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Student Precedent Studies
University of Southern California School of Architecture



PRECEDENTS summary
Through the study of existing projects, students are able to inform and expand their own project vocabulary. Forms, building techniques, materials, and most importantly solutions are evident in these selected projects.

  PROJECTS by architect 

Aalto, Alvar

Viipuri Library
Vyborg, Russia
1927-35

Joanna Arigo / Spring 2002





Abraham, Raimund

Austrian Cultural Institute
Manhattan, New York
1992-2001
Nancy Heung / Spring 2004

Alsop + Stormer Architects

Peckham Library
London, England
1999
Kimberly Eaton / Fall 2004

Ando, Tadao

Church of Light
Osaka, Japan
1989
Blake Patten / Spring 2001

Borromini, Francesco

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome, Italy
1638-67
Jonathan Yeh & Ed Tamanut / Fall 2002

Bruder, William

Phoenix Central Library
Phoenix, Arizona
1988-95
Susan Chen / Spring 2002

Calatrava, Santiago

Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York
unbuilt
Georgina Yu / Spring 2003

Campione, Giacomo da

Certosa di Pavia
near Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
1396-1500
Karen Change & George Kypreos / Fall 2002

Le Corbusier

Centre Le Corbusier
Zurich, Switzerland
1963-67
Juliet Crowder & Jamie Stitzel / Fall 2003
Chandigarh Legislative Assembly Building
Chandigarh, India
1956-61
Evita Moussalli & Tiffany Criss / Fall 2003
Sainte-Marie de La Tourette
Eveux, France
1956-59
Kelly Capp / Spring 2001

Salvation Army Hostel - 1
Paris, France
1933
Haorld Wolf & Travis Tarr / Fall 2003
Salvation Army Hostel - 2
Paris, France
1933
Mike Park & Peter Chang / Fall 2002
Swiss Pavilion Student Housing
Paris, France
1930-32
Jun Tanaka & Matt Cobo / Fall 2003

Foster, Norman

Carre d'Art
Nimes, France
1984-1993
Tsu-Jen Chou / Fall 2004

Garnier, Charles

Paris Opera
Paris, France
1861-1875
Rocky Owens / Spring 2004

Gehry, Frank

America Center
Paris, France
1988-94
Dong-Hyeon Oh / Spring 2001

Gropius, Walter

The Bauhaus
Dessau, Germany
1926
Annie Lahatto / Spring 2001

Hanrahan + Meyers

Red Hook Center
Brooklyn, New York
2000
Molly Olson / Spring 2004

Hejduk, John

City of Angels House (Day/Night House)
Los Angeles, California
1975-76
Erika Stubstad & Danielle Gratiot / Fall 2003

Herzog, Jaques & Pierre DeMeuron

Library of the Eberswalde Technical School
Eberswalde, Germany
1997-99
Lesley Ann Malapit / Fall 2004

Holl, Stephen

American Memorial Library
West Berlin, Germany
1988
Amanda Tarr / Spring 2002

The Chapel of Saint Ignatius - Seattle University
Seattle, WA
1997

Carla Smith / Spring 2001

Ito, Toyo & Associates

Sendai Mediatheque
Sendai, Japan
2001
Campbell Coulter / Spring 2004

Kahn, Louis

Motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters (Dominican Sister's Convent)
Pennsylvania
1965-68 (unbuilt)
Nancy Heung / Fall 2002
The Philips Exeter Academy Library
Exeter, New Hampshire
1968-72
George Huie / Spring 2002
The Salk Institute Meeting House
La Jolla, California
1959-65
Kayo Nakamura / Spring 2001

Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, Connecticut
1977
Alice Gates / Spring 2004

Multiple Projects
Bangladesh, Pennsylvania, California
varies
Chet Callahan / Spring 2003

Koolhaas, Rem

Educatorium - University of Utrecht
Netherlands
1997
Minnie Jan & Portia Wijatno / Fall 2002

Seattle Public Library
Seattle, Washington
2001 (unbuilt)
Greg Swanson / Spring 2002

Seattle Public Library - built
Seattle, Washington
2004 (completed)
Pearl Hung / Fall 2004

ZKM - Center for Art and Media Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
1998-92 (unbuilt)
Kevin Lee / Fall 2004

Labrouste, Henri

Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve - Ecole de Beaux-Arts
Paris, France
1838-50
Ximena Valencia / Spring 2002

Lebeskind, Daniel

Jewish Museum
Berlin, Germany
1998
Caroline Zimmerman / Spring 2003

Maki, Fumihiko

Tokyo Church of Christ
Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
1995
Steven Chen / Spring 2001

Mecanoo Architects

Central Library - Delft Technical University - 1
Delft, Netherlands
1992-98
Jennifer Lew / Spring 2004
Central Library - Delft Technical University - 2
Delft, Netherlands
1992-98
Kelly Dowling / Spring 2002

Michelangelo

Laurentian Library - Church of San Lorenzo Complex
Florence, Italy
1524-71
Dickson Mak / Spring 2002

Miss, Mary

Perimeters/Pavilions/Decoys A - B
Nassau County, New York
1977-78
Jaime Bernal & Lana Ung / Fall 2003

Piano, Renzo

Music Theatre and Casino
Potsdamer Platz - Berlin, Germany
1992-2000
Rebecca Stapleton / Spring 2004

Richard Rogers Partnership

Law Courts - Tribunal de Grande Instance
Bordeaux, France
1992-98
Michael Hutaff & David Vasquez / Fall 2002

Safdie, Moshe

Vancouver Library Square - 1
Vancouver, British Columbia
1992-95
Joanna Arigo / Spring 2002
Vancouver Library Square - 2
Vancouver, British Columbia
1992-95
Lacy Phillips & Jorge Topete / Fall 2002

Sejima, Kazuyo & Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

Dior Omotesando
Tokyo, Japan
2002-03
Stacie Brunet / Fall 2004

Snohetta

Bibliotheca Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt
1987-2002
Vince Robles / Spring 2002

Spacelab Cook-Fournier

Kunsthaus Graz
Graz, Austria
2003
Matthew Morrill / Spring 2004   

Stirling, James & Michael Wilford

Museum for Northrhine Westphalia
Dusseldorf, Germany
1975 competition (unbuilt)
Dana Bates & Jason Yeager / Fall 2002    

Emperor Temmu

Ise Shrine
Ise, Japan
692 (rebuilt every 20 years)
Tammy Shen / Spring 2003

Unknown

Katsura Rikyu
Kyoto, Japan
c. 1920s
Sahar Fikree / Spring 2001

Stepwells of India
India
Charlotte Yang / Spring 2003

Various

Christ Church Monastery & Cathedral
Canterbury, England
597-1955
Winfred Ho / Spring 2004

Vignola, Giacomo da

Villa Giulia (Villa di Papa Giulio) - 1
Rome, Italy
1551-53
Anastasio Tsakiris / Spring 2003
Villa Giulia (Villa di Papa Giulio) - 2
Rome, Italy
1551-53
Mao Yik / Spring 2001

Wilford, Michael & Partners

The Lowry Performing and Visual Arts Center
Salford, England
1992-2000
Jennifer Herr / Spring 2003

Zumthor, Peter

Thermal Bath Vals
Vals, Switzerland
1996
Susan Cutler / Spring 2003
 
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