Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Improvement drive archive

Previous article improvement drive candidates:

2009
23 May 2009 Would like to add a very basic list of links to websites of architectural firms practising in Singapore, some examples shown below:
 * architects61
 * Chan Sau Yan Associates
 * etc

Prefer to have it in a more generic Architecture section rather than in the Singapore section, which seems to have some NPOV issues on some sensitive topics, and also to have a more international reach for these links

thank you --116.15.192.142 (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

May 2009 


 * Needs more referencing, a section on GR in the Baltic countries, general fact checking, the subject placed in its larger cultural context (i.e. rationalism vs historicism). I would do more myself but I feel my preferences/prejudices/confusions have dominated enough. Twospoonfuls (talk) 10:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support Large subject with many possible referencing, and many things to be depicted. Ppapadeas (talk) 18:23, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

2008

 * Needs expanded coverage on at least the following: modern Ukraine, early 20th century, Cossack epoch (baroque), general proofreading, etc.--Riurik(discuss) 18:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

December 2008 
 * Nominate and support: Rated "High" importance for very good reason, but a messy, fragmented (low) "Start" class article. For a subject so studied, discussed, and debated in academia... for something of such international scope, and having such far-reaching historical and policy-making influence, the "Start" nature of the article is borderline outrageous.  It's got its own section in almost every Architecture and Urban Planning textbook made since the late 1960s, and it has an embarrassingly thin Wikipedia article.  Potential strengths as a collaborative project: I live in town, have more time, resourcefulness, and dedication than sense, and follow direction well.  Anyone need hard-to-find local primary documents?  Photos?  Media?  You got it.  I'm also a professional mapmaker/cartographer.  Needed: folks who know how to best contextualize and implement these sources.  A strong Pruitt-Igoe article is a must for any encyclopedia. Let's get this thang done.   Cadastral   (  Talk  )  07:31, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

December 2007/January 2008
Johannes Itten
 * Nominate and support Representing the earlier 'mystical' expressionist phase of the Bauhaus, Ittens' contribution to colour theory was seminal - and a very interesting nut job to boot. --Mcginnly | Natter 14:06, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -- Rai - me  07:47, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've disagreed elsewhere about Itten as deserving a COTM for architecture (perhaps elsewhere). Itten was not an architect, nor did he teach architecture.  In fact, I believe that the Bauhaus' department of architecture wasn't even founded until well after Itten had left.  (I agree that he WAS an interesting nut job, but this is WikiProject Architecture, not WikiProject Expressionism, nor WikiProject ColorTheory, nor WikiProject Bauhaus, nor WikiProject Nutjobs.) Rick lightburn (talk) 19:48, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

June July 2007
Parthenon This has been nominated for FA review, and quite rightly so. The article manages not to mention Kallikrates or Iktinos let alone the column and metope irregularities or a host of other architectural features. I'm researching some new material myself and hope to add it soon. Twospoonfuls 08:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Mcginnly | Natter 14:44, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: good. One doesn't have to care about the farce that is FA status to think this article needs a complete rewrite. Once it's lost its "star" (gold stars and ticks at the bottom of the page are for reluctant school children, I'd maintain) there's a rare chance to sneak some actual information into it between the Fodor's guide platitudes. Twospoonfuls 08:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Ppapadeas 11:22, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

May 2007
Arcology

I think this article could use some improvement, there is more content about it in Popular media than the base of the article, which can't be enough to categorize it as an architectural article --Hand of Bjesomar 09:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

March/April/May 2007
Castle

Recently just missed out on WP:ACID, rated "start" and "top priority" for this project. Needs a more global perspective. :Supergolden:: 11:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Support - I agree, and the nomination fell only one vote short. In the first week of February, just after the nomination, I made some significant improvements to the structure, pictures and sources, as well as adding material on castles in Japan and New France. However, I still feel the article stands as start class per my initial comments, because it needs many more sources and a lot of work (particularly from "stone castles" onwards). It is not quite global either, because Russian castles, which adapted to gunpowder better than European castles, need to be mentioned. --Grimhelm 18:42, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong support This should be one of WP core articles - I suggest we put it on the improvement drive immediately rather than the more obscure Arcology. --Mcginnly | Natter 19:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

February 2007
Maggie's centres Important patron of architecture in the UK. Set up by Charles Jencks and his late wife, Maggie's centre provide support for cancer sufferers and acknowledge the psychological benefits that architecture can bring to their treatment. Gehry, Hadid, Libeskind, Rogers have all either done schemes that are awaiting funding or have completed projects. --Mcginnly | Natter 11:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I expanded the bits on the centres, so each now has a subsection. They're all really stubby at the moment though, lots to add. And i took out the bit about the Christian Voice donation, It's not really that important is it? :Supergolden:: 15:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

January 2007
Blobitecture (Original nomination was Kunsthaus Graz) Peter Cook building without an article even started yet - A good example of Blobitecture, with some images from the commons (currently located in Blobitecture). --Mcginnly | Natter 13:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Support ok, this article is started. But for the improvement drive I would choose Blobitecture rather than this specific building, though Kunsthaus Graz will probably be further developed along the way if Blob architecture is selected. DVD+ R/W 00:32, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

December 2006
Architectural history

This should really be one of our showcase articles, but it's currently very western-centric and needs formatting, copyediting, images, sections completing and general polishing.
 * Support and nominate.--Mcginnly | Natter 12:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose
 * Comment- I've been thinking about this one a lot. One thing I see as most important for this article is the study of architectural historians and their texts, much more than the progression of buildings or styles or locations. Since this subject is so broad, what I would like to see this article avoid are heading/main article games, and because so much on the different topics is covered elsewhere this article only needs to cover history and historians and not every architect, building or movement. DVD+ R/W 21:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

November 2006

 * Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka

A horribly written and formatted article, but with a substantial amount of content and probably an important topic. It looks like the article has been derived from another website (if look at the talk, there is a template saying this) Abdullah Geelah 13:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Rich forms and technically sophisticated construction make Sri Lankan architecture notable in the region. This article is interesting in that there is some good information that is currently organized and presented in a confusing manner.  It seems possible that modest attention could yield great improvements. -- M0llusk 04:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Support I'll look for some images to add, etc. — Dogears 17:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Mcginnly | Natter 12:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

October 2006
Islamic architecture

September 2006
De Stijl

August 2006
Bauhaus

July 2006
Expressionist architecture