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Architecture of the 20th Century
ARHA254 SP

The course considers the development of architecture, its theory and criticism, and ideas on urban form in mainly 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 study of architecture in the non-Western world from the postwar period to the 1990s.

MAJOR READINGS

William Curtis, MODERN ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1900, 3rd ed.
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
Michael Hays, ed., ARCHITECTURAL THEORY SINCE 1968

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Prior completion of ARHA151, 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.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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