In this course, students will learn to observe, identify, and understand the components of building good places; evaluate places and buildings using these tools; apply these concepts to the development and design of successful places.

Foundation in architectural drawing, drafting, and rendering, learning how to think about space, proportion, and symmetry.

A study of the types of construction and materials used in institutional, residential, multi-residential and office buildings assemblies of moderate and heavy construction. How materials are properly installed and inspected, including the use of special equipment, in accordance to drawings, specifications, codes, standards, and agency recommendations.

Students will put knowledge and skills acquired in other classes into use in a structured series of individual and group projects focusing on the Street, the Block, the Main Street Square, and the New Town.

Students will put knowledge and skills acquired in other classes into use in a structured series of individual and group projects focusing on a variety of building types, from simple shelters, to cottages, townhouses, apartment buildings, and main street mercantile buildings.

Students will put knowledge and skills acquired in other classes into practice in two development projects: adaptive reuse and suburban retrofit.