Description
The purpose of this assignment is to encourage research and reading. Select two architectural critics from the list below. Find one article from each critic and write a brief, one paragraph, summary of each criticism. In an additional paragraph, compare/contrast and comment on the writing style and readability of the authors. Would you recommend them to a friend?
Please note the following:
- Be sure to cite your source.
- This assignment is to be “typed” (word-processed).
- Hand-written submittals are not acceptable.
- Remember the single page, 8 1/2″ x 11″ document format.
Choose two of the following architectural critics:
- Peter Blake – THE NEW REPUBLIC
- Blair Kamin – THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
- Robert Campbell – THE BOSTON GLOBE
- Hall Kaplan – THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
- Beth Dunlop – THE MIAMI HERALD
- Herbert Muschamp (d. 2007) – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Joseph Giovannini – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Nicolai Ouroussoff – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Paul Goldberger – THE NEW YORKER (formerly)
- Robin Pogrebin – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Christopher Hawthorne – THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
- Witold Rybczynski – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Ada Louise Huxtable – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Michael Sorkin – THE VILLAGE VOICE
- Jane Jacobs – THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Sarah Williams Goldhagen – THE NEW REPUBLIC
This list is not all-inclusive. There are many more critics and publications. Should you wish to research a critic not on the list, please clear that critic with me beforehand.
A number of people have complained of the need to “subscribe” or “pay” for copies of online articles. In some cases that may be so, although I have found that:
- Downloadable articles can often be acquired at no charge.
- Some online subscriptions are free, especially to students.
- Most of these newspapers and magazines are available for free through the USF Library system, or any public library.
- Some of these newspapers and magazines are available for purchase at local newsstands, Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc
