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Architecture (2297 words) |
 | Prerequisite: Architecture 0131 and 0132; admission to the Bachelor of Architecture curriculum or permission of the instructor. |
| Prerequisite: Architecture 0152, 0232, 0234, 0251, and 0252, admission to the Bachelor of Architecture curriculum or permission of the instructor. |
| Teams are composed of an architecture student, a practicing architect, and a school teacher; in collaboration with the Foundation for Architecture, the School District of Philadelphia, and the Graduate School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as volunteers from architectural firms. |
| "Charles, Prince of Wales: architectural contributions", an appreciation by Nikos A. Salingaros (3209 words) |
| The school became embroiled in the British architectural debate, and was identified as a backward-looking stronghold of conservatism. |
| Contemporary architectural thought is very narrowly focused on images, archetypal forms, intellectual games at the cost of user accommodation, and an irrational insistence on "high-tech" materials. |
| In that context, all architectural theories are a matter of personal preference, and in Orwellian fashion, the one with the strongest political support suppresses all the others. |
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