Word: designs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Grover C. Loening, 87, pioneering aeronautical engineer, prophet and author; from the effects of a stroke; in Miami. Loening held the first aeronautical degree granted by an American university (Columbia, 1910) and, as a member of Orville Wright's design team, was taught to fly by Orville himself. In 1917 he formed his own plane-manufacturing company, eventually selling some 300 amphibian biplanes and becoming a millionaire in the process. In his 1935 book, Our Wings Grow Faster, Loening predicted that "at 500 m.p.h. 50,000 ft. above the ocean . . . far above storms...
...only degree-granting institution in the nation devoted primarily to the education of adults. Only 4,500 of the 21,000 students at the school are studying for credit; most of these are enrolled in its highly regarded graduate program, or in its affiliate, the Parsons School of Design. The typical New School student is a middle-aged professional or a housewife who is simply eager to learn something new-and willing to pay an average of $100 per course for the opportunity. Enrollment has more than doubled in the past decade, and the school opened a new branch last...
Maurice D. Kilbridge, dean of the Graduate School of Design, is no stranger to the hot seat: in seven years as head of the school he has become embroiled in two unprecedented University inquiries, and this week the 55-year-old economist took sharp criticism from students and members of the GSD's faculty and visiting committee...
...sense of order or relevance to the studios and should be taught at a higher level. Professor Anselevicius noted that architecture is reintroducing a structured, sequential program of options, with improved required courses and an increase in the number of electives from 16 to 34. Students in the urban design program commented that their curriculum requires a broader interdisciplinary base, but most seemed to find the quality of their training good. (Most U.D. students are studying for a second professional degree...
...apparent lack of disagreement between faculty members within departments, faculty and students hinted at the existence of interdepartmental friction. It was suggested that the plan of Gund Hall is not conductive to interaction between departments as there is no central meeting point. Professor Soltan pointed out that the Urban Design Program was founded as a bridge between the other three departments but was first an extension of architecture. He remarked that in order to implement its goals the program must be allembracing. U.D. students concurred that the program must be broadened beyond the architectural point of view and that studios...