Field Trips

The Architectural Studies field trip is an opportunity for students to visit sites of national and international significance and to study historic and contemporary architecture first hand in northeastern North America cities.

Fall 2009: Washington DC

In September Professors Gretchen Bender, Shannon Ashmore, and Kirk Savage took students to Washington DC. An in depth tour of I.M. Pei's East Wing of the National Gallery was given by their chief architect James Grupe. Other sites visited included the WWII Memorial, Washington Monument, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, the Capitol Building, the Japanese-American Memorial, and the National Building Museum.

Spring 2009: Charlottesville

In April, majors visited Monticello and the University of Virginia to explore the architecture of Thomas Jefferson.

2008: New York

In October, 20 majors participated in a field trip to New York City. The trip was organized and led by Professor Drew Armstrong and coincided with the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Four full days were spent exploring architecture in Manhattan, beginning with the campus of Columbia University and ending at the headquarters of the United Nations. Other highlights included the Guggenheim Museum, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, and the controversial new Museum of Arts and Design on Columbus Circle that opened earlier in September.

   

2006: Chicago

Professors Drew Armstrong and Gretchen Bender led a group of about a dozen students to an intensive three day tour of Chicago architecture. Students toured and studied some 40 major buildings, including architecture by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and various downtown skyscrapers.

Special Projects

Field Trips

Every year our students visit sites of national and international significance, studying historic and contemporary architecture first hand.