ARHA254

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ARHA254

Architecture of the 20th Century ARHA254 SP

Not Currently Offered

The course considers the development of architecture, its theory and criticism, and ideas on urban form in Europe and the United States in this century. The first half of the semester focuses on the origin and development of the modern movement in Europe to 1940 and selected American works before World War II. The second half of the semester begins with international architectural culture after 1945, considering both continuations of and departures from the modern movement to postmodern, deconstructivist and other work of the 1990s. The course closes with architecture in the non-Western world from the postwar period to the 1990s.

MAJOR READINGS

William Curtis, MODERN ARCHITECTURE SINCE
1900
Reyner Banham, THEORY AND DESIGN IN THE FIRST MACHINE AGE
William Jordy, AMERICAN BUILDINGS AND THEIR ARCHITECTS,
VOL. V: THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN MODERNISM IN THE
MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY
Robert Venturi, COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION IN ARCHITECTURE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Preliminary quiz, midterm and final examinations, one paper assignment.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Prior completion of ARHA101, ARHA244 or ARHA246 is helpful, though these courses are not formal prerequisites. Preregistered students must attend the first class meeting or be subject to withdrawal from the course.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ART

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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