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Who I am
I’m a third-year honors architecture student pursuing a minor in interior architecture and a minor in history of architecture. This blog serves as documentation of investigating and advancing my design inquiry. If you want to know any more about me or sign up for post notifications, click the “more” tab at the top. Thanks for following along!
Notes & Reflections
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Week 8
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Hi Lizzie, this has become much more specific than when I read your ideas 5 weeks ago. Some diagramming or timeline work might be helpful so that you can see what was happening politically at the same time the work was being created (the work of a lifetime has many influences). And, your observation that global politics would be influential but individual countries will as well. That might be a mind map like a nested doll where the global scale and the country scale are compared.
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Week 7 Blog
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Lizzie,
You seem to have made some interesting diversions from your central topic. Are there particular moments in history that are of most interest to you? And/or are there particular moments in history that are most impactful in terms of their impact on architecture/modernism? I think your focus on female architects could be an interesting one – you may want to find a few notable examples of female designers and the evolution of modernism and see where that leads you.
Patty
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I love the idea of yours to research modernism through lesser-known designers. I feel as if modernism is often dominated by large names like Le Corbusier or the Bauhaus, and other than that, we don’t hear much about the other architects that helped develop and explore the style. I’m looking forward to seeing where this leads you!
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yesss female. seriously. you’d be accomplishing the same research either way, so you might as well go with the girls!
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Routine Research
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Hi Lizzie.
I think you will find that a good many folks have started to think about some of your ideas — this is not a bad thing! Instead, looking carefullly at their work will help you structure your question more specifically. I also think a chat with Dr. Goodstein would be very helpful. I am very curious about your ideas around world’s fairs as I grew up in Knoxville and watched how the much-maligned site and buildings were addressed – especially with regards to the lack of sustainability, energy consumption, no clear use after the event, and so on. I imagine that the poor economic outcomes of these fairs are critical context..
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Snowy Studies!
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I am really interested in your idea about how World’s Fairs structures can guide contemporary understanding of temporary construction! This could also be a fun way to research multi-purpose structures and spaces, and the how the needs and wants of people shift through time. Temporary architecture could be an interesting way to sustainably meet those changing needs.
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Your general topic and questions make me think about an idea that often comes back to me. People are quick to criticize when an idea fails, or even when they simply don’t like it, but history shows that some ideas eventually come full circle and begin to make complete sense. I often think of Le Corbusier’s concept of towers in a park. While what we see today is not his full vision, the idea itself has become so common that it would feel strange for it not to exist. Long story short, this topic sounds fascinating!
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Hello World!
Hi everyone, I’m so excited to start my blogging journey this semester! Every week I’m going to try to attach a photo which corresponds to what I’m working on, so for this week here’s just a picture of me ready to blog. (p.s. I’m working to get all my portfolio linked below, but be patient) #excited
January 16, 2026
Education
2023 — 2028 (Currently Pursuing)
BArch in Architecture and Design
Minor in Interior Architecture and Design
Minor in History of Architecture
University of Arkansas, AR
2019 — 2023
Highland Park High School
Dallas, TX
Lizzie Griswold 
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