"Each building project is summarized in four to five pages of descriptinve prose and color photographs; there are also interviews with key figures and a lengthy historical account of this unique experiment in the annals of elite higher education. A Who's Who of American architecture over the past half century. Recommended."—Library Journal

"The [Yale Building Project] concept was revolutionary in the formal training of architecture students: they should learn how to construct a building at an early stage of their training and do so, not just through conventional classes, but rather by designing, then constructing, a building themselves—as a team, in an intensive, yearlong exercise. . . . Most of the volume covers the projects themselves, with commentary by current and former students who have found the experience a formative one in their careers. Highly recommended."—Choice