“Focus on Facade Education” discusses the missions of the Facade Tectonic Institute's Education Committee and its recently released report on the state of facades education at higher-education institutions in the U.S. titled The State of Facades Education in Academic Institutions: U.S.-Based Perspectives and its results. It also provides a list of recommendations for architectural programs across the U.S. that can help improve the availability of facade-related courses as well as integration of facades education within the core architectural education coursework.  Additionally, the article provides an overview of a recent FTI Facades Education forum and its series of presentations by educators from higher education institutions on their specific facade-related courses and pedagogical approaches.

Citation:

Aksamija, A., (2023). “Focus on Facade Education”, SKINS Newsletter, Facade Tectonics Institute, November.