http://ocw.nd.edu Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for courses in the School of Architecture. Traditional and classical architecture occupy a premier place in the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Students learn not only the principles of designing and constructing buildings, but also the importance of enriching the identity and cohesiveness of the communities where they live and work. 2011-11-14T04:32:42-07:00 en University of Notre Dame, by the Contributing Authors daily 1 2011-10-24T05:04:26Z http://ocw.nd.edu/architecture/diffusion-of-useful-knowledge Harris art Institute. Entrance. Victorian. (Original name: Institution for The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge). Adapted from photo by flickr user JohnnyEnglish, accessed from http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyenglish/75279271/ on 8/05/10. JohnnyEnglish Terri Bays Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en Architecture 2011-10-24T05:45:15Z Image image/gif http://ocw.nd.edu/architecture/nature-and-the-built-environment Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for the course "Nature and the Built Environment" in the School of Architecture. This course explores the evolutionary roots of form and order in the built environment. While grounded in scientific evidence, a broad perspective of humanism is emphasized throughout, with discussions of how ideas, beliefs, experience, ideals, and human nature animate individuals and societies and thereby give form to the things they make. Readings begin with the idea of nature and how it is manifest in ancient cities, architecture, and other artifacts. This is then contrasted with today’s built environment and our world of increasing economic and cultural globalization, the advent of mega-cities, and an impending worldwide scarcity of critical natural resources. Norman Crowe Paul Monson Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en art natural resources ancient cities geometry built environment nature courseware design Architecture open Notre Dame OCW harmony 2011-12-22T15:24:53Z Course text/html ARCH 50611 Spring 2007 Undergraduate