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By Michael J. Monti

 

Last week Oliver Wainwright published a blog post on The Guardian (“Towering Folly: Why Architectural Education in Britain Is in Need of Repair”) that the U.K. system needed an overhaul, citing three examples where this is under consideration. The shortest version of the reasoning is familiar: students emerge from a long education and training process with too much debt and too few job prospects.

In the U.K. the typical route is a three stage system involving 5 years of education and a minimum of 2 years of practice. The duration for education and training in the United States seems to be even longer. Last July NCARB reported that on average it took people eight years after graduation to achieve the license. (see NCARB by the Numbers).

Wainwright cited work by a group of educators that concludes the existing U.K. requirements “inhibit widening participation” and “create an artificial barrier to the profession based solely on a student’s willingness to accept high levels of personal debt” (see story at Building Design).

In less than two months, ACSA will represent our member schools at the next NAAB Accreditation Review Conference, where NAAB will consider revisions to its Conditions for Accreditation. Our position holds that accreditation needs to be streamlined and that school engagement with the realities of practice should be sharpened.

In short, architecture schools need flexibility to experiment with curricula and live up to their obligation to prepare students to take advantage of evolving opportunities for careers in the design, construction, and stewardship of the built environment.

But are more radical changes needed, whether with the details of NAAB’s Conditions or beyond? What if students could graduate with a license, more along the lines of the systems outside the United States?

Please comment below or email arc@acsa-arch.org.

 

 

 

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Washington University in St. Louis

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Professor of Practice Eric R. Hoffman, AIA NCARB LEED AP recently presented at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki and will also be presenting alongside Thom Mayne, Laurinda Spear and Lucas Tryggestad at the 2013 AIA National Convention’s 2+2 Forum (SA203).

Eric Mumford, Professor, gave two invited lectures this spring, one at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Cambridge Talks vii, March 29, 2013,  on “CIAM, Sert, and the Street,”  and another in the “Americanizations: Planning the Hemisphere at Midcentury” session at the Society of Architectural Historians annual conference in Buffalo, “Josep Lluís Sert and urban design pedagogy, 1944-59.”  He continues to serve as Chair of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Visiting Committee until 2014, and was a member of an external review committee for the Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design in April 2013.

Send Us Your Syllabi!

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We are about 6 weeks out from the NAAB Accreditation Review Conference. ACSA is anticipating extended discussions of key issues raised both in our white papers as well as those from NCARB, AIA, AIAS, and others. (Access those comments here.)

Comprehensive design and collaboration are major areas that schools find important and are among those Student Performance Criteria (SPC) that schools do not meet. 

But what about your professional practice courses? How many SPC’s do you check off with these? 

Send us your syllabi, so we can take a look going into the ARC.  
Among ACSA’s positions going into the ARC are the following: 

Programs should demonstrate that students understand the multiple ways that architects practice.

Students should graduate with a basic understanding of the business of architecture, including entrepreneurship, project management, and finance. 

We’re particularly interested in what you think is innovative or effective about your pro practice program, so please tell us that in your cover memo.

Send your stuff to arc@acsa-arch.org as soon as possible. 

The Accreditation Review Conference takes place July 18 and 19. Each collateral organization is allowed to bring five participants. NAAB will bring its current and incoming board, plus a number of at-large participants. From the conference will come a draft revision of the Conditions for Accreditation, followed by a comment period, and additional opportunities for input. 

ACSA’s representatives are

  • Judith Kinnard, Tulane University, Past President
  • Donna Robertson, Illinois Institute of Technology, President
  • Norman Millar, Woodbury University, Vice President/President-Elect
  • Christine Theodoropoulos, CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, former ACSA treasurer and NAAB board member
  • Michael Monti, Executive Director

ACSA Update 06.07.13

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June 7, 2013

PROGRAMS + EVENTS

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Submit to the Upcoming JAE Design+ Issue

Deadline: August 1, 2013

In addition to an Open Call, the JAE invites unpublished text-based (Scholarship of Design) and design-based (Design as Scholarship) submissions for publication in the Spring 2014 issue (Volume 68:1) that explores how architectural praxis and pedagogy are being transformed by techniques, modes of inquiry, issues, discourse, and operational tactics drawn from other disciplines. With 68:1, JAE is starting a new regular feature called “Pre-fabrications.” Visit JAEonline.org for more details.

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ACSA Conference Acceptance Rates for Paper Submissions

Each year, ACSA scholarly meetings provide architecture faculty an opportunity to present papers exchanging ideas in a variety of topics, including architectural theory, research, and teaching. We have compiled these acceptance rates on the ACSA website.

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OPPORTUNITIES

FOREFRONT: Architects as Collaborative Leaders

FOREFRONT is a conference jointly sponsored by the AIA Center for Integrated Practice, AIA Utah, and the University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning and is in partnership with ACSA. Presentations are sought on emerging technologies and the role of architects as leaders in designing and constructing our built environment.

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PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DIVISION OF BUILDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
City University of Hong Kong

DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH CENTRE (AUDRC)
University of Western Australia

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE – NON TENURE TRACK INSTRUCTOR VACANCIES
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Auburn University

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Director of Auburn University’s Urban Studio in Birmingham, Alabama, Professor Cheryl Morgan, served as team leader for an AIA Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT) in the Rockaways, New York. Cheryl has previously participated on one of R/UDAT’s Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) projects, and was instrumental to the R/UDAT project held in Birmingham, Alabama in 2011, following the devastating tornado that struck Pratt City.

Master of Community Planning (MCP) program graduate students, Valecia Wilson, Xibei Song and Chen Fan, received 2nd prize from the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association (ALAPA) for their class work in Professor Jay Mittal’s 2012 Fall Semester Urban Economics Class.

Professor David Hill’s design firm, HILLworks, was recently awarded a 2013 Watermark Grand Award honors from publications BUILDER and CUSTOM HOME for his project, “274 Bragg Kitchen” in Auburn, Alabama.  The Watermark Design Awards were created to recognize involvement in the process of innovative kitchen and bath design and construction. Hill is a Prof. in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture’s (APLA) Master of Landscape Architecture Program.

ACSA Update 6.21.13

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June 21, 2013

 


ACSA Summer/Fall Deadlines

With the official start of summer today, we wanted to remind you of some important ACSA deadlines that will arrive quickly once the fall semester begins. Also, be sure to check out the ACSA News Digests with all the member school news from the 2012-13 academic year. We hope that you will share your stories about any summer projects, too!

Please continue to send your syllabi, to arc@acsa-arch.org, and look for a report on the 2013 Accreditation Review Conference outcomes in early August.

 

August 1

 

 

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In addition to an Open Call, the JAE invites unpublished text and design-based submissions for publication in the Spring 2014 issue that explore how architectural praxis and pedagogy are being transformed by techniques, modes of inquiry, issues, discourse, and operational tactics drawn from other disciplines. With 68:1, JAE is also starting a new regular feature called “Pre-fabrications.”

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Nominate or submit to the 2013-14 Architectural Education Awards, honoring architectural educators for their exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service.

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September 18 + November 13

 

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Situated in Miami Beach on the 50th anniversary of the publication of McLuhan’s Understanding Media, the 2014 ACSA Annual Meeting, GLOBALIZING ARCHITECTURE / Flows and Disruptions seeks papers and projects.

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AIA Convention Report: What is the value of architecture?

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Those inside the academy and the profession seem to know the answer, but communicating that to the broader public continues to present a challenge. At the AIA National Convention in Denver, CEO Robert Ivy shared the results of a survey conducted prior to the AIA repositioning effort, indicating that the public still does not understand what architects do. And those in the schools seem to agree. In a session titled “Teaching Architects to Teach” Dean David Cronrath of University of Maryland conceded, “nobody knows what architecture is when entering architecture school.” 

Despite this challenge, optimism prevailed as a key theme throughout the convention. Whitney M. Young Jr. Award winner Harvey Gantt spoke of architecture’s “power to make people’s quality of life better and more productive.” Not just through buildings, but through service. Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, winners of this year’s Firm Award believe that “to be an architect is to be of service [and] if it is done with love, it is a noble act.”

Architects, educators and their students know the incredible value and see firsthand the impact of their work. So how do we communicate those experiences with those beyond our community? As a starting point, ACSA engaged architect and professor Maia Small to create ARCHIVE, a visual exhibit showcasing of the multifaceted experiences of an architectural education and the projects that emerge from them. Please continue to share this resource with your peers and beyond.

What do you believe is “the value of architecture?” How do you share the important work you do with your community and beyond?

Marc J. Neveu Named Executive Editor of Journal of Architectural Education

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Washington, D.C., July 5, 2013 – Marc J. Neveu, Ph.D., of the Wentworth Institute of Technology has been named Executive Editor of the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) for a four-year term starting July 1, 2013. Neveu has previously contributed to the JAE as a writer, a reviewer, a theme editor, and, most recently, as an Editorial Board member and Associate Editor of Media Strategies. The JAE has been the primary venue for research and commentary on architectural education since it was founded in 1947. Published twice a year, the JAE is the longest running journal of its kind, with an estimated circulation of over 10,000.

“As the most important peer-reviewed journal in our field, the JAE plays a fundamental role in the development of emerging faculty as well as providing a place for established academics to shape contemporary issues,” says Neveu. His goals for the publication lie in developing both the print and online platforms to advance future scholarship and to lead current architectural discourse.

“Marc presented a clear vision for the future of the journal: to broaden its audience and authorship and to strengthen the relationship between JAE and ACSA initiatives,” said ACSA President Norman Millar.

Neveu graduated with a professional degree in architecture from Wentworth after which he went on to complete a post-professional M.Arch and Ph. D. at McGill University in Montréal. While working on his dissertation Marc was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for study in Venice and a Collection Research Grant at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Neveu has taught at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and was a visiting faculty member at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. In 2011 he began work in the Department of Architecture at Wentworth where he teaches history/theory and studio.

About the Journal of Architectural Education
The Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) has been the primary venue for research and commentary on architectural education since it was founded in 1947. In 1982 the JAE established a blind-peer-review process, making it the oldest continuing operating journal of its kind. The JAE is published by the Association of Collegiate School of Architecture (ACSA) through Taylor and Francis. The types of articles the journal publishes include: Scholarship of Design, Design as Scholarship, Op Arch, Translations, Transactions, Interviews, and several form of review, from buildings + projects to books and symposia. www.jaeonline.org

About the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is a nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education. The school membership has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories, including full membership for all accredited programs in the United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two-year and international programs. Through these schools, over 5,000 architecture faculty are represented. In addition, over 500 supporting members composed of architecture firms, product associations and individuals add to the breadth of interest and support of ACSA goals. The association maintains a variety of activities that influence, communicate, and record important issues. Such endeavors include scholarly meetings, workshops, publications, awards and competition programs, support for architectural research, policy development, and liaison with allied organizations. www.acsa-arch.org

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Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, +1 202-785-2324, pvonier@acsa-arch.org

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Database Review: ArtSource

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Barbara Opar, Column editor
Column submitted by Barret Havens, Asst. Professor and Outreach Librarian, Woodbury University

ArtSource, a relatively new offering from academic database provider Ebscohost, incorporates all of the full-text periodicals previously available via the Art and Architecture Complete and Art Full Text databases along with 70 additional periodical titles. Of the total of 630 full-text journals available via ArtSource, 76 titles were deemed by this reviewer to be directly related to architecture, interior design, landscape design, or urban planning. Most of the titles in addition to those 76 were also deemed worthwhile as they represent a broad range of art and design topics that are essential to a well-rounded architecture collection.

Indexing (non-full-text records) within ArtSource is extensive, and incorporates all of the content from Art Index, Art Index Retrospective, and Art Abstracts. Since the database does include so much content from other digital collections for which institutions may already be paying, adding ArtSource to the mix could be an affordable upgrade, as it was for this reviewer’s institution since they were already subscribing to Art Full Text. Unfortunately, though there is a great deal of overlap, ArtSource subscribers will not have access to all of the records indexed in the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.

To those familiar with other databases offered on the Ebscohost platform, there will be few surprises when it comes to searching. Limiters such as document type and publication type, the ability to limit to peer-reviewed publications, and other standard features are available. What is lacking, however, is the ability to limit by the variety of drawing types that are included in the “physical description” limiter of The Avery Index. The image descriptions by which a searcher may limit in ArtSource are somewhat vague: “diagram,” “illustration,” “map,” “chart,” etc.

One useful feature for exploring images within the database is “image quick view.” When this option is toggled, a selection of images contained within each article in the list of results appears below the item. It is easy to access those images without going into the article itself as they can be opened as separate files. Conveniently, each image file comes with its own bibliographic record detailing the source.

This method of accessing images is also provided for the 220 e-books in the collection, which are available in PDF format. What is somewhat confusing about exploring the e-books, however, is the fact that they are broken into article-sized chunks; you will see chapters or small portions of books listed in the search results, making it difficult to make sense of how to access and navigate the entire work. It would probably make more sense to provide access to these e-books by loading the records into your institution’s library catalog.

Publishing embargoes (delay before releasing full text articles) are not excessive compared to other databases, but a considerable number of journals are only available for a short chronological range. Furthermore, though well over half of the architecture-related periodicals available in full-text are in .pdf format, a significant portion are .html and therefore do not include images that may have been in the original publication.

Overall, this database is comprehensive, easy to use, and relatively affordable for institutions that are already subscribing to databases that are incorporated in ArtSource. But, though it may provide your institution’s Avery Index users with more full-text via your link resolver, it cannot be considered a one-stop-shop for architecture researchers since it does not contain all of the content indexed in The Avery Index.

ArtSource periodicals directly related to architecture/planning

TitleFull-text startFull-text stopFull text delay (embargo)PDF w/ images avail?
Architect2006no
Architect-designed Houses19961997no
Architecton2011yes
Architect’s Journal2006no
Architectural Design201112 mo.yes
Architectural Digest1995no
Architectural Heritage199812 mo.yes
Architectural Record1998no
Architectural Review1993no
Architectural Science Review20082010no
Architectural Theory Review200818 mo.yes
Architecture-Technology-Culture2009yes
Architecture and Urban Planning2008yes
Architecture Australia1996yes
Architecture Boston2012yes
Architecture Ireland2013yes
Architecture New Zealand2009yes
Architecture of Israel2008yes
Architecture Plus Design20102011no
Architecture_media_politics_society2012yes
Architectus2011yes
Arkitektur Aktuell200412 mo.yes
Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana2008yes
ArchNet-IJAR2008yes
ARQ (Chile)20052011no
ARRIS20122012no
Assemblage19972000no
Buildings & Landscapes2007yes
Cadernos d’Obra2011yes
Canadian Architect2002yes
Center2010no
Construction Specifier2012yes
Daidalos19902000no
DEARQ2007yes
Detail2007yes
Early Homes2010yes
Evolo2009yes
Fabrications200712 mo.yes
FORM: Pioneering Design2008yes
Frame (Netherlands)2013yes
Future Anterior2007yes
Garden Design2008yes
GreenSource2010no
Grey Room200012 mo.yes
Home Cultures20042010no
Hospitality Design1993yes
Inland Architect19972001no
Interior Design1998yes
Int’l Journal of Islamic Architecture2012yes
Interventions/Adaptive Reuse2009yes
Issues in Art, Architecture, and Design19951999yes
ITU Journal Series A: Arch., Planning, and Design2009yes
IUP Journal of Architecture20102012yes
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research19982011no
Journal of Architectural Education199912 mo.yes
Journal of Architectural Engineering199512 mo.yes
Journal of Interior Design200412 mo.yes
Journal of the American Planning Association199018 mo.yes
Landscape Architecture Australia2009yes
Landscape Design/Build20052007yes
Landscape Journal1997yes
L’Architettura19982003no
Lighting Design & Application2011yes
Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm1997yes
Plan: Architecture & Technologies in Detail2011yes
Planning1993yes
Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica2012yes
Revista Proyecto, Progreso, Arquitectura2012yes
Time-based Architecture Int’l20092009yes
Town Planning & Architecture2004yes
TPR: Town Planning Review2004yes
Vernacular Architecture200512 mo.yes
Vernacular Architecture Newsletter2009yes
Werk, Bauen, und Wohnen2001yes
Winterthur Portfolio1999yes

 

Meet the New 2013-14 ACSA Board of Directors

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This month, five new members join the ACSA board of directors, appointed following a national election by a vote of ACSA’s membership. The newest directors represent a range of interests and experiences within the academy and will serve one- to three-year terms.

acsa Norman Millar
President
Dean at Woodbury University

norman.millar@woodbury.edu

   
acsa  Hsin-Ming Fung
Vice President/President-Elect
Director of Academic Affairs at Southern California Institute of Architecture

ming@sciarc.edu

   
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Jori Erdman
Treasurer
Director at Louisiana State University

jerdman@lsu.edu

   
acsa Mo Zell
East Central Director
Associate Professor and Faculty Councilor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

zell@uwm.edu

   
acsa Ryan E. Smith
West Director
Associate Professor at University of Utah

rsmith@arch.utah.edu
   
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Jennifer Taylor
Student Director
Vice President of the American Institute of Architecture Students

jennifertaylor@aias.org

   

 

As the new directors join the board, ACSA also recognizes those continuing their terms:

  • Donna Robertson (Past President)
    Professor, John and Jeanne Rowe Chair at Illinois Institute of Technology
    contact:  robertson@iit.edu

  • Lisa Tilder (Secretary)
    Associate Professor at Ohio State University
    contact: tilder.1@osu.edu

  • Shannon Criss  (West Central Director)
    Associate Professor at University of Kansas
    contact:  scriss@ku.edu

  • Leslie K. Van Duzer  (Canadian Director)
    Director and Professor at the University of British Columbia
    contact:  lvanduzer@sala.ubc.ca

  • Glenn Wiggins  (Northeast Director)
    Dean of Wentworth Institute of Technology
    contact: wigginsg@wit.edu

  • David W. Hinson (Mid Atlantic Director)
    Head at Auburn University
    contact:  david.hinson@auburn.edu

  • Corey Saft  (Gulf Director)
    Associate Professor at University of Louisiana – Lafayette 
    contact:  saft.corey@gmail.com

  • Andrew Dannenberg  (Public Director)
    Affiliate Professor at University of Washington
    contact: adannenberg2@gmail.com


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