Texas Tech University

Architecture and Urban Studies

Arch 4000 · 1 Semester Credit Hours

Individual studies of special interest in advanced architecture, history of architecture, and city planning. May be repeated for credit.

Why – How – The Human Experience

Arch 4000 · Instructor: Darrick Wade, AIA

An exploration of architectural detailing through reading, research, discussion, sketching, emulating, and creating. This course will explore why details are important, how details are designed and communicated, opportunities for detailing, and the resulting human experience. Students will develop and demonstrate an understanding of the function of detailing and a deeper understanding of opportunities latent in details. Deliverables include: writings, sketches, common practice details, and details of their own design.