Title & Author:

Architecture school : three centuries of educating architects in North America / Joan Ockman, editor ; with Rebecca Williamson, research editor.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ; Washington, D.C. : Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, ©2012.

Description:

440 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Marleen Kay Davis, Brian Kelly, Michael J. Monti -- Introduction : The turn of education / Joan Ockman -- Part I. Chronological overview : Before 1860 : Defining the profession / Dell Upton 1960-1920 : The battle between polytechnic and Beaux-Arts in the American university / Michael J. Lewis -- 1920-1945 : Challenges to Beaux-Arts dominance / Anthony Alofsin -- 1945-1968 : Modernism takes command / Joan Ockman and Avigail Sachs -- 1968-1990 : The end of innocence: from political activism to postmodernism / Mary McLeod -- 1990-2012 : The future that is now / Stan Allen -- Part II. Thematic lexicon : Architecture school buildings / Marc Treib -- Books / Alan J. Plattus -- Collateral organizations / Rebecca Williamson -- Community engagement / Anthony W. Schuman -- Competitions and prizes / Marvin Anderson -- Computing, computer-aided design, media / Molly Wright Steenson -- Degree nomenclature / Rebecca Williamson -- Design pedagogy / Madlen Simon -- Design/build / Richard W. Hayes -- Disciplinarity / Mark Linder -- Drawing and representation / Paul Emmons -- Environmental technology, sustainability / Thomas Leslie -- Ethics / Thomas Fisher -- Foreign exchanges / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Gender issues / Annmarie Adams -- Historic preservation / Jorge Otero-Pailos -- History, theory, criticism / Louis Martin -- Interiors / Mary Anne Beecher -- Landscape architecture / Dorothée Imbert -- Libraries / Gerald Beasley -- Nonprofessional education / Michael Wakeford -- Professional practice / George Barnett Johnston -- Race and diversity / Craig L. Wilkins -- Regional factors / Ruth Connell -- Research / Brendan Moran -- Structures, construction, building systems / William W. Braham -- Studio culture and student life / Kathryn H. Anthony -- Travel, trips, study abroad / Denise Costanzo -- Urban design / Dana Cuff -- Appendices : 1. Emergence of architecture programs 1868-2012 -- 2. Excerpts from the proceedings of early meetings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects.

Summary:

Rooted in the British apprenticeship system, the French Beaux-Arts, and the German polytechnical schools, architecture education in North America has had a unique history spanning almost three hundred years. Although architects in the United States and Canada began to identify themselves as professionals by the late eighteenth century, it was not until nearly a century later that North American universities began to offer formal architectural training; the first program was established at MIT in 1865. Today most architects receive their training within an academic setting that draws on the humanities, fine arts, applied science, and public service for its philosophy and methodology. This book, published in conjunction with the centennial of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), provides the first comprehensive history of North American architecture education.

ISBN:

9780262017084 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262017083 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Study and teaching United States History.
Architecture Study and teaching Canada History.
Architecture Étude et enseignement États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture Étude et enseignement Canada Histoire.
Architecture Study and teaching.
Canada.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Ockman, Joan.
Williamson, Rebecca.

Three centuries of educating architects in North America

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277359
Call No.: BIB 212153
Status: Available