I'm an architecture student at ASU's College of Design, and I have classes in those two buildings. First of all, the North Building is so much cooler than the south building, but yes I agree that it should be cooler being the architecture building. We should have something like the newer UofA's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture building. It was designed by Phoenix's Eddie Jones and is only two years old:
http://www.lloydconstruction.com/images/portfolio/education/college-architecture1.jpg
http://www.lloydconstruction.com/images/portfolio/education/college-architecture2.jpg
It's a great building...next time you're in Tucson check it out.
http://www.jonesstudioinc.com/28/index.htm
Also regarding the "Architraz" on the sidewalk. Being an architecture student, I can say that it is not in regard to the building's design, it is in regards to what goes on inside the building, and the lives that architecture students live. Sometimes it is called archi
torture.