Caryn Brause, AIA, Associate Professor, UMass Amherst Department of Architecture, shared this offer - Check it out!
Free access to the journal of Technology I Architecture + Design (TAD) until August 1!
Due to the pandemic, the journal of Technology | Architecture and Design (TAD) is free and open until August 1, 2020. This issue has many papers that should be of interest to practitioners including an essay challenging the research/practice divide, reviews of California Energy regulations and the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan, an essay on mass-timber performance-based codes, and a paper about how questions that arose in practice and were researched through academic partnerships contributed to Helsinki's new public library. There is also an analysis of Guastavino specifications and a paper describing a project for neurodiverse students. Finally, in the COVID-19 period, there is much discussion of robotic construction - this issue has an essay by the founder of a layout automation startup and a paper by an interdisciplinary team considering automation and the future of equitable work
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Dr. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, Assoc. AIA
Director, Higher Education
The American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC
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