AWA: Academic Writing at Auckland

What role has the Porto School of Architecture played in Alvaro Siza's career and what influence has Alvaro Siza had on the Portuguese lineage of architects?

Select a quote and an architectural building that reflects it.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of New Zealand's heritage protection legislation.

Select one principle of 'Modern Architecture' formulated by an architectural historian/theorist including: Kenneth Frampton, Anthony Vidler, Alan Colquhoun, Sigfried Giedion, Reyner Banham, William Curtis or Manfredo Taf ...

What are the cultural, technological and site influences that critically-inform our understanding of [your selected building or building type or building complex]?

Select one building or building project from those provided, and introduce that building through formulating FOUR questions and answering them.

Select one building or building project from those provided, and introduce that building through formulating FOUR questions and answering them.

Select a world architecture topic within the chronological range of the course (premodern architecture) including topics from outside the mediterranean-centred world. The topic should explore themes around form, space, m ...

Write an essay on Pacific or South-east Asian architecture built between 1930 to 2008.

A research essay about a particular topic covered in the course, in this case the ancient Greek site of Knossos, with specific emphasis on its controversial reconstruction.

A research assignment on an essay topic of own choice within the broad subject area of the course (pre-modern architecture and urbanism). The essay focused on Roman concrete: its history, composition and use in construct ...

The research assignment required an essay topic of my own choice within the broad subject area of Pre-modern architecture and urbanism. The essay required scholarly sources and the careful organisation of material both t ...

Briefly outline the key ideas underlying the design of your building. Explain why this building and its underlying ideas are significant in the history of contemporary architecture.

Critically discuss key heritage conservation principles and the effect these have on a retrofit project.