Ebook: Thinking While Doing: Explorations in Educational Design/Build

The active engagement of architecture students in the design and construction of real projects is today an important dimension at more than 150 universities worldwide. Yet this emerging field continues to suffer from an insubstantial scholarly foundation. An initiative of universities in North America has developed a consistent and innovative practice model, which sets a new standard for this key aspect of education and professional practice.

• Design and construction as part of academic education
• A substantial contribution to innovation
• Results of large-scale research by North American schools