ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the type of writing in the context of architecture student's academic writing. It focuses on writing with an example of critical reading an architectural history essay. The chapter looks at an example of an introduction to a student paper, which combines the background with the central idea in one paragraph. Analysis in writing history papers must include evidence. Evidence must be chosen to engage architecture student's claims and should be considered in light of the topic they are writing about and the claims they are making. Evidence supports the claims they are making; it is not the claim itself. They also need to comment on the relevance of the evidence for their claim. Their assignment will typically ask them to make an argument about a building, a group of buildings, a particular architect's style, or a period of architecture. An aspect to consider when writing an argument paper is the importance of addressing counter-claims or opposing arguments.
