ISBN: 9781130906653

Athens: Doxiadis Associates. Very Good. 1960. Softcover. 77 pages; English text. ., Doxiadis Associates, 1960, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. … Plus…

Athens: Doxiadis Associates. Very Good. 1960. Softcover. 77 pages; English text. ., Doxiadis Associates, 1960, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 150 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: . . . furnished the sinews of war, and they have sought to build up professional schools; in those professional schools there have been differences of opinion, as, for instance, medicine, and the teaching of law, the modern case system against the old lecture system, and so on; and I believe, as Mr. Ackerman said, that the definite point of junction between the professional schools should be as to where that quality is lacking. But I believe, on the whole, that in spirit the two reports of to-day are splendid, and right in their general tendency. Education to-day is no longer of the type that it was twenty-five years ago. It is, as I stated, based on experiment and investigation. And so, let us investigate our architectural schools and their standards with care. It will interest you to know that the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture has passed a resolution asking the Carnegie Foundation to make a purely scientific investigation of architectural education as now going on in the schools. Such a resolution was passed two years ago, just before this country entered the war. That shows how we feel about it. We want real constructive criticism, and we will at all times welcome it. (Applause. ) Mr. Magonigle: There is an aspect of architectural education which has nothing to do with the schools themselves, at present, to which I earnestly direct the attention of my colleagues in the Post-War Committee: I mean the education of the young man who has to go into the office, and who is unable to attend any school whatever. He must get an education in some way. No provision is made for him at present, and I trust the Post-War Committee will take that up. I find no reference whatever to it in any of the papers. Coming down on the train, I looked over the Post-W. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<