The process of continuity and change in American cities from the colonial period through the 20th century, covering industrialization, political conflict, reform movements, geographical and ethnic diversity, bureaucratic rationalism, and urban culture--with a focus on how physical form responded to or influenced social and political forces over time.
This course provides an introductory insight into the complex and exciting activities of the real estate developer. Students will learn about the on-the-ground processes that the entrepreneurial real estate professional, working for their own investment portfolio, and leading their own deals through to completion, will go through. The course will proceed through the stages of defining a market area of interest, creating a development thesis, and implementing a prospecting strategy. Students will also analyze alternate capital sources and structures for debt and equity, and gain an understanding of the acquisition process – commencing it, doing due diligence, and closing – as led by the entrepreneur.
This class, team-taught by faculty from English and Architecture, explores radical visions of domestic life from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Domesticity is often associated with sentimentality, coziness and comfort--the antithesis of the word “radical” or common understandings of modernism. But there is a fascinating history of experimental and alternative forms of living that challenge stereotypes of home life. This course will begin with 19th century utopian socialism and cover topics including aestheticism, the rational household, glass houses, surrealism, queer domesticity, and more.
The colloquium, brings together all students at the same level within the Ph.D. program and enriches the work of defining the dissertation topic and subsequent research and writing.
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The evolution of architectural discourse particularly as it has emerged during the late 19th or 20th century through the publication of critical/polemical magazines or other documents. Emphasis on primary texts. Addresses the intrinsic substance of the discourse, the interweaving and interrelationship of themes, sources, the nature of the debate, the respective values involved, and establishes the significance of the material under consideration in relation to the changing context in which it emerged.