Author Archives: Matthew Barac

ESALA students are learning how to listen to the city and respond to what it has to say

Kigali Institute of Science & Technology sees an international faculty and 19 home grown students drive an african identity towards solving the social economic and development agenda in Rwanda

The state of gender equality in architectural education alongside a growing cohort of influential female academics

          This Chilean university encourages students to consider very real social and environmental contexts as a rich source of inspiration guiding their creativity

Situated at the crossroads between Western and Arab cultures, the Beirut Arab University encourages students to think about both past and present, at both local and global scales

Despite its heritage as a technical college and a rigorous curriculum, the Graz approach recognises architecture as a highly personal thing

Matthew Barac commends Architecture Sans Frontières pioneering approach in providing valuable aid for vulnerable communities

A wealth of professional connections and habit to defy tradition fuels this Italian powerhouse, Matthew Barac reports from the world design capital

Taking local marginalised neighbourhoods as urban laboratories students at UJ are encouraged to design radical schemes rooted in context

Sketching and hand drawing are integral to the architecture program at FAUP despite the growing digitalisation of architecture