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The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music The Aesthetics of Equity Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music Craig L. Wilkins 2007 Spring
A provocative examination of how and why African Americans have been excluded from the study and practice of architecture.
America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire America Town Building the Outposts of Empire Mark L. Gillem 2007 Spring
How the United States has exported the suburban way of life through the design of its military bases
Building a Century of Progress: The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair Building a Century of Progress The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair Lisa D. Schrenk 2007 Spring
The first in-depth look at the architecture of the second Chicago World’s Fair
The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States The Architecture of Madness Insane Asylums in the United States Carla Yanni 2007 Spring
From Kirkbride buildings to cottages, a fascinating tour through America’s nineteenth-century mental hospitals
Judging Architectural Value: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader Judging Architectural Value A Harvard Design Magazine Reader William S. Saunders, Editor 2007 Spring
Architects, critics, and scholars debate what makes architecture bad, good, and great
The New Downtown Library: Designing with Communities The New Downtown Library Designing with Communities Shannon Mattern 2006 Fall
How libraries became urban America’s signature buildings
Noise Orders: Jazz, Improvision, and Architecture Noise Orders Jazz, Improvision, and Architecture David P. Brown 2005 Fall
An interdisciplinary look at the implications of improvisation in jazz on modern design
When America Became Suburban When America Became Suburban Robert A. Beauregard 2006 Fall
Understanding the consequences of the decline of cities and the rise of the American suburb
Urban Planning Today: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader Urban Planning Today A Harvard Design Magazine Reader William S. Saunders, Editor 2006 Spring
A provocative and practical consideration of what works, and what does not, in American urban planning
Bauhaus Culture: From Weimar to the Cold War Bauhaus Culture From Weimar to the Cold War Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Editor 2006 Spring
Provides fresh insights on the Bauhaus from a historical perspective
Postcolonial Dublin: Imperial Legacies and the Built Environment Postcolonial Dublin Imperial Legacies and the Built Environment Andrew Kincaid 2006 Spring
A groundbreaking examination of how history and politics can change the face of a city
Building within Nature: A Guide for Home Owners, Contractors, and Architects Building within Nature A Guide for Home Owners, Contractors, and Architects Andy Wasowski and Sally Wasowski 2006 Spring
Opens up a world of natural options to the mowing, watering, and weeding of a traditional lawn
In the Scheme of Things: Alternative Thinking on the Practice of Architecture In the Scheme of Things Alternative Thinking on the Practice of Architecture Thomas R. Fisher 2006 Spring
One of the field’s most innovative thinkers reconsiders the purpose and practice of architecture
Else/Where: New Cartographies of Networks and Territories Else/Where New Cartographies of Networks and Territories Janet Abrams and Peter Hall, Editors 2005 Fall
The new role of maps in the information age
The Singular Objects of Architecture The Singular Objects of Architecture Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel 2005 Fall
A revelatory conversation between two major figures in visual culture