| Issue Number |
Date |
Topics |
| Connector Volume 01 - 1 |
Winter 1992 |
Designing Details: Gil Snyder
Polarities: Teaching Structures
Volume One Number One: An Editorial: Edward Allen
Advanced ECS Seminars: At What Cost?: John Reynolds
Teaching Building System Coordination: Stephen Kendall
Fostering Technology in Design: Stephen Diamond
Technology as Design: Tom Peters
SBSE: Teachers Helping Teachers: Dale Brentrup |
| Connector Volume 01 - 2 |
Fall 1992 |
There Must Be More Generalists: Jack Kremers
Polarities: Teaching in the Design Studio
Under the Umbrella of Design Studio: Charles P. Graves
Structures Teaching Polarities: Seven Teachers' Responses: Jonathan Ochshorn
Joining "Design" and "Building": Elmer E. Botsai
Building Forensics as a Teaching Tool: Tang Lee
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| Connector Volume 02 - 1 |
Spring 1993 |
Detailing and Ornamentation: David Evan Glasser
Polarities: Where to Begin?
Studio Teaching Polarities: Teachers' Responses
"they will be at the mercy of the engineers...": David Lee Smith
The Satire Corner: A New Approach to Teaching Design
UCLA's Bridge Project: Joe Bilello
Precision Without Quantification?: Tom F. Peters
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| Connector Volume 02 - 2 |
Fall 1993 |
Basic Principles of Building Science: Tang Lee
Polarities: Love or Knowledge?
On Lifting an Egg with a Kite: Atilla Bilgutay
Maybe We Should Just Join the Kids at the Beach: Luther L. Strange Jr.
Integration of Technology and Design in Design Studios: Mir M. Ali
"we should break from our emphasis on teaching and focus on student learning...": David Lee Smith
Design in the Classroom is not Far Fetched: Stephen Kendall
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| Connector Volume 03 - 1 |
Spring 1994 |
Don't Accept the Status of "Support" or "Service" Courses: Irv Engel
Embodies Energy Analysis Database?: Jerry Bancroft
"the current teaching of technology in schools of architecture is a joke...": Gary Black
Visual and Tactile Learning: Creating a Resource Center: Bernard Webb
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| Connector Volume 03 - 2 |
Fall 1994 |
We Have to Stop Characterizing Ourselves as Victims: David Evan Glasser
Too Technical: David Lee Smith
Report of Survey on Structures Curricula: Daniel F. Faoro
Responses to Gary Black
Benjamin: "Problem? What Problem?": B. S. Benjamin
Engel: "We Have a Lab; It's Called the Studio": Irv Engel
Sustainability, An Issue of Quality: Terri Meyer Boake
Teaching Architecture through Technology Courses: Patrick Rand, Hunt McKinnon
What We Teach is Design: Edward Allen
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| Connector Volume 04 - 1 |
Spring 1995 |
We took the plunge!: Darla Lindberg, Robert Young, Chuck Richardson
Demonstrating Acoustical Waves on an Overhead Projector: Richard Kellogg
New and Refreshing: Irv Engel
A Conference is Long Overdue: Mir M. Ali
Structural Knowledge must be Tempered by Building Knowledge: Paul Naecker
Intuition is a Fundamental Ingredient: Gary Black
Focus on the Objective of Building: Paul Naecker
The Role of Naivete in Technical Innovation: Terri Meyer Boake
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| Connector Volume 04 - 2 |
Fall 1995 |
Comprehensive Design Studio: Washington University
Comprehensive Design Studio: University of Maryland
Engineers in a Box: Hans Gesund
The Limits of Linear Analysis: Kirk Martini
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| Connector Volume 05 - 1 |
Spring 1996 |
Structure is not Foreign to the Art of Architecture: Ysrael A. Seinuk
Open Building Home Page: Stephen Kendall
The Painstaking Attention that is Crucial to Good Architecture: Bob Greenstreet, Gil Snyder
Why You Should Start an Architectural Engineering Program: Brian A. Rock
Appropriate Use of Computers: Daniel Faoro
Any Course on the Internet: Kenneth W. Schaar
Design Teacher Must Provide Leadership: Joseph Iano
Passive vs. Active: Terri Meyer Boake
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| Connector Volume 05 - 2 |
Fall 1996 |
Teaching Masonry in MInnesota: J. Stephen Weeks
Earth Architecture: Paul McHenry
Teaching Structural Creativity: Bruce Lonnman
Technical Issues are Not Separated from Design: Hansruedi Preisig
Face Design Responsibilities in the Classroom: Rocke Hill
Memoriam: Irv Engel
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| Connector Volume 06 - 1 |
Spring 1997 |
Conceptual Design of Structures: Notes from Stuttgart: Edward Allen
The Connector Talks to ACSA Tech Conference Chair Dominique Bonnamour-Lloyd
What Happened in Dallas? The Technology Conference!
The Best of Chris Luebkeman!
What Really is Important: Mir M. Ali
Synthesis: Kes Lukas
Using Software to Teach Structural Analysis and Design: A Visual Approach to Technical Subjects: Garrick Goldenberg
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| Connector Volume 06 - 2 |
Fall 1997 |
Teaching Structural Theory and Integration: Paul Donnelly
Concrete Chairs: Dana Buntrock
Students use Gray Matter to Learn Concrete Structures: John Rowell
NSF Grants: Dana Buntrock
Oregon Resource Center Studio: Rob Pena |
| Connector Volume 07 - 1 |
Spring 1998 |
New Oregon Graduate Program in Technical Teaching
Master of Building Science at USC
Taking a Building's Vital Signs: The Audubon Building: Alison Kwok
Design a Better Chicken House: Scott Wing
The Search for an Interdisciplinary Laboratory: Barry Jackson
Lighting Multimedia Information System: Mohamed Boubekri
Designing Shell Structures with Hanging String Models: Arnold Rosner
Architecture as a Resource for Science Education: Richard Kellogg
Piercing Skin: Terri Meyer Boake
Designing with Structural Steel
Resource Packs for Climate-Responsive Design: Sylvia Lavin
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| Connector Volume 07 - 2 |
Fall 1998 |
Teaching Technology With Design: Veronica Soebarto
SBSE Retreat Log: Edward Allen
Improving on Wright's Masterpiece
Task Group on Building
New Structures Textbook
Four Misconceptions: An Editorial: Edward Allen
New Statics Textbook
Hands on Steel at USL: Edward J. Cazayoux
Masonry Camp: David Sovinski |
| Connector Volume 08 - 1 |
Spring 1999 |
Constructed Designs: Bruce Lonnman
Webcasting from the Virtual Lab: Samuel Shiffman
The Raymond Report
Entre L'Architect et l'Ingenieur: Edward Allen
Yes but, An Editorial: Edward Allen
New Developments in Teaching Structural Steel
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| Connector Volume 08 - 2 |
Fall 1999 |
The Key Word is Integration: Sharon Kuska
The Integration of Design into the Structures Curriculum: Patrick Tripeny
Teaching the Performance Approach: Austin Parsons
Design Quizzes: Bruce Haglund |
| Connector Volume 09 - 1 |
Spring 2000 |
The Best of Connector |
| Connector Volume 09 - 2 |
Fall 2000 |
How to Kick A Building, 101: Christine Theodoropoulos
The Art of Making Magic: Edward Allen
Technology Teaching Workshop: John Reynolds
A Materials Course: Nils R. Gore
Environmental Feedback: Do We Hear It?: Thomas J. Hahn
Teaching Structures with Computer Based Media: Shahin Vassigh
An Administrator's Perspective: Sharon Matthews
Stress in Living Color: Gary L. McGavin
Architectural Charades: Christine Theodoropoulos |
| Connector Volume 10 - 1 |
Spring 2001 |
The Eladio Dieste Symposia: Edward Allen
Teaching Structural Integration: Bruno M. Franck
Agents of Change: Alison Kwok
2001 ACSA/AIA Cranbrook Seminar: Mark Mistur
Building Consensus in Design Build Studios: Steve Badanes
Chinese Building Science Educators Meeting: Edward Ng
Field Observations: Frederick L. Walters
Time Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data: Donald Watson
The Ninety Minute Structure: Kirk Martini
Designing Backwards: Christine Theodoropoulos |
| Connector Volume 10 - 2 |
Fall 2001 |
Lessons from Bapu Kuti: Mark DeKay
L'idee constructive: from Jean Prouve up to Now: Jacques White
Special Structures Taught in Schools of Architecture: Patrick Tripeny, Ronald Schaeffer
Fork in the Road: Christine Theodoropoulos
Digital Design Teaching Seminar: Nancy Yen-wen Cheng
Writingt Studio Programs that Work: Edward Allen
ACSA 2002 Technology Conference: Linda Brock, Christine Theodoropoulos
Demystifying the Publishing Process: Amanda L. Miller
Water Infrastructure and Urban Design: Katherine Rinne |
| Connector Volume 11 - 1 - 2 |
Spring Fall 2002 |
We've Been Teaching Structural Design Backwards: Kate Simonen
Towards Quality Time in the Classroom: Spiro Pollalis
Our Toughest Teaching Assignment: Edward Allen
A Report from the Year 2011: John Reynolds
Books a Good Technologist Shouldn't Read: Lance LaVine
Ecological Design Center: James McGrath
Teaching Structures over the Web at the Boston Architectural Center: Curt Lamb
Tools for Teaching: A Must Have Book: Edward Allen
On-Line Learning Structures: An Interview with Emma Sheperdson: Christine Araujo
From Model Making to Structural Innovation: Donald Peting
Structural Design and Coordination: Robert Dermody
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| Connector Volume 12 - 1 |
Spring 2003 |
Books that Beg to be Written: Edward Allen
Structuring Structures: Peter von Buelow
Reflections on Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture: Lance LaVine
Teaching Structural Problems, Failures and Repairs: Fallingwater: Rima Taher
9th Annual HOPES Ecological Design Arts Conference
Coming Home: Harrison Fraker
On Ecological Design Education and a Dream of the Earth: Mary Guzowski
New Beginnings: Yuniko Aoki |
| Connector Volume 13 - 1 |
Spring 2004 |
Bridging Structures, Construction and Studio: Ryan E. Smith
Building Technology: It's All About Form: Edward Allen
Design as a Model for Creative Inquiry: Frances Bronet, Gary A. Gabriels
The Energy Studies in Building Laboratory: Bridging Academia and the Profession: G.Z. Brown, Chris Chatto, Jeff Kline
Visionary Pragmatics/Pragmatic Visionaries: Renee Cheng
Design for Innovation through Fabrication: Tom Reiner
Transitions: Try-Pyramid Structures: Basil Harb
"RESIST" - Structural Modeling Software Editorial Interview with Andrew Charleson
The Encyclopedia of Housing Construction: A Service Based Learning Opportunity: Christine Theodoropoulos
MIT Building Technology Program: Leon Glicksman |
| Connector Volume 14 - 1 |
Spring 2005 |
Seismic Education: What do Architects Need to Know?: Christine Theodoropoulos
Cool Towers: Nader Chalfoun, Christopher Trumble
Building Construction Educators Symposium: Ryan E. Smith
Giving Creative Exercises in the Large Lecture Class: Edward Allen
Allen Wins Topaz Medallion: Christine Theodoropoulos
The Economy of Structure and the Structure of Economy: Chris Chatto
Using Case Studies in a Structures Course: Christine Theodoropoulos
The Benefits and Challenges of Digital Fabrication: Jennifer Seely |
| Connector Volume 15 - 1 |
Spring 2006 |
Technology in a Trash Bag: Big Lessons from a Simple Material: Deborah Oakley
Areas Where Teaching Structures Should be Strengthened: William L Thoen
A Survey of Architectural Education with a Focus on Topics of Structural Steel: David Thaddeus
Thoughts on Prefabrication: Ryan Smith
Seismic Web Site: G. G. Schierle
An Affordable Housing Technology: The SEP: J. Stephen Weeks, William Weber, John Carmody |
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