James Tait

• Acting Stage Leader
• Architecture Staff

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Book or Monograph

The Architecture Concept Book (New Edition)

Tait, James (2024) The Architecture Concept Book (New Edition). Thames & Hudson, London. ISBN 9780500027929

Entering Architectural Practice

Tait, James (2020) Entering Architectural Practice. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780367365141

The Architecture Concept Book

Tait, James (2018) The Architecture Concept Book. Thames and Hudson, London, UK. ISBN 9780500343364

Book Section

Gordon does not waste words: Architecture and the Human Condition

Tait, James (2022) Gordon does not waste words: Architecture and the Human Condition. In: Gordon Murray: Festschrift. Glasgow Institute of Architects, pp. 8-13.

Article

What Do Architects Do, If Not Design Buildings?

Tait, James (2021) What Do Architects Do, If Not Design Buildings? Routledge: Science and Everyday Life Blog.

Architecture is like basketball: Kengo Kuma’s advice to young architects

Tait, James (2021) Architecture is like basketball: Kengo Kuma’s advice to young architects. Building Design.

Influence: Local vs Global

Tait, James (2018) Influence: Local vs Global. The Alexander Thomson Society Journal (3). pp. 24-33.

Reclaim the streets: Anderston housing in Glasgow by Collective Architecture

Tait, James (2018) Reclaim the streets: Anderston housing in Glasgow by Collective Architecture. Architects' Journal.

Degree show review: Strathclyde University

Tait, James (2018) Degree show review: Strathclyde University. Architects' Journal.

Conference or Workshop Item

The Rural Lab on Skye

Tait, James (2025) The Rural Lab on Skye. In: Mackintosh School of Architecture presents: The Rural Lab on Skye, 15th January 2025, Skye Gathering Hall, Portree.

Price and the 'Participatory Turn'

Tait, James (2024) Price and the 'Participatory Turn'. In: Delightful Fun, 3 December 2024 -13 December 2024, The Glasgow School of Art, Grace & Clark Fyfe Gallery and Bourdon Lecture Theatre.

Teaching Architecture 1

Tait, James (2023) Teaching Architecture 1. In: Teaching Beyond the Curriculum: Focus on Pedagogy 2023, 15-17 November 2023, Glasgow (online).

The Rural Lab on Skye

Tait, James (2023) The Rural Lab on Skye. In: Mackintosh School of Architecture presents: The Rural Lab on Skye, 9th November 2023, Portree, Skye.

Being an Architect in the Anthropocene : Material Matters

Tait, James (2023) Being an Architect in the Anthropocene : Material Matters. In: Essential Shifts 2: Metrics and Aesthetics: Architectural Education in a Climate Emergency, 7th June 2023, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Aberdeen (online).

Lecture: Entering Architectural Practice

Tait, James (2022) Lecture: Entering Architectural Practice. In: Alfred State Spring Lecture Series, Alfred State College, New York (Online).

Teaching Energy Awareness

Tait, James (2021) Teaching Energy Awareness. In: Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), 09- 18 June 2021, University of Cambridge (online).

ARCSOC Talk: James Tait

Tait, James (2021) ARCSOC Talk: James Tait. In: ARCSOC Talks, 19 May 2021, University of Cambridge (online).

Architecture, Design and Urbanism Talks, NTU: James Tait

Tait, James (2021) Architecture, Design and Urbanism Talks, NTU: James Tait. In: Architecture, Design and Urbanism Talks, 17 May 2021, Nottingham Trent University (online).

Audio

James Tait: The Architecture Concept Book

Tait, James and Toepfer, Brian (2022) James Tait: The Architecture Concept Book. [Audio]

The Business of Architecture UK Podcast, Episode 144: Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Education with James Tait

Tait, James (2021) The Business of Architecture UK Podcast, Episode 144: Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Education with James Tait. [Audio]

James Tait: Entering Architectural Practice

Tait, James (2021) James Tait: Entering Architectural Practice. [Audio]