Category: Architecture

I need an abstract for the start of my essay, the point, objectives and aims of the topic

Before starting this assignment, read and watch the following items: Read this brief definition: “The Chicago School is also known as the Commercial Style and the American Renaissance Style. In the last quarter of the 19th century, architects and engineers in Chicago developed the steel-frame skyscraper that would become the emblematic building of the 20th century. A commercial Chicago School of Architecture building was taller than its masonry neighbors, usually more than six stories and as tall as twenty stories. Chicago School of Architecture buildings were rectangular with a flat, corniced roof. Because the exterior walls were not load bearing, they had large areas of glass, terra cotta or other ornamental finish. Louis Sullivan was the most influential architect of the Chicago School. His buildings, like a classical column, had a base or several stories, a shaft arranged in vertical bands, and an elaborate cornice of several stories.” Remember, Chicago was not the only city to have buildings in the Chicago School style. You can find them all over the world. Next, view the following YouTube video (Length 1:23): “Understanding the Chicago School of Architecture” Also watch this video (Length 6:47): “The Amazing History of Chicago School Architecture” The following link may also be helpful because it discusses more characteristics of the style and provides specific examples: American Architecture Series: Chicago School. For your task below, note there are specific characteristics that help identify the Chicago School Style of Architecture largely from the late 1800s to early 1900s. They may include: The use of fireproof materials and steel The addition of hydraulic elevators The economic need for a high-rise design The grid design A defined base and structural foundation Repetition of the middle floors A dramatic cornice at the top Wide and horizontal design Windows that do not open in center and/or large arched windows Terra Cotta exterior Designed for maximum light and air flow. YOUR TASKS: Find an example of a building that is considered a design of the Chicago School of Architecture. Give all of the required identifying information of an artifact: name of the architect, name of the structure, location of the structure, date structure was built. Describe at least three characteristics of your building that classify it in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture (see list above). Remember everything should be written in your own words. Supply a link to an image or photo (or copy/paste a photo) into your response.

Down below are links to furniture, fixtures, and equipment I have used to design an office space. From those links you will apply the information onto the sheet(s) in the link I’ve attached. Each link gets a page. Please and thank you. Paint: wood floor: round table: rectangle table: square leds: &pf_rd_r=ZG9RDBHR02J4Z3MD00A0&pd_rd_wg=U6vsR&pd_rd_w=HRm2Q&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pd_rd_r=402f2321-d0a9-4458-95e2-6ffe9ab58505&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=homestyler3d-20&linkId=5bcba8177278d6fdf1ec7a538184f215&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl circle leds: &linkCode=ogi&th=1&language=en_US sconces: chandelier: &linkCode=ogi&th=1&language=en_US blue carpet: plant wallpaper: white wallpaper: beige couch: arm chairs:

I decided to read Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Read the presentation and pdf. And summarize The summary should capture the essence of the lecture with a minimum of 750 words.

2. Your summary should be in regular text form only. Avoid bullets.

3. Each summary must include three suggested exam questions and answers from the lecture at the end (list

numerically as 1, 2, 3).

The individual essay is a 500 (minimum) – 700 (maximum) words paper that you will write (open book exam and unlimited time) on a chosen or given topic among the ones discussed in the lectures. It will test the capacity of your own in depth study and in depth understanding of concepts and research outputs (especially the methodologies, the results and their real-word implications) visible in the way how you will describe the state-of-the-art. It will also test your critical-creative analysis and evaluation of the academic articles (from indexed journals only, between 5 and 15, within which and at least 5 from the last 10 years) to be comparatively discussed.

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Group A: The “Human Bias” Problem (Why we need machines)

These papers establish the baseline problem: human appraisers are biased.

1. Freddie Mac (2021). “Racial and Ethnic Valuation Gaps in Home Purchase Appraisals.”

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• Note: This is the primary industry study you should cite first.

1. Korver-Glenn, E. (2018). “Compounding Inequalities: How Racial Stereotypes and Discrimination Accumulate across the Housing Market.” (American Sociological Review).

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1. Howell, J., & Korver-Glenn, E. (2021). “Neighborhoods, Race, and the Twenty-first-century Housing Appraisal Industry.” (Sociology of Race and Ethnicity).

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Group B: The “Machine Solution” (The Industry Defense)

These sources argue that AVMs are the solution because they are “blind” to race.

1. HouseCanary (2021). “Reducing Racial Bias in Home Appraisals Using Automated Valuation Technology.”

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1. Lai, T., & Van Order, R. (2020). “Assessing the Accuracy of Automated Valuation Models.”

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Group C: The “Machine Reality” (The Critical Rebuttal)

These papers prove that AVMs just replicate the old bias because they use old data.

1. Neal, M., et al. (2020). “How Automated Valuation Models Can Disproportionately Affect Majority-Black Neighborhoods.” (Urban Institute).

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• Note: This is your most critical source for the “counter-argument.”

1. Yadav, N. (2022). “Automated Valuation Models and the Valuation Gap.”

• Link: (You may need to search the title on Google Scholar if the direct SSRN link requires a login).

Bartlett, R., et al. (2022). “Consumer-Lending Discrimination in the FinTech Era.” (Journal of Financial Economics).

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Real Estate Evaluation 2025-26 – Luca S. DAcci Individual Assignment

A Comparative Analysis of Racial Bias

in Human and Automated Real Estate Valuations

Student:

Matricola:

Abstract: ~100words

Introduction: ~150 words

Body 1:~150words(traditional method)

body 2:~150 words(modern method)

Critical Synthesis:~100words

conclusion:~60-80 words

references: PLEASE INCLUDE ALL REFERENCES AND ENSURE THEY ARE ALL COHERENTLY WRITTEN BECAUSE THE PROFESSOR FOCUSES ON THIS THE MOST