Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index.

Foreword : The curious problem of the architecture of schools of architecture / Philip Langdon -- Introduction : The context of architectural education today / Jack L. Nasar, Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, and Thomas Fisher -- Part I. Transforming architectural education. Redesigning architecture education / Robert Gutman ; Architectural education on the verge / Daniel S. Friedman ; Historical development of architecture schools / Henry Sanoff ; The architecture school as a type / Thomas Fisher -- Part II. Assessing architecture school designs. Assessing designs of schools of architecture / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Jack L. Nasar ; Lessons learned and the future of schools of architecture buildings / Jack L. Nasar, Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Thomas Fisher -- Part III. Evaluation case studies (United States). Austin E. Knowlton Hall, The Ohio State University / Jack L. Nasar ; The Langford Architecture Center, Texas A&M University / Mardelle McCuskey Shepley and Hihal Ozcan ; College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley temporary home / Galen Cranz ... [et al.] ; Aronoff Center for Design and Art, the University of Cincinnati / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser ; Temple Buell Hall, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / Kathryn H. Anthony and Marina Panos ; Rapson Hall, College of Design, University of Minnesota / Kathleen A. Harder, ... [et al.] ; College of Architecture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln / James Potter ; Goldsmith Hall renovation, the University of Texas, Austin / Nancy Kwallek ; Students' assessment of architecture schools / Henry Sanoff -- Part IV. Evaluation case studies (International). The School of Architecture, Dokus Eylul University , Izmir, Turkey / Ebur Cubukcu ; Evaluation informing change: the Wilkinson Architecture Building, the University of Sydney, Australia / Takemi Sugiyama, Rohan Lulham, and Gary T. Moore ; The Department of Landscape Architecture (Institutionen für Landskapsplanering), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden / Cara D. Andersson and Nathan H. Perkins -- App. A. Data gathering instruments -- App. B. Lessons learned -- App. C. Wilkinson Architecture Building, the University of Sydney / Takemi Sugiyama, Rohan Lulham, and Gary T. Moore.

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