Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Architecture/Archive 2

Help on "The Theatre of Pompey" page
I have done a great deal of work on this page myself. I researched and read over several sites but have not had time to go to the Library to find actual books on this subject to add reference that are not internet related. However if I can't get any realtime references I will start adding internet references. Anyone want to help with that?

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Category:[YEAR] architecture
You may have noticed the new categories for architecture by year - Category:1st century architecture, Category:1110s architecture, Category:1897 architecture, etc. Please feel free to add them to any architecture articles you work on - using the one or two most important dates for the building or other project in question - the categories are currently underpopulated. Warofdreams talk 00:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Merging articles related to Prefabricated housing
I would strongly support a merger between Manufactured housing, Mobile home, Modular home, Prefabricated home, Prefabricated housing and possibly Prefabricated buildings. See discussion at Talk:Mobile home and Talk:Manufactured housing.

One option is to put US specific info in Manufactured housing - HUD Code and general info in another article.

I was thinking it would be good to have information on recent developments in prefab housing, such as the Glide house (currently a redirect)... but the priority is to do appropriate merging.

btw, if two articles are very clearly about the same thing, there is no need for discussion; they can be immediately merged. I'm almost bold enough to do that, but it's not my field and I'd appreciate the input of someone who knows the field better than me. --Singkong2005 talk 14:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Related FAC
If anyone is interested in examining a related featured article candidacy, please check out Featured article candidates/Point Park Civic Center. Christopher Parham (talk) 20:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Help for military history
Hi

Could you help us on the fortress article and its subarticles a bit? We need some suggestions, how we make a presentation of this kind of building and its different types. Thank you Wandalstouring 19:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Peer review request
City of Manchester Stadium is currently on peer review. As I developed the article primarily from a sporting standpoint, I'd like to know if there are any gaping holes in the article with regards to architecture. Thanks Oldelpaso 12:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

17 State Street (Manhattan) up for deletion
I think this discussion could use some more input from architecture fans. I'm not familiar with the notability criteria for skyscrapers. Zagalejo 00:36, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Architects Without Borders
There's no article yet for Architects Without Borders. It seems notable, with 11,000 hits, including a few articles, on Architects-Without-Borders. I've suggested by email to the organization that if they wish to contribute, they could do it at WikiProject_Architecture/Architects_Without_Borders_draft, then post a message here, and ask editors to use the material for the article. --Singkong2005 talk 02:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Image Image:Szydlowiec church town hall.jpg

 * This image on Commons may have from my untrained eyes some use to this project as its not in any categories that editors here would normally look I've brought to your attention. Gnangarra 12:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Skyscraper
I just want to post a heads-up saying I merged several of the skyscraper infoboxes into Template:Infobox Skyscraper. You may want to look at the changes, and if necessary, add more fields that could belong in the infobox. Note that all fields are optional, so the infobox probably won't be as long as it appears. --  tariq abjotu  10:40, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Project Directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing WikiProject Council/Directory. These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages:
 * User:Badbilltucker/Culture Directory,
 * User:Badbilltucker/Culture Directory 2,
 * User:Badbilltucker/Philosophy and religion Directory,
 * User:Badbilltucker/Sports Directory,
 * User:Badbilltucker/Geographical Directory,
 * User:Badbilltucker/Geographical Directory/United States, (note: This page will be retitled to more accurately reflect its contents)
 * User:Badbilltucker/History and society directory, and
 * User:Badbilltucker/Science directory

and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 20:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry if you tried to update it before, and the corrections were gone. I have now put the new draft in the old directory pages, so the links should work better. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused you. B2T2 23:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy (Talk) 17:20, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


 * thanks sandy I'll have a look. --Mcginnly | Natter 17:24, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Discussion on glossaries
Discussion over whether glossaries should be removed from wikipedia and moved over to Wiktionary at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not. If you have an interest in keeping the Architectural glossary within wikipedia or have it moved to Wiktionary, you might want to participate in the discussion. Luigizanasi 03:59, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Architectural visualization article prodded for deletion
Hi, I prodded the architectural visualization article for deletion as a dictionary definition. Since it seems like a low traffic article and the original craeator doesn't seem to be editing anymore I wanted to make sure editors with an interest in the subject were aware. If you think it should stay all you need to d is remove the tag, though it would be good to get a little expansion so it'a no longer a definition and it's clearer what a full article on the subject would encompass. Thanks. --Siobhan Hansa 15:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

question about vault
I've written Kazdağlı Mosque article. All my sources are Turkish, and there is a term "aynalı tonoz" but i don't know what is it in English. Tonoz is vault. If it helps aynalı means "mirrored". I've found a Turkish definition for the term; manastır tonozunun üst bölümünü yatay bir üzlemde keserek elde edilen tonozdur meaning: "aynalı vault is made cutting monastery vault's upper part in a horizontal plane." Also there is an image on article. Thanks in advance. --Ugur Basak 12:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's quite hard to tell without seeing some internal photos looking up at the dome and vaults. Do you have any? --Mcginnly | Natter 12:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately i don't have any other photos, i also can't find any photo from intertet. --Ugur Basak 13:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've founded a few photos on this site Check the ones named "Kazdağlı". --Ugur Basak 13:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm really struggling on this one - I think you need a english speaking turkish archtect - but my best guess, is rather than mirror I believe Aynali can also mean paneled - so a panelled vault. I thought perhaps also a decorated vault - most sources where that word appeared that had pictures seemed to include decorated domes - (can tonoz also mean dome?) - or just a vault with a flat soffit. regards --Mcginnly | Natter 14:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I searched the term and find the meaning, it's cavetto vault. There is no article about caveotte vault and cavetto is redirecting to Molding (decorative). Is molding deal with cavetto vault. Thanks for your interest. --Ugur Basak 09:25, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking for an Architectural Administrator
to change a fairly new article, Maya Revival Style to Mayan Revival architecture. Actually a look at the list of the different articles about the various styles of architectures seemed to reveal that there is not much consistancy here. So I'll propose that at least all the revival style articles be named [or re-named] Whatever [Gothic, Egyptian, Colonial, Classical, Tudor, etc.] Revival architecture. Let's talk. Carptrash 20:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * You don't need an admin to change Maya Revival Style to Mayan Revival Architecture. Just use the move tab. Ask at that talkpage first and talk to User:TravisNygard about it. You can also use WP:RM. Looking now, the others you mentioned already seem to be at the names you mention. Regards, DVD+ R/W 00:53, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll try that MOVE button thing. The person who first posted the article is not a registered user or I would have discussed it with him\her.  We'll talk photos elsewhere. Carptrash 15:28, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Forms in architecture
Whatever that... Thing is, can somebody have a look to try and clean it what is useable in it?

Am currently cleaning up Category:Architectural elements by transferring elements into subcategories, BTW. Will soon move to Category:Architecture itself. Circeus 19:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * To where? - perhaps a little discussion first please? --Mcginnly | Natter 22:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Palladian window
Someone who has more knowledge on the subject than I do might want to consider reverting this edit to the article Palladian window, which is now a redirect to Palladian architecture. Note that there is a major section the the Palladian architecture article about the Palladian window. I personally think the Palladian window should have its own article in addition to its section in the larger article, but I don't feel comfortable making that decision. Thanks. -- Tantalum Telluride 02:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * As the article on Palladian windows was so short, and all the relevant information is in the Palladian architecture article, I don't think that there's any need to revert this. If more detail on the windows is forthcoming, the article could be split out again. Warofdreams talk 00:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree with warofdreams here - there didn't seem much scope to expand the article in its own right and it given context and reference by its current location within the palladian architecture article. Quality vs. quantity --Mcginnly | Natter 13:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Palladian architecture
Palladian architecture has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" from featured status. The instructions for the FAR process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Sandy (Talk) 01:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Are fictional structures in the scope of this project?
I happened to notice this project's banner on Talk:Death Star. It was added by a bot, so its possible that it was added by mistake. Anyone? EVula // talk // &#9775;  // 18:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The bot added the tag because Death star carries a Megastructure category - it should probably be something like Fictional Megastructures. My inclination is to remove the tag and say that fiction structures aren't necessarily architecture, but can be - it rather depends on if they add anything to architectural discourse. Metropolis (1927 film) probably is but Springfields probably isn't - who knows about the Emerald City - i'm sure there will some venturiesque thesis somewhere about it's place in pop consciousness and it's application to architecture. Anyone else? --Mcginnly | Natter 19:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It is grossly unencyclopediac to have fictional structures in this project. This is not the place for fantasy world ventures a la the works of Tolkein.  (BTW, I enjoy Tolkein and remember fondly my first ocassion reading The Hobbit.)  Truth be told we wikipedians lose credibility with such forays. Dogru144 00:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Architecture of the Teutonic Order
I've prodded this article for deletion because it is just a photo gallery and I've had no response from the author. Perhaps someone here will object? --Mcginnly | Natter 19:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Dab page tags?
I have created several dab pages for buildings (Trump International Hotel and Tower, Trump Plaza, & Marquette Building). I am not sure if I should add tags  to them, but I did. TonyTheTiger 15:52, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Great - I'd add the (not article) though --Mcginnly | Natter 15:55, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Request for help (easy)
Hi. I'm looking for some competent help to add a few sentences about German architecture in the article Germany (currently up for Featured Article status). Like I said, it's just supposed to be a few meaningful lines, not a full detailed treatment (as the article is already quite long). This would be very appreciated. Thanks, Pascal.Tesson 04:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've added something to the article; any other contributors are very welcome to look over and improve on it! Warofdreams talk 23:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

"Did you know"s
I'm not sure if you all keep records of such things, but: If you want further records of such things, please indicate below where to post them. Thank you. Badbilltucker 21:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Noise mitigation - 2 April 2006
 * Boô appeared on the front page on 8 September 2006.
 * Chartered Society of Designers appeared on the Main Page DYK section on 9 June 2006.


 * I would put them on the Portal if I were you. --Mcginnly | Natter 00:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afriad) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 15:53, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Castles
Might I draw your attention to WikiProject Castles. Neddyseagoon - talk 13:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah thanks - I'll add it as a related project. --Mcginnly | Natter 00:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Requested moves
Articles covered by this WikiProject currently experiencing a move request :-) Best regards, Evv 01:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Giorgio Orsini → Giorgio da Sebenico —(Discuss) — sculptor and architect, ca. 1410 - 1473.

Taj Mahal - Request for Comment: Inclusion of minority points of view
During efforts to improve this article, a number of editors asserted the need to emphasize a non-academic minority theory. Initially proposed by P.N. Oak, this theory asserts that the Taj Mahal was not originally built by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, but was a much older Hindu temple or palace stolen by the Mughals. It is instructive to note that Oak also claims that the tombs of Humayun, Itmad-Ud-Daulahand Akbar &mdash; as well as the Vatican in Rome, the Kaaba in Mecca, Stonehenge and "all historic buildings" in India &mdash; were also stolen Hindu temples or palaces.

"The Taj is only a typical illustration of how all historic buildings and townships from Kashmir to Cape Comorin though of Hindu origin have been ascribed to this or that Muslim ruler or courtier."P.N. Oak at www.hindunet.org

We seek comment, prior to an overhaul of the article, to establish "to what extent we are obliged to include minority points of view within this article." 17:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * If anyone would like to comment the link is Talk:Taj Mahal. --Joopercoopers 17:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

A bunch of AfDs on people in the field of eco-cemeteries
I recently filed AfDs on articles about five people, who all have something to do wiki eco-cemeteries. Maybe people with an interest in architecture would be interested in taking a look? // habj 19:35, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Billy Campbell (doctor)
 * Articles for deletion/Mary Woodsen
 * Articles for deletion/Tyler Cassity
 * Articles for deletion/Mike Salisbury (2nd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Joe Sehee

Japanese roofing
At some point in the not-too-distant future, I'll likely be looking to create articles on elements or types of Japanese roofing, particularly those pertaining to castles, including karahafu, chidorihafu, and irimoya, assuming these things are not already covered somewhere else. (I haven't really looked all that hard yet.) Are there any standards for this sort of thing, or does anyone have any suggestions how to phrase or group these things? Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you. LordAmeth 14:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) I could simply add sections pertaining to Japan to articles such as hipped roof, gable, etc.
 * 2) I could create an article called Japanese roofing styles, Japanese roof, Japanese roofing architecture or the like, and try to cover them all. (If anyone has suggestions for a good standard-style name, this might be the best option.)
 * 3) I could create separate articles for each individual thing, by the Japanese name, e.g. karahafu (Chinese-style gable element), chidorihafu, etc.
 * 1) The manual of style should be your first port of call.
 * 2) It might be a good idea to first create an article called something like Japanese roofing styles and list them as headings rather than various little stubs. If the headings or the article get to large at a later date then you can fork them into stub articles.
 * 3) There's a category called Category:Roofs which your articles should be listed in - have a look there for any 'themes'.
 * 4) I suggest you contact and sign up to the Castles wikiproject - they should be able to help you there (and you them).
 * regards --Mcginnly | Natter 15:10, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * See also Category:Japanese architectural features Dogears 02:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Error?
When you click edit in the section of Participants it goes to edit section 36, when it actually is supposed to go to section 31. --Parker007 06:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Parker, I've fixed it for now. The problem was the new article announcements are transcluded into the project page - each section header in the transclusion (January 2007 December 2006 etc) was being read as a section header within the main page. I've just removed all section headers from the new article announcements for now, but perhaps a knowledgeable code bunny can work out a more elegant solution. Regards --Mcginnly | Natter 12:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Alexander "Greek" Thomson images
Would anyone mind putting in their opinion, either way, on the debate at Talk:Alexander Thomson. We're clearly not getting anywhere. Maccoinnich 15:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Architectural missing topics
Could anyone have a look at my page about missing architectural topics? I've tried to find any obvious redirects but I'm still not sure about the rest - Skysmith 12:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

New template for architectural practice
I've just created a new infobox for architectural practices, as the one for architects is slightly inappropriate in places. It is, however, closely based on the architect box.

See Template:Infobox Architectural Practice. Please refine, and use it if you think it's useful.

I've tried it out at Bennetts Associates. (Article I created, and not many other editors, so I'm probably not going to annoy anyone by testing it there).

Maccoinnich 15:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Peer review
A request has been made for Joseph F. Glidden House to undergo a peer review. Please help out at the article's peer review page. Thanks.A mcmurray 10:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I didn't see much feedback on the peer review for the Joseph F. Glidden house. I don't know if that means it shines or not, I got little from the regular peer review as well. Anyway, if no one had anything to add I was going to archive the review and submit it for GA. Of course, if you have something to add, by all means . . . A mcmurray 17:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

New daughter project?
Am interested in a daughter project here involving agricultural buildings and architecture. I have significantly expanded the number of articles in Category:Barns, am looking for collaborators and/or support from WikiProject Architecture. What does everyone think?A mcmurray 13:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Go for your life - I'm a bit overcommitted to help I'm afraid though. --Mcginnly | Natter 02:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm on the fence with this one. Main articles from Category:Buildings and structures have been added to the architecture assessments. But once the ball gets rolling with these articles, perhaps WikiProject Buildings and structures can be created as a daughter of WP:WPARCH - to include all the different building types, including Category:Barns. Someone spent a long time organizing all the building types in Buildings and structures, and there's a active project on Commons to classify building images (See User:TomAlt message above]] - both can be used as a guideline. Is this too ambitious? —Dogears (talk) 02:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It might be. I just thought the coverage was kind of lacking, maybe a section that just has broad goals such as, improve coverage?A mcmurray 17:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Bots
Rather than bug the people at WP:BOTREQ every time we want the architecture tag adding to a category, It's been suggested I apply for my own bot approval which I've done. It will just add the tags to architecture categories. Does anyone have any objections? --Mcginnly | Natter 01:46, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Go for it! Warofdreams talk 03:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Good idea! --Matthewcl375 11:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC) :-)

Gabriele Tagliaventi
I removed a deletion proposal (PROD) from Gabriele Tagliaventi ("a main figure of the movement for the European Urban Renaissance and the New Urbanism in Europe"), but it still seems that it may need some assistance from experienced wikipedians, particularly those involved in this project. The author may or may not be identical to the subject, but I don't know how important that is as long as everything can be cited in accordance with Wikipedia's guidelines. I also added a tag for this project (I hope that was OK). Pharamond 19:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Goan Architecture
Hello. If anyone feels like taking on a small stub project, I've just blanked Goan Architecture as a blatant copyright violation. Perhaps someone from the project has the tools to write a proper stub in its place. It would be sad to just let that article get deleted. Pascal.Tesson 21:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

New articles
There's an experiment at User:AlexNewArtBot to automatically find new articles which are of interest to a specific WikiProject. I've created a ruleset for Sheffield at User:AlexNewArtBot/architecture, and new articles should appear listed at Portal:Architecture/New article announcements. Please feel free to add new keywords to the ruleset (instructions at User:AlexNewArtBot, or ask me, and give feedback on its accuracy. Warofdreams talk 19:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Access to books (John/Jeffry/Jeffrey Wyattville/Wyatville).
I'm trying to figure out if John and Jeffry's the same person. If anyone here has access to the following books: and/or something better, please source Jeffry Wyattville. Ta. -- Jeandré, 2007-03-23t08:23z
 * Lloyd, Thomas; Julian Orbach; Robert Scourfield, The buildings of Wales Pembrokeshire, 2004, p. 462.
 * Newman, John; Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England Shropshire, 2nd edition, 2006, p. 326.
 * Richards, Eric, The leviathan of wealth: the sutherland fortune in the industrial revolution, University of Toronto Press, 1973, ISBN 0710074557, p. 15.


 * NO - they were brothers! John was not as well known as his brother Sir Jeffry, but equally architecturally adapt as well as being a better gardiner. Rgds, - Trident13 12:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

A project related collaboration at NRHP
Encouraging cross project participation to be sure. Please consider participating. Thanks. IvoShandor 08:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Tags
When should the architecture tag be added? I saw some being removed with edit summaries stating "not globally important." Then, at the same time, some articles that would seemingly be "not globally important" (but still in some way about architecture, get the tag added by other users. I am just curious as to when to add it to talk pages, I didn't see anything specific about global importance in the project scope. For instance, should DeKalb County Courthouse (Illinois), a current good article, be tagged or not? Thanks ahead of time. : ) IvoShandor 08:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Architecture articles don't have to be globally important to receive a tag - naturally globally important movements, buildings and architects get a higher rating in the 'importance' field - where have you seen tags removed like that? I think the tag you removed here should be reinstated. The only rule really is 'if it's architecture' it gets a tag. There's a very long standing debate however about what is and what isn't architecture - so it's not always cut and dried - certain structures and buildings aren't architecture, but the distinction is probably subjective. For me, architecture is construction expressed as an 'art' - so if it has some aspirations other than just fulfilling the functions required of it, then it's architecture. --Mcginnly | Natter 09:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I gotcha. I removed that tag because some other articles had them removed, they were kind of related, so I guess I just assumed . . . I saw some tags on some of the articles I created somewhere, maybe Sycamore Historic District, which, on second look needs to have many of its articles on its list just combined and set up for WP:SUMMARY should it be necessary, I just haven't gotten around to it. I just wasn't sure what to do, and maybe this should be clarified in the scope because I think I saw it happen more than once, to other pages, just on my watchlist, I think (there's about 2100 pages there, so its hard to sort it all out) and if I ever find the diffs I will show you. Anyway thanks. IvoShandor 10:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Moorgate FAR
Moorgate has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Added Category:Year in architecture missing
Just a heads up that I added Category:Year in architecture missing as a subcategory of Category:Years in architecture. This is analogous to Category:Year of birth missing and Category:Year of work missing. It is meant to be a placeholder category until the appropriate year of construction of the article's structure can be included in the article. I noticed this administrative category was apparently missing in the scheme when I was categorizing a museum article that forgot to include the year of construction. Dugwiki 17:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Tower house requirements
What does a building have to be/have to be called a tower house? Thanks for any answers --Matthewcl375 08:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Buckingham Palace FAR
Buckingham Palace has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Simply south 10:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Parthenon FAR
Parthenon has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Marskell 15:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Theatre
If anyone is interested in helping me bring Chicago Theatre to the WP:GA standards at WP:WIAGA please see the comments on its failed GA Review at its talk page. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 20:09, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Help with Forbidden City
Hello architects. I've been working on the article Forbidden City recently. Being an amateur enthusiast with no architectural training, I wonder if members of this project could have a look at the article and add/correct facts in the article? Any suggestions for further improvement is also appreciated. --Sumple (Talk) 07:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:WPChi Collaboration notice
Soon after the clock strikes midnight (UTC) tonight I will update the WP:CHICOTW. This weeks project is a stubification drive that should benefit WP:WPChi, WP:Illinois, WP:NRHP and WP:WPARCH. This week we will be creating stubs for Chicago Landmark which includes about 230 Chicago Landmarks and about a dozen National Historic Landmarks that are not Chicago Landmarks. Only about 25% of the Chicago Landmarks have articles. In order to pursue a WP:FL we need to get at 50-60%. This week I posted stubification instructions Yesterday, I created Old Colony Building (Chicago), Fisher Building (Chicago), McGraw-Hill Building (Chicago), & Victory Monument (Chicago). These were pages that I had earlier discovered had some ambiguities (which you can see by the parenthetical names). These are all examples of what the most basic Chicago Landmark Category:Stub-Class Chicago articles should look like. Stubs can look better than this, but I hope each page will at least look like these. If you get adventurous you may also attempt to add Infobox Skyscraper, Infobox nrhp, and some images and take the article to Category:Start-Class Chicago articles. I will be adding such infoboxes in the coming weeks. We would appreciate any assistance you may be able to lend in the stubification drive. If you stumble upon something interesting nominate it for WP:CHICOTW by naming it with a 25 word or less explanation of its import here. Also, list all newly created articles from the stubification drive here: WikiProject_Chicago. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 17:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S.  If any of the landmarks is at least 12 stories please add it to Template:Chicago Skyscrapers like I did here. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 17:57, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Louvre
The quality of the article on Louvre had been deteriorating since a couple of months. Help and hints are needed in improving it. Happy editing, STTW (talk)  06:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Peer review request
Peer review/Design and construction of the World Trade Center - This article is a subarticle of the main World Trade Center article, and one of a series of articles (see my user page for a list) on the topic that I'd like to reach FA status. Before going to WP:FAC, this article can use some folks to look it over and make suggestions. Any help with reviewing the article would be most appreciated. --Aude (talk) 00:49, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Architecture, engineering and construction
The above article is currently a prod but has some string incoming links. The trouble is it is a stub and needs work. I'll not delete it just yet, but hopefully someone can work out what best to do with it. Hiding Talk 10:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The Sustainable development Portal
I recently started The Sustainable development Portal and offered it up for portal peer review to help make it a feature portal down the road. Please feel free to to help improve the portal and/or offer your input at the portal peer review. Thanks. RichardF 16:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

The Sustainable development Portal now is a Featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. RichardF 02:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Leo J. Ryan Federal Building
-- I have nominated the article Leo J. Ryan Federal Building as a Good articles candidate. If you can review it and either pass it as a Good Article, and/or give a Review on the article's talk page as to how the article can be improved to increase its article quality eventually to Featured Article Status, it would be most appreciated. Thank you for your time. Smee 08:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC).
 * The article passed, and is now a GA article. I did not know of the specialized Architecture Peer Review, so I put it up for a regular Peer Review, which is at:  Peer review/Leo J. Ryan Federal Building/archive1.  However, perhaps at a later point in time I could also put it up for a Architecture Peer Review.  Any comments on how to improve the quality of the article towards FA status would be most appreciated.  Thank you for your time.  Yours, Smee 13:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC).

Carport Dispute
I dont have much knowledge of Architecture History, but i was interested in reseaching into a long standing dispute regarding the useage of carports in housing designs. So i spent time trying to find anything that may help to resolve this issue and have posted it on the articles for Talk:Walter Burley Griffin and Talk:Carport. Not sure if that resolves it or not, so have posted here for anyone interested into looking further into this that maybe able to help resolve this dispute. Boylo 07:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC) Have found at the archives of the National Library of Austalia a copy of original architectural drawings and a early photo 1910 (probably taken by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin noted) which also shows a carport was designed and built.

architectural drawings

early photo 1910

The discussion continues on Talk:Walter Burley Griffin Boylo 01:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Casagrande Labs astroturfing
There is an astroturfing campaign coing on regarding Marco Casagrande and his firm, Casagrande Labs. It's been suggested that I ask you to look into some of what's been going on to see what's legit or not. The users in question regarding the campaign are: User:Britisharchitecturefoundation23 User:Martta1 User:OscarHansen User:61.229.181.19 User:61.229.173.79 User:Matthiasmatthias User:Jurefrancetiz User:DrBulthaup User:Chichenshui DarkAudit 03:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Tech Tower
My project, WikiProject Georgia Tech, recently improved Tech Tower to FA status. It seems to fall within your project scope, so you may wish to add it to your list of featured project articles and improve on aspects of the article. :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 13:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

The bulletin template
Your bulletin template (and thus the talk pages that it is transcluded too) all seem to be linking to Siege of Malakand for some reason, see here. I can't work out why I can't find any link in the template... SGGH speak! 21:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Octagons
This discussion concerns two related issues: a) the wikipedia article titled Octagon house ; and b) creation of a category for octagon buildings and structures.

Point "b": As my fellow architects know from architectural history classes, there is a 19th Century (maybe as late as early 20th Century?) architectural movement/fad that centered around the octagon as an organizing concept. Longwood House in Natchez and the Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin are probably the largest examples of this, but there are other structures (most notably Midwestern barns) that were part of this. I created a category that linked octagon buildings, along with European buildings that may have provided the genesis for this movement. I was told a building shape was not a good enough reason for a category, and the category was slated for deletion. I think the category could have been more focused (the category should have said "octagon structures", not houses, and it should have been limited to 19th Century American Architecture). I also think some of the criticism was by well-meaning wikipedians who are not architects nor have a background in architecture, and had no idea that the octagon was a 19th Century American movement - much more than a building shape category. (To be succinct, Longwood House in Natchez is notable for it's floor plan and the movement it was a part of; the Parthenon is not notable for being a rectangle.) The category is now deleted. Not being an expert on Wiki-protocol, I did not stand in the way of that. You are the experts. Should there be a category?

Point "a": If other members of this project (Architecture) concur that a category is not appropriate for a 19th Century fad/movement, we still have an article called "Octagon house". However, the article is about the movement - a movement that was as strong in barns as it was in residences and also may include other octagon structures. How do we best identify the movement? Should the article title be changed? (I have started a discussion at that article's page) Should there be a second article on barns and other structures, while keeping the "house' article "as is"? --Baxterguy 14:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


 * This is an interesting dilemma, because certainly the Octagon house is something of a fad or movement within American residential design. You brought up barns, multi-sided round barns weren't always necessarily octagons, as George Washington's round barn at Mount Vernon demonstrates, but it seems from my reading and research that the octagon (or any polygonal shape) barn is most often classified as a round barn. Clearly these categories are used by those who study and practice within the field. I agree that the category should probably be more specific. Category:19th century American octagonal houses might work.


 * Anyway, according to: McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York: 1984, (ISBN 0394739698), p. 235.


 * About half (of octagonal houses) have an octagonal cupola and most have porches.
 * Many show Greek Revival, Gothic Revival or Italianate decorative details and elements.


 * The book goes on: This is a very rare style; probably only a few thousand were originally built, mostly in New York, Massachusetts, and the Midwest. Several hundred of these survive; most were built in the decades of the 1850s and '60s.


 * In short, I concur with Baxterguy, there is much more to the 19th century American octagonal houses than shape. This was clearly an aesthetic movement regardless of the limited quantity that were designed in this style. The fact that only a few hundred remain would make the category all the more useful. Hope this helps. IvoShandor 15:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

AIC Building
I am wondering whether important buildings should have separate articles from the institutions they may house. WP:CHICOTW did a good Chicago Board of Trade Building article. I am thinking the Art Institute of Chicago Building should have a separate article that talks about the sequential building additions leading up to the new modern wing and landscape architecture of the north and south gardens. What do you think? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 18:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Scope
This has been bothering me for awhile, but this edit on a user talk page has made me decide to bring it up. What exactly is the scope of this project, since the term "architecture" is obviously subjective and defined differently by different people. I have received differing opinions on this in the past from other users. The scope on the project page would seem to imply that the above comment on TonyTheTiger's user talk page is incorrect. This should be rectified so that tags are not arbitrarily added and removed based upon different editors opinions of what constitutes architecture. IvoShandor 20:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well some time ago I had a stab at this in Notability (architecture) it died from lack of interest and perception that it was a solution to a problem that didn't exist - so I'm delighted you bring it up!

The answer of course isn't clear cut, but most architects draw a distinction between architecture and construction. In most descriptions we can probably say that architecture is construction that has made an attempt to transcend a simple solution to the functions the building or structure is trying to provide. A dictionary is different to a poem - both use the same words but one try's to elevate in some way. Architecture is the same. We can say that if it's been published in an architecture journal or written about by an architecture writer - it's architecture. If it's prosaic and of no interest to the discourse of architectural theory or progress - then it's probably not.

The situation is muddied of course when we come to early C20 modernism - here engineering and industrial buildings became venerated. As Robert Venturi succintly pointed out, if for Vetruvius, architecture was firmness + Commodity + delight; for Walter Gropius firmness + commodity = delight. But it would be wrong to suggest that every telephone mast is architecture in Gropius's view - Gropius's extra value construction, was in no small part about revolution; it had theoretical, philosophical and socialogical weight to it. By then architecture was built by architects - so C20/C21 architecture is more easily identified - if it was built by a notable architect - it's architecture worthy of inclusion.

Vernacular architecture is a more thorny problem, essentially the architecture of local building traditions, often without a designer as such. Each type of vernacular architecture should certainly be included in our encyclopaedia. But to suggest every 'example' is notable just for it's architectural merit is surely folly - Many buildings on the NRHP are not notable for their architecture - but for other reasons.

I wanted some discussion on this, perhaps now is the time?

Kind regards --Mcginnly | Natter 23:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Of course the project as it currently stands, also acts as an umbrella for civil engineering and construction - is it time to break out new wikiprojects? Any takers? --Mcginnly | Natter 23:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Can't remember where this came from, but one definition is that architecture is any construction for human occupancy. Therefore a vernacular house would be architecture but a box culvert or transmission tower would not. Construction technology related to architecture should be included. The only problem I can think of with this framework is that some bridges and unoccupied structures are very sculptural and could easily be thought of as "architecture." Newell Post 00:36, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It would also mean that a folly would not be architecture - where clearly some of them are. --Mcginnly | Natter 06:54, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Would this make sense?: "Any large construction which involves elements of both technology and art. In most cases 'architecture' refers to construction for human occupancy, but occasionally may refer to unoccupied structures such as bridges or towers which are designed in a particularly artistic manner."  --Newell Post 14:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


 * mmmmm. I think the problem there is that to say architecture is building technology+art then begs the question 'what is art' which has exactly the same problems as the one we are dealing with - circular logic, if you will. This has been bugging me and I've just got out of bed to suggest that Architecture is construction+ideas - let others decide whether or not it's art (but if it's architecture it's almost certainly art of some kind). So a bus shelter is usually just construction - but if you put an ironic thatched roof on a steel one (as FAT architects did a few years ago in London) then it's playing with ideas of rural vs. urban, the prosaic becoming extraordinary, twee vs. cool, context juxtaposition and probably a load of other postmodern gobbledygook. So calatrava's bridges are definitely in - being (often) an exploration of how biomorphic forms and their inherant evolved efficiencies, can be harnessed to solve technological problems.

So off to bed now I've got that off my chest. Mcginnly | Natter 02:01, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Searching through some definitions, I quite like "designing buildings and environments with consideration for their [a]esthetic effect". So perhaps a broad, inclusive definition would be any structure designed with consideration for its aesthetic effect.  Of course, this could include pretty much any structure - as the diverse range of bus shelters proves. Warofdreams talk 02:44, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I think there is some truth in that definition. Obviously not all buildings can be defined as architecture. I think some Child Projects of this WikiProject might be a good idea as "Architecture" is quite broad, and as we have seen, has varying definitions. NRHP listed places should be easy, if they are included for their architectural significance or merit (many places you wouldn't expect are) then they should get the Architecture tag (which is basically how I have been approaching it-but have run into disagreement in the past, though the way I currently edit and create articles I think that opposition would probably be non-existent now). I really like the idea of some child projects though. IvoShandor 14:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Good point. The National Register database lists four criteria for listing:
 * A: A significant contribution to the broad patterns of American history
 * B: Association with a significant person in American history
 * C: Architectural or engineering significance
 * D: Information potential (e.g. archaeological sites)
 * It seems like buildings and structures listed under criteria "C" could be part of the Architecture project. However, what about something like the James J. Hill House, which is listed under its significance of a person, but could also be interpreted as a bold architectural statement?  In this case, the Hill House is the largest private residence in Minnesota and a good example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.  Any thoughts?  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 15:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I also agree with much of what Mcginnly pointed out. Fact of the matter is some things are just construction, and while an architect may have designed them that doesn't make them architecture regardless of which of the two definitions we are using from above. Good examples are in the way certain building types proliferate the American landscape, for example McMansions or Mini-malls. While there are certainly exceptions I think that almost every mini-mall I see is not an example of architecture.


 * Another argument for a more exclusive definition of "architecture" is that too broad a scope renders the project essentially overwhelmed and useless as far as ever hoping to, say, categorize articles, as Warofdreams spends much time doing. IvoShandor 15:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

La Martiniere Lucknow
I wonder if some people from the WikiProject Architecture could take a look at this article and assess it. La Martiniere Lucknow is a most fascinating building with an extraordinary history. It is the only school in the world to be awarded Battle Honours. It has featured in numerous films and is also believed to be the setting for Kipling's novel Kim. We could really do with some help from someone who knows something about the architecture as this section is currently very poor. Dahliarose

Structurae firm
Hi folks, I've added a template to provide quick links to firms in the structurae database. Usage is the same as Structurae and Structurae person —  superbfc  [  talk  |  cont  ] — 20:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Cool. I suggest you make an announcement on the bulletin. --Mcginnly | Natter 15:08, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Help!
Hello to all the WikiProject Architecture users! I am from the hebrew wikipedia and unofficially the main user handling the architecture topic there and the responsible for the hebrew architecture portal. I noticed recently that all the images of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye and the Notre Dame du Haut have been deleted from commons and left all the wikipedia's lacking of these most improtant images of the buildings! Because of the improtance of these images, the problem cannot be left untreated. These images were (still are actually) linked from dozens of articles and portal pages in the hebrew-wiki only (articles about the buildings, le corbusier, architecture history etc.) and probably links from hunderds of more places in all other wikis. I personally don't have any self-photos of the buildings and not knowing how to solve the problem, I hope you guys would find a quick solution. Thank you! (if this message was placed in the wrong place, please correct me kindly) Smbh 16:20, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah - I don't know why they decided to do that - I thought the licenses were ok? I had to change an image on the Portal to another one - all I can do is make an announcement on the bulletin for those that haven't read it here. regards --Mcginnly | Natter 16:32, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that at least one of the architecture project users has been to these sites once and has good photos. This person must be found and help us with new free photos. BTW, don't you know an alternative website that such free photos of the buildings might be found in? Smbh 16:38, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * NO! THE SITUATION IS MUCH WORSE - see here tonnes of images are being deleted in the commons because of the lack of "freedom of panorama" in various countries - essentially, the copyright of a building - including it's representation in photography - remains the copyright of the architect or his estate.......shit! Sketches anyone? --Mcginnly | Natter 18:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * WHAT?! I thought that the copyrights of any photograph of a public space belong to the photographer. There are thousands of images in this category... (!?) Smbh 19:28, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

New related project
I am interested in creating WikiProject:Engineering that will cover topics like Construction, civil and structural engineering as listed on the main architecture project page under Sidebar Projects. This project has been already proposed but nobody has taken incentive on creating the project. I am looking for collaborators and/or supporters from WikiProject Architecture but first I would like for some feedback on this new project. Thanks. Hydrogen Iodide 06:00, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's an excellent idea and have been (wishing) arguing for it for some time. --Mcginnly | Natter 15:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation of building names
Is there any consensus within the Architecture Project about the naming of buildings with ambiguous names? I've found a historical page called Naming conventions (architecture). I've tried browsing through some of the sub-categories within Category:Buildings and structures by country but there is no clear pattern. There seem to be two main formats: St. Peter's Church, Anytown and St. Peter's Church (Anytown). As far as I can establish the comma format seems to be the most prevalent for buildings. Place names are already disambiguated with the comma format but most other disambiguation pages (books, films, TV programmes etc) use the parentheses format. WikiProject Schools is trying to formulate a policy for the naming of schools at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (schools). The current suggestion is that the parentheses format should be used. Does this policy go against existing practice and consensus? Dahliarose 10:31, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's ever really been defined, I prefer the comma myself as it looks less visually incumbered. Perhaps a good process would be to survey the existing usage for all buildings, not just churches - the various World trade centers spring to mind - and adopt the majority usage. --Mcginnly | Natter 15:53, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It would be a huge job to compare the practice of naming for all existing buildings as there are simply so many of them. Even if we were to do such a survey, how would we interpret the results, bearing in mind that countries such as America numerically probably have more entries than tiny countries, so a numerical count could possibly reflect the American viewpoint and not necessarily a global consensus? It does make sense to me to have a consistent policy for all buildings. It's interesting that most of the World Trade Centres/Centers seem to have adopted the comma- and bracket-free approach. To my mind this looks distinctly odd. I agree that the comma is the most visually appealing format. What do others think?Dahliarose 13:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The parentheses emphasize that the disambiguator is not actually part of the building name. Entry names containing commas, such as Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar indicate full exact titles, whereas Yours Truly (Johnny Dollar) would be a version of Yours Truly (perhaps a book or song) done by Johnny Dollar. Building names should follow this convention as well, to avoid misunderstandings.  Matchups 01:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)  (P.S. Please see my related query below.)
 * Sorry Dahl, I meant - have a look and get a feel - not scientifically survey them :-) --Mcginnly | Natter 11:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Matchups. I generally use the Building {North, America) or Building (North) if its a city like New York or Chicago. This seems to be the standard convention for most things on wikipedian such as Bob (architect) and Bob (homicidal maniac), so I just go with that. IvoShandor 11:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * This sounds like a good general principle. The church example at the start of this thread is of particular interest.  In the UK, at least, when it is necessary to distinguish between several churches with the same dedication, their names are traditionally given in the form "St Mary, ATown" or "Holy Trinity, BTown".  A convention on this might be useful, as there are currently articles in this format, with the town name in brackets, or in "St Mary's Church, ATown" format. Warofdreams talk 12:44, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Building article names
I came across Cambridge Medical School - Edward Schroeder Prior while looking at Category:articles needing sections. The title of the article seemed a bit strange to me, but I wanted to check with folks who dealt with this sort of thing more regularly. The article is on the architecture of the school, which was designed by Edward Schroeder Prior. I would have expected something like Cambridge Medical School architecture or just a section within Cambridge Medical School. I'm happy to do the move myself if there's a consensus on the proper name. (FWIW, there are three inbound links, from the school, the architect, and a different wikiproject.) Matchups 13:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I looked at some similar ones and decided to move the article to Cambridge Medical School building.Matchups 02:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Board of Trade Building
Chicago Board of Trade Building is a current WP:FAC--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Tony - you chicago guys are really banging them out....--Mcginnly | Natter 11:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Question
I don't know very much about architecture. In what architectural style would you say this building is? --DLand TALK 13:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd certainly call it postmodern. It may well have been designed by someone influenced by deconstructivism. Warofdreams talk 01:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Apparent error on the "Landscape Design" page ?
The Landscape Design page is tied-into this discusssion and project. Landscape Design The article states that Landscape Architecture "requires" a license and that Landscape Design does not...

Quick background - I served 2 terms on the Oregon State Landscape Contractors Board and reviewed what work can and can't be done by Landscapers, Landscape Architects, and Landscape Designers, in Oregon and other areas.

At least in Oregon, Landscape Design cannot be done without a license if the plans include more than "conceptual design". There is a level of detail that's the "cut-off" point, where the landscape designer must get either a landcape architect license or a landscape contractor license, which both involve a high level of testing. So some landscape designing requires a license, and some may not. In Oregon, licensed landscape contractors may provide landscape plans (landscape architecture) at virtually the level of detail as a landscape architect, provided they don't CALL themselves "landscape architects" - a few exceptions like public works are outside the scope of landscape contractors doing that level of design. It's not common, but that's the way the laws sit. The LA's reciprocate some high-level planning to landscape contractors, and the landscape board likewise reciprocates the realm of installation to the LAs without them having to get the landcape contracting license. Anyhow, for the article to be correct, it must be applicable to virtually all of the USA, but maybe even other countries, as the article is on "landscape design" not "United States Landscape Designer".

The comments about landscape architecture embracing more details are on the right track, but need some modification. For example, in Oregon, no good professional designer, landscaper or architect, provides a landscape design, or a garden design, without assessing the site - often with soil samples. Virtually every member of the Association of Pacific Northwest Landscape Designers, are providing a lot of "landscape design" that is not just for corporate customers.

I think that the "engineering" comments, etc.. are on the right track. But something is amiss in the definitions. It's not a very easy realm to clearly define the boundaries sometimes.Mdvaden 00:23, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * This is the encylopedia anyone can edit - If you have some knowledge in the area, or see errors - please fix them, I've yet to come across any landscape architects here yet. I personally consider it good etiquette to discuss matters with the original editor of an article (check out the article history and see who the main contributor was) although this is not essential. Referencing specific sources for the information is desirable for quality articles. The only other thing to bear in mind is that articles are hopefully global in their scope - although most editors seem to be from the US so there tends to be a little skew in the fullness of information towards matters american. If you can write with global scope that's brilliant, if you can't, don't worry too much - hopefully someone else from overseas will fill in the gaps. good luck --Joopercoopers 01:00, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank-you for the reply. Global is a good suggestion. M.D. Vaden of OregonMdvaden 16:39, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Peer review
There is a peer review posted for Pettit Memorial Chapel, a Frank Lloyd Wright building. Besides the lead what needs work? Any comments would be helpful, thanks. IvoShandor 01:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added it to the Architectural wikiproject peer review where it should whip up some more interest. regards --Mcginnly | Natter 08:23, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Burj Dubai
Someone needs to get to the Burj Dubai article and straighten things out there. The article has conflicting information and was even a featured article (in news) with that information.Gary Joseph 02:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Proposed daughter wikiproject
Hi. I recently realised that there is no wikiproject which covers all event venues worldwide in general including arenas, stadiums and exhibition centres. WikiProject Sports facilities only covers sports venues in North America which have hosted professional or semi-professional sports teams and WikiProject Music venues only covers music venues. There are many event venues which dont fit into these categories, for example the majority of sports stadiums and arena in continents other than North America or exhibition centres. Does anyone else think that there should be a more general wikiproject covering all venues worldwide?Tbo 157 17:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * This wikiproject could be created by merging WikiProject Music venues and WikiProject Sports facilities as they both lack participants.Tbo 157 19:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Does this belong under the scope of Wikiproject Architecture
Might Grace Cathedral, San Francisco belong under the scope of Wikiproject Architecture. If not, what Wikiprojects might it belong too? Thanks.  Marlith  T / C  23:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'd say so - you might be interested in Cathedral of Chartres which has the original labyrinth on the floor which appears to have been copied/referenced in San Francisco. --Joopercoopers 08:17, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Daqing tower
Hi everyone, there's an ongoing discussion on AfD about Articles for deletion/Daqing Radio and Television Tower. I'm trying to defend the article because I think the tower deserves an article. Can anyone familiar with it have a look and comment? Thanks! --Targeman 14:17, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Civil Engineering
WikiProject Civil engineering has been created! Thought ya'll might like to know. Zue Jay (talk)  01:58, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Forbidden City peer review at Peer review/Forbidden City/archive1
Forbidden City has been put up for peer review. Comments from this WikiProject have been instrumental in improving the article so far, so any comments or suggestions with a view towards a featured article listing would be much appreciated. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 04:19, 17 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I've added it to the architecture peer review page and run it through the 'style checker' - At first glance it looks like a really good quality article - I'll have a proper look tonight. --Mcginnly | Natter 08:49, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Quick Question
Can current featured list candidates be listed under "Featured article candidates" on this page? If not, is there someplace else they are listed? Thanks, Raime 15:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * sure, of course - just add them to WikiProject Architecture/FAC. --Mcginnly | Natter 15:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Good Article Review
One of this Project's Good Articles, Presidio of Santa Barbara has been nominated for Good Article review. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Drewcifer3000 19:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Good Article Review #2
One of this Project's Good Articles, St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford has been nominated for Good Article review. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Drewcifer3000 19:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

3 More Good Article reviews
Three articles within the scope of this Project, St. La Salle Hall, Onion dome, and Imbrex and tegula, have been nominated for Good Article review, which could result in a delisting of those articles from Good Article status. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the discussions. Drewcifer 04:38, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully the last Good Article review
One of this project's Good Articles, Taj Mahal, has been nominated for Good Article review. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Drewcifer 02:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

? Banner for archived Architecture peer reviews
Buildings and architecture of Bristol received a peer review from this project and I've now put up for FAC. The first comment was that I needed to archive the review which is now at WikiProject Architecture/Peer review/Buildings and architecture of Bristol/Archive 1 but there doesn't seem to be a banner to say "this article had a previous peer review by this project" as there is at, to replace the banner on the articles talk page - Am I missing something or does one need to be created?&mdash; Rod talk 12:04, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Naming of buildings with brand names
A number of buildings are named by a brand such as the GE tower. These buildings have a tendency to change their brand name from time to time requiring a change in article name. To avoid this is convention to use the address name such as one canada square when referring to the canary wharf tower. please clear up this so article naming can be standadised as some articles use the address and others the brand name. I personally think the address name should be used.--Lucy-marie 13:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

RFC on whether Millennium Dome and The O2 should be remerged.
Since the 2 articles are within the scope of this project I just thought I'd let users know that an RFC has recently been put up at Talk:Millennium Dome on whether the 2 articles should be remerged, following a recent split after a long argument on whether the original, single article should have been named The O2 or the Millennium Dome. User input would be much appreciated. Tbo 157  talk  11:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Temporary page for WikiProject Engineering created
Hi. I have created a temporary page for WikiProject Engineering at User:Tbo 157/WikiProject Engineering. Interested users should add their name to the list and are encouraged to help improve the page so that it is ready to be moved to the Wikipedia space when there are enough participants. Thanks. Tbo 157  talk  16:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Update, this is now a real WikiProject. WikiProject Engineering. Hydrogen Iodide (HI!) 20:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Portal maintenance
After some thought, I'm off to edit citizendium instead. Would someone be willing to step up to the plate and maintain the portal? --Mcginnly | Natter 10:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Tall buildings
Intersting and we seem to have some experts here... Should be a daughter project? Anyway, can some one look at Pool Tower, please, for accuracy. Rich Farmbrough, 11:03 14 September 2007 (GMT).

1707 in architecture and other year articles
I have 1707 in architecture to 1916 in architecture articles, and those year in between, on my watchlist. Found these in Special:Unwatchedpages which only admins can view. Now my watchlist is way too big, and I'm now going through my watchlist and removing articles. I would love if anyone else would like to watch these articles. Also, it only shows the first 1,000 pages, so the years since 1916 may also be unwatched. --Aude (talk) 15:27, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Palazzo Pitti needs work to remain a WP:FA
This article is seriously under-referenced for a featured article. I'm not in a position to improve it and would like to see it remain featured. Durova Charge! 16:20, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Michigan State Capitol FAR
Michigan State Capitol has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Epbr123 21:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Temporary page for WikiProject Skyscrapers created
Hello everyone. I just wanted to inform any interested users that Sahmeditor has created a temporary page for a future WikiProject Skyscrapers at User:Sahmeditor/WikiProject Skyscrapers. As mentioned in an above post by Rich Farmbrough, a daughter project relating to tall buildings and structures would probably be a good idea, given the skyscraper building booms taking place throughout the world. Any interested users should add their names to the participant list on the page, and are encouraged to help improve the page in any way. The project can be moved to the Wikipedia space when it gets enough participants. Thanks! Rai - me 23:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Municipal architect
WP needs an article on the job of municipal architects. A new article about Clarence W. Wigington will be DYKed soon, and his profession is a big redlink right now. Problem is I can't find any information about the job of a municipal architect online. Can any architecture-heads help out? • Freechild   'sup?   01:02, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

New related project
There is now a WikiProject Hotels. Any parties interested in joining or in helping out are more than welcome to do so. John Carter 20:22, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Holy of Holies and Most sacred sites
After discussion, editors decided to reorganize these article so that Holy of Holies would be limited to religious traditions which use that specific term, while the Most Holy Place article would be renamed Most sacred sites and be a more general article for the most sacred sites in various world religions. I am wondering if, as a result of this reorganization, the Architecture WikiProject might be interested in sponsoring the Most sacred sites article since content on traditions with indoor holy places which don't specifically use the term "Holy of Holies" will be in Most sacred sites under the reorganization. Best, --Shirahadasha 22:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Westbourne Studios
This article is at AFD, looks potnetially interesting to me. The existing article is sourced to a The Guardian and a Google archive search suggests other mainstream press coverage exists, which given that architecture isn't usually that high profil in the mainstream press perhaps suggests some notability, but you guys maybe in a better position to judge that. David Underdown 15:42, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Translation
There is a english translation for the spanish concept "soga y tizón"? It's a masonry with intercalated blocks in the ashlars (large-short). You can see it in the spanish article image:


 * large block = soga
 * short block = tizón

Thanks. --Owdki talk 19:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

May be bond (Brickwork)? Can I use it talking about ashlars (medieval constructions)? --Owdki talk 00:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I am surprised to see
the Lubbock High School article rated as a Good Article -particularly from the point of view of the Project Architecture - when it does not mention the name of the architect who designed the building. Or is it just me? Carptrash 04:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Catherine de' Medici's building projects
I've put the above article up for peer review here, and I'd be very interested to hear from anyone with the ability to spot if the article is talking gibberish at all (I'm not an expert on architecture). Unfortunately, I forgot to put the article up for architectural review, as such, and so it is on the general peer-review page. Many thanks. qp10qp 17:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Widow's walk?
I took a picture of this feature in Ottawa which I've been told is a widow's walk, but after doing some googling, I'm not so sure. Is it? --Padraic 15:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe the usual use of widow's walk refers to an area at the peak of the roof. Like here, or here. I think maybe that's just a kind of variation but honestly, it just looks like a recessed balcony. IvoShandor 16:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Notice of List articles
Page(s) related to this project have been created and/or added to one of the Contents subpages (not by me). This note is to let you know, so that experts in the field can expand them and check them for accuracy, and so that they can be added to any watchlists/tasklists, and have any appropriate project banners added, etc. Thanks. --Quiddity 19:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * List of basic architecture topics

Palazzo Pitti
Palazzo Pitti has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. (Caniago 14:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC))

Laie Hawaii Temple‎
I'm attempting to improve Laie Hawaii Temple‎ for the Hawaii project, but I need suggestions for improvement from professionals on the Architecture project. Any help you can offer on Talk:Laie Hawaii Temple is appreciated. Of course, you are invited to edit the article at any time. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 21:41, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. hbdragon88 (talk) 19:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

African-American architects
I came across African-American architects recently, though a what-links-here page. It's hideous and needs formatting, references, etc, help. I've worked a little on it, removing bolded section headers and fixing a couple links. Any takers? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic architecture
I have created a new category of architectural style (as listed in the title), and it is important to notify other architects so that they can comment on it. I am a registered architect, but I do not recall this being considered an "official" architectural style in the sense of gothic, streamline moderne, etc. However, I could not find any any existing wiki category that these structures should be placed in, and they are a vanishing piece of Americana (to the degree that I associate them with early to mid 20th Century buildings). I am not entirely comfortable with the category (my architectural history profs may not approve of it), and have not research references yet (beyond other wiki listings and a Wisconsin page). However, I have thought about this for months before beginning the page. It is NOT a clearcut style, and if I have overstepped the bounds of the category, please let me know. But I need some fellow professionals and other wiki members who are interested in architecture to critique this, and either expand the stub or merge it with another cagegory. (The existing "futurist" category came close, but appeared to fall short - in my opinion.) Thanks. --Baxterguy (talk) 17:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Self-described related projects
I mention these here so that you are aware of them and can either alter the main page to reflect these relationships or approach the participants in each WikiProject to request a change of relationship. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 16:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * WikiProject Hotels self-describes as a WikiProject 'related to' WikiProject Architecture.
 * WikiProject Shopping Centers self-describes as a daughter WikiProject of WikiProject Architecture.

London Tall building names
There are discussions currently underway as to the correct name for the articles 32_London_Bridge(Shard London Bridge) and 25 Old Broad Street (Tower 42/Natwest Tower). Please feel free to contribute at Talk:32 London Bridge and Talk:25 Old Broad Street. Paulbrock (talk) 13:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Collapse of the World Trade Center GA Sweeps Review: On Hold
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I'm specifically going over all of the "World History-Americas" articles and just reviewed Collapse of the World Trade Center. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article if several issues are addressed. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues concerning sourcing and the lead that should be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I am leaving this message at this project page, along with the other relevant task forces/WikiProjects to the article, since the article falls under this topic and figured you might be interested in helping to improve the article further. The article needs just a few more inline citations and some minor cleanup, and if fixed, I'll pass the article. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:40, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Robert Lawson (architect)
Robert Lawson (architect) has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.  SilkTork  * SilkyTalk 09:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester
Hello WikiProjct Architecture participants,

I just wondered if anybody from this project would be willing to take a look at Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester - it's likely this will be a FAC/FLC in the near future. -- Jza84 · (talk) 22:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)


 * This article is now a Featured List candidate. The nomination page is at Featured list candidates/Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester. Input welcome, -- Jza84 · (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Category for Tholos and Monopteros-style structures
To the WikiProject Architecture powers-that-be and classical architecture buffs,

I noticed that under Category:Monuments and memorials, categories existed for triumphal arches, monumental columns, pyramids, and obelisks. What was missing was a category for round colonnaded memorials and monuments. These round structures are usually referred to as tholoi or monopteroi. Articles on tholoi and monopteroi include: Temple of Hercules Victor, Englischer Garten, Temple of Friendship, District of Columbia War Memorial, Delphi, Temple of Cybele, Prytaneion, Jefferson Memorial, and Frogmore Mausoleum. A category for tholoi and monopteroi could also fall under Category:Rotundas. Any thoughts or ideas on the issue? --Caponer (talk) 03:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Reminder of the Philip Greenspun Illustration project
Hi. You may be familiar with the Philip Greenspun Illustration Project. $20,000 has been donated to pay for the creation of high quality diagrams for Wikipedia and its sister projects.

Requests are currently being taken at Philip Greenspun illustration project/Requests and input from members of this project would be very welcome. If you can think of any diagrams (not photos or maps) that would be useful then I encourage you to suggest them at this page. If there is any free content material that would assist in drawing the diagram then it would be great if you could list that, too.

If there are any related (or unrelated) WikiProjects you think might have some suggestions then please pass this request over. Thanks. --Cherry blossom tree 16:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Listed and Scheduled
Could you give me some help please. I am writing articles relating to architecture in Cheshire and the surrounding areas and need some help with classification and referencing. Details on listed buildings in England can be found of course on Images of England. How can I find details on listed building in Wales; is there a similar resource? PastScape includes information about RECORDED national monuments, but are these all SCHEDULED, that is Scheduled Ancient Monuments? I should be grateful for this info. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 10:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think there is - although it's not as detailed as images of England - isn't there a link on the CADW website? I'll have a look. --Joopercoopers (talk) 10:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's disappointing - I think the answer is no. I found Print archives and Buildings at risk, but nothing on CADW. If I were you I'd give them a ring - Bor-eh da ee chi (phonetic for 'bore da i chi' - the chi is pronounced gutturally as if clearing the throat) means 'good morning to you' - should get them on side :-) Joopercoopers (talk) 10:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * From - The list of listed buildings in Wales is held by Cadw, Plas Carew, Unit 5/7, Cefn Coed, Cardiff CF15 7QQ.Telephone: 01443 33 6000, and the RCAHMW, Crown Buildings, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1NJ. regards --Joopercoopers (talk) 10:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the prompt response. It's a pity there's nothing available on line for Wales – and I presume the same applies for Scheduled Ancient Monuments.  And Images of England is in a time warp of 2001; I know there have been additions and regradings since then, so even their info is not necessarily reliable.  Anyway thanks a lot for the trouble you've taken. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 12:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries - what buildings are you doing in Cheshire? Eaton Hall always looks like it could do with a major expansion. --Joopercoopers (talk) 12:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Mainly filling gaps at present; the Grade I listed churches are complete and the Grade II* ones are coming on. Also interested in the works of John Douglas who of course did a lot of work on the Eaton estate and the surrounding villages. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 13:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah very good - I remember Pevsner was quite enthusiastice about Douglas - I've just got a new swanky camera, so let me know if you need any snaps from West Cheshire. regards --Joopercoopers (talk) 14:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the offer; I'll look into it. If you spot any omissions, or poor images which could do with an improvement, please feel free to take photos and add them. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 08:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Louvre?
Hey all, I've been hacking away bit by bit for a few weeks adding cites, additional prose, etc...to the Louvre article--quite a fascinating topic, by the way--and finally thought of the idea to post here and see if others would be interested in collaborating? Basically, I've just been starting at the top and working my way down, adding cites as I find them, etc...I really think this is an article we should have up to GA....so, is there anyone out there that would like to join in? Lazulilasher (talk) 03:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Carpenter Gothic
Hi. I've been working on the backlog at Requested moves, and I just closed a move request at Talk:Carpenter Gothic. There doesn't appear to be any naming convention in this project other than "use the common name," which I think makes sense, and there was no reason cited for the move other than a non-existent convention. Anyway, if people here think the article should move to Carpenter Gothic architecture, then please do post to the talk page there and let us know. -GTBacchus(talk) 03:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Construction
Hi. Can I just ask if anyone would be interested in joining WikiProject Construction if it was created since it is a proposed daughter project on both WikiProject Architecture and WikiProject Engineering. Thanks. Tbo 157  (talk)  10:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Schools DVD Update
Please see Wikipedia_CD_Selection/additions_and_updates where the proposed changes in Architecture to go from the 2007 Schools DVD to the 2008 Schools DVD are listed. Any comments or improvements welcome --BozMo talk 20:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't get it - you're deleting the Pyramids of Giza but adding Wembley Stadium? Why? --Joopercoopers (talk) 15:09, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe (I don't really know) because the former article is not as well referenced as the latter and needs some cleanup. Does that sort of thing count?  Mattisse  15:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Your opinion on this sort of thing would be helpful. In practice the list which is there is a compilation of a lot of comments back. I think in this case the contributer said the article http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/g/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza.htm was adequate and the additional http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/g/Giza_pyramid_complex.htm one he proposed deleting was a bit superfluous. The current list of course is at http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/index/subject.Design_and_Technology.Architecture.htm --BozMo talk 16:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Taj Mahal fringe theory
We're getting a fringe theory regarding the origins of the taj mahal spammed over wikipedia? Debate at Articles for deletion/Tejo Mahalya. --Joopercoopers (talk) 11:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

FL-Class
An article I came across:List of tallest buildings in Cleveland, is a FL but Architecture does not have that category class for it to be sorted. Could someone please add it? Thanks! §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  21:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

IBM Building 25
IBM Building 25 has burned. This is likely to produce a flurry of information which might help document where their hard drive was born. -- SEWilco (talk) 04:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Crown Fountain FAC need Peer review closed
WikiProject Architecture/Peer review/Crown Fountain must be formally closed to comply with WP:FAC policy. Could someone please close this peer review that has been open for over two months.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Matthew Brettingham
Matthew Brettingham is undergoing a third featured article review here. I've added some new material, extra citations and addressed the style issues raised. Further comments are welcome but please don't declare "keep" or "remove"—if you think the article needs work just list the problems, and if you think it's alright just say "Move to close" or "close" (it's much the same as keep but it doesn't get people's backs up the way "keep" does). Thanks, DrKiernan (talk) 18:47, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Museums group
There is now a proposed group to deal with Museums at WikiProject Council/Proposals which has sufficient interest to start as a task force. I was wondering whether the members of this project would object to it being created as a dual sub-project of this project and WikiProject History. Thoughts? John Carter (talk) 17:25, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Soleil Center
I just created this article, but I don't know where to list it on the project. The area I saw was new articles added by a bot, so I'll post it here. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 08:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Authorization for Palladio contents from CISA
I'm proud to announce that we have obtained from CISA the authorization to use under GFDL all the texts (in italian and english) and historical images of website cisapalladio.org. See permission page on it.wiki. CISA (Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio) of Vicenza, Italy, is the most important institute about Palladio (with RIBA of London). The contents can be used to complete or create the lacking articles on Palladio's works, and many others. Please note that the permission given covers the historical images only, such as drawings scanned from books and modern relief drawings, not the contemporary photos (made by photographer Pino Guidolotti). However we have collected many photos of Palladio's buildings into Commons, and I'm planning to complete them taking the shots of the remaining palaces in Vicenza (where I live). See also the WikiProject Palladio of it.wiki (if more than a user here is interested in this work, I suggest to create a similar page also on en.wiki). Thank you. --Marcok (talk) 21:36, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Architecture: Articles of unclear notability
Hello,

there are currently 14 articles in the scope of this project which are tagged with notability concerns. I have listed them here. (Note: this listing is based on a database snapshot of 2008-03-12 and may be slightly outdated.)

I would encourage members of this project to have a look at these articles, and see whether independent sources can be added, whether the articles can be merged into an article of larger scope, or possibly be deleted. Any help in cleaning up this backlog is appreciated. For further information, see WikiProject Notability.

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the Notability project page or on my personal talk page. (I'm not watching this page however.) Thanks! --B. Wolterding (talk) 16:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Jean Nouvel
Hello. I've always been a big fan of the work of the architecture project although, sadly, my architecture knowledge is rather limited. Still, since Nouvel just won the Pritzker Prize, it would be good to expand the current article which is bound to get a lot of hits in the coming days. I've done a bit of reorganization of what was essentially a stub and tried to add a few refs (at least it might encourage others to add only cited material). But the article is still sorely missing any discussion of his style and ideas. I hope someone here can fill that gap, at least partially, over the next 24 hours. Thanks, Pichpich (talk) 19:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I've continued to build a bit but the article is still pretty pathetic. There's a significant chance that this will be on the main page "In the news" section, so again, it would be nice to have the article look a little less ridiculous pretty soon. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 03:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)