Talk:Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid

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superior is a weird translation

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The title of this article is a literal translation of the Spanish:

Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid

Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid

But the superior bit sounds rather weird in English, do you agree? I have been looking at how the university itself translates the name. In one page they just say School of Architecture while in another it is E.T.S. Architecture. The School itself does not have a working English version on their site. So that is not very helpful.

The word Technical is important because it clarifies that the curriculum follows a polytechnic (e.g. MIT) rather than an arts and humanities (e.g. Princeton) model (and the resulting architects are responsible for the whole building, including structure design, MEP etc)

The word Superior refers to the nature of the resulting degrees, which traditionally equate to Masters (after 6+ years total). Wouldn't Higher be a better translation?

On the other hand, the school is known as the ETSAM, by its initials, just like the ETH in Zurich or the MIT itself.

Do you agree that Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) would be a better name?--Megustalastrufas (talk) 13:19, 6 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Megustalastrufas: Agree. If nobody has disagreed since 2016, let's do it. WQUlrich (talk) 05:57, 28 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

It could use an actual infobox too, instead of that clumsy chart. WQUlrich (talk) 06:09, 28 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

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