Charles Barclay, who has an architecture practice in South London, has built a bespoke bat barn that was shortlisted for a sustainability award by the British Architect's Journal last year.

CNN: Architects building dream homes for bats

It was taught as a special subject quite distinct from the theory and practice of architecture.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

He was so admiring and covetous of the gifts of those who could produce the transforming miracle of space and structure that he went back to school to get his architecture degree, setting up his practice with a series of experienced and ever-changing partners.

WSJ: Philip Johnson: Short of Attention Span, Long on Aesthetics

His dedication to the art that was central to his existence, his proselytizing zeal for new work that pushes concept and practice beyond existing limits, his driving belief in architecture as the defining art of the present and the past, did much to re-establish a sense of the importance of the way we build in an age that worships the beauty of the bottom line.

WSJ: Philip Johnson: Short of Attention Span, Long on Aesthetics

Many ceremonies that mark national celebrations and religious rituals incorporate the practice and calligraphy has itself proved influential on modern art, architecture and design.

UNESCO: Culture

Whether you are leading the consulting practice of an IT firm or whether you are a partner in an architecture and design business, you work to develop client relationships while delivering proposals and making sure that your team is ready when the time comes.

FORBES: Conducting A Symphony Of Complexity: The Practice Manager

Choice architecture is usually the most benign form of paternalism that behavioral economics has brought us in practice.

FORBES: Public Choice Meets Choice Architecture

The agenda covered the old chestnuts of the debate about the international financial architecture: how to involve the private sector in financial crises, the importance of international standards and codes of good practice, and the need for greater transparency.

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