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aiarchitect | volume 14 the news of america’s community of architects August 3, 2007
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Discovering African Identity in African-American Architecture: Part I
African-American architects constantly ask themselves whether there is such a thing as African identity in their architecture, notes Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA. Would an observer recognize African traits in materials, siting, detailing, ornament, forms, and space flow? He turns to architects and scholars for their answers, agreements, and disagreements.
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Dan Rockhill
is the founder of Rockhill and Associates and professor of architecture at the University of Kansas. He also is the founder and director of Studio 804, a third-year graduate program that compresses the design-build process into a five-month period.
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In response to a poll about remembering the experience of architecture school, Rex L. Carpenter, AIA, projected his memories from Texas Tech to his son's upcoming freshman year at IIT. Carpenter almost wishes he were plunging back in again.
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