User:Venrenerd/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Massing

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose to review Massing because I am interested in architectural theory and one subsection of that includes how to design the massing for a structure. The article on massing matters because the shape and form of a building are one some of the foundational steps within the process of designing a building. For that reason, my first impression is that the article is much shorter than I expected.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)


 * The lead section is short and concise, providing the definition for Massing as soon as you view the page
 * While the "Massing in architectural theory" section is well written, I believe there are some portions that could be taken out and created into their own section. For example, in the last portion of the section, the article discusses how massing can relate to different architectural styles. I believe that could become its own section, as it would talk about different forms of massing that can be found in buildings today.
 * Furthermore, the article could also have a Gallery section highlighting usual and unusual massing that have been included in buildings throughout human history.
 * The tone of the article is very neutral and definitive and there is a good variety of sources used, while still having all of them as reputable sources as well.