Like the proverbial shoemaker's child who goes barefoot, many architecture students learn the best practices of their discipline in some of the worst buildings on their campuses. The problems with the newest architecture-school buildings, says the writer, are both similar and solvable. In a new book, teams of architecture faculty members and…

Bob Greenstreet is the dean of the architecture school at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He is the longest-serving dean of any architecture school in the country, starting in 1990, and, since 2004, he has also been the leading planner for the city of Milwaukee. Greenstreet's position is a culmination of a relationship between the city…

Speaking plainly, says the writer: too many architecture students can't write. After hearing graduate architecture students defend their designs at a midterm studio review, the writer observed that, under questioning, several students became inarticulate and left participles or sentences dangling. While this may be understandable, the writer also…

Architecture blends the arts and sciences in a vigorous way--one well suited to a university presidency. In this article, the author shares how his architectural education and background prepared and helped him for his responsibility as president of Clemson University. A big part of his responsibility is to help plan, financially support, build,…

Describes the controversy in the school of architecture of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, over the dismissal of the dean of the school and the influence wielded by four senior professors who did not agree with the dean's policies. Also describes complaints by younger faculty members about the work environment. (SLD)

Describes how graduate students in architecture face some of the longest hours in higher education, but that some experts question whether they are learning what they need to know. (EV)