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Architectural History and Theory 2 - ARCH1221
 FBE

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

An examination of key buildings and architects of Western Europe, North America, Australia and Asia from the advent of modernism onwards. The selected buildings will vary in scale from domestic to public, and represent an overview of key architects and movements or approaches from the early twentieth century to the present. They will be examined in terms of key concepts and issues, including: planning, intellectual context, stylistic tendencies, spatial characteristics, materials and response to physical context.


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