning Experience to Match

2013-11-20T17:18:00-05:00

This sponsored post is brought to you by Digital-Tutors:

You are a Progressive Designer. Seeking out new ways to grow your skills and push your creative limits is what you do. When you need to learn a new design software or subject, watching random YouTube videos or paying hundreds of dollars to learn what you could have read in a book, if you even had time to read it, is not what you do. You need training for The Real World.

At Digital-Tutors, delivering relevant and reliable project-based training to you every week is exactly what we do. Watch introductory tutorials to quickly get up to speed. Or, enhance your design skills with advanced training on integrating applications like Revit, 3ds Max and Photoshop into your workflow, from drafting to visualization. With complete access to every tutorial in the Digital-Tutors library, you can customize your learning experience to fit your exact needs.

Progressive designers need progressive tools. Save your notes and tag a...

Adventures in Mapmaking: How to Map the Age of Buildings in Your Hometown

2013-10-08T11:46:00-04:00

I’m going to tell you exactly how I made this map. I hope that people with little or no experience making maps will be able to use this as a guide to getting started on a map of their own hometown. And I also hope expert mapmakers will chime in to tell us how we can improve our maps.