Historic Preservation 305

Historic Preservation 305

Mi casa, su casa

What should the American Building class accomplish?

This class is an intensive look at architectural fabric to help you build a knowledge base to understand how and why buildings stand up.

We will spend time talking about the evolution of materials

How does the building process change?

Part of your developing expertise in the historic fabric is the recognition of the means of fabrication of building fabric

Assignments?

Important dates:

Out of Class Assignment #1 is due. 17 February (Monday)‑ ‑Out of Class Assignment #2 is due. 11 April (Friday)‑ ‑Out of Class Assignment #3 is due. 21 April (Monday)‑ ‑

Laboratory classesFoundations18th-19th Century Braced FramingTruss frame roofingThe Georgian HouseGothic and Romanesque religious formsMoldingsConcrete

Tests

Important dates:

Test 1: February 24th MondayFinal : Section 1, April 28th Monday, noon

Types of questions:Identification-- Fill-in-the-blank --Essay (interpretation)

What is tested:Basic terms, concepts from class; lab materials, required readings

Readings

Allen, Edward. How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Gabrielle M. Lanier and Bernard L. Herman. Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Carl R. Lounsbury, Vanessa Elizabeth Patrick, eds. An Illustrated Glossary of Early Southern Architecture and Landscape. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999.

And then. . . .

We have a blog site.

http://hisp305.umwblogs.org/

Please go to this site and become a member/contributor.

All readings marked “Reserve” are posted on this blogsite.

Additional resources for projects are present there.

Come See Me

Office location: Room 133

Scheduled Office hours:

M W F 2pm-2:50pm

TR 9am-9:50am

Write me a note:

[email protected]

I hope to see you on Wednesday

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