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Paper Length: 5-6 Pages (~1300-1500 words) + photos Due Dates: Dec. 4: One-paragraph topic summary posted on blog Dec. 6: Annotated bibliography posted on blog Dec. 11: First Draft due – bring to class Dec. 18: Final Project Due Related … Continue reading →

As soon as i pass by the glass restaurant located in down town new york, the lights that reflect from its mirrors suddenly catches my attention. Reflecting numerous colors from  the lights  that come from all the different directions, due … Continue reading →

Thursday, 11/8 Take home midterm — posted on this site on Thursday. Please submit your exam by email to mgold@citytech.cuny.edu by 5pm Thursday. Tuesday, 11/13 Reading: Writing About Architecture: Chapter 3, pp. 71-92 (Michael Sorkin, “Save the Whitney” and “What’s … Continue reading →

THURSDAY, OCT. 25 Write/Post a revised version of your three-paragraph in-class writing assignment that discussed a place in connection with an adjective. Add a substantive comment on at least one post by a classmate Read “Skyscrapers as Superlatives” (also read … Continue reading →

Title — catchy phrase — summarize your argument — NOT “Paper #1” * Writing a summary peer review — Does the summary provide enough information to cover the content/argument of the article? — Does the summary focus on the big/main … Continue reading →

For Thursday, please read and write a summary of Michael Graves’s “Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing” Please post your summary on the blog and comment on at least one other classmate’s summary. In your comment, try to point … Continue reading →