by Ivan Shumkov | Feb 12, 2019 | Architecture, Chellenge
Crowdsolving is not a new concept. In 1714 this approach was successfully used to find a way (out of more than 100 submissions) to determine longitude at sea. Today, the European Union defines it as something that ‘enables individuals and organisations to engage...
by Ivan Shumkov | Dec 27, 2018 | Architecture, Blog, Chellenge, Courses, Engineering, Resilience, Sustainability
Winners of ‘Resilient Homes Design Challenge’ announced World Bank, Build Academy, Airbnb, GFDRR, and UN-Habitat competition WASHINGTON, December 17, 2018 — The World Bank, Build Academy, Airbnb, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and...
by Ivan Shumkov | Apr 14, 2018 | Architecture, Chellenge, Resilience, Speeches, Sustainability
My name is Ivan Shumkov, I’m the CEO and founder of Build Academy in New York. I’m an architect, engineer, entrepreneur and professor at NYU. I started Building Academy 5 years ago, which is a platform for professional solutions in the building industry. What...
by Ivan Shumkov | Dec 9, 2016 | Architecture, Courses
New York City has assembled some of the most visionary and distinctive architecture over the course of its long and storied history. From classical majesty of the Beaux Arts style and the classic New York Art Deco to the refined appeal of today’s modernist style, we...
by Ivan Shumkov | Nov 28, 2016 | Architecture
Artists. Live jazz music. Street performers. PhD nerds. NYU students. Sunbathing tourists. A cemetery. Dog-walking locals. A children’s playground. A battleground for chess aficionados. Open tango lessons. If it weren’t for the skyscrapers surrounding Washington...
by Ivan Shumkov | Nov 17, 2016 | Architecture, Building Products, Engineering, Real Estate
Build Academy is excited to announce the launch of our new courses and programs! Our courses span in the fields of architecture and real estate and are open to anyone who is in need of professional development – or who is passionate about these fields. Most of our...
