Architectural Design, Level II: Material Essence: The Glass House

Part of MIT's innovative OpenCourseWare Project that provides materials from MIT classes to the public on the web, this site describes the course Architectural Design, Level II: Material Essesnce: The Glass House.  Focusing on the topic of compensation for the energy transfer characteristics of glass, this course examines material technology in architectural practice. The site provides a syllabus and sample assignments, including photos of students projects that resulted from course assignments.