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20th Century Architecture : Modernity to Deconstruction - BENV2228
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Excluded: BENV7221
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course is a study of key moments in twentieth-century architecture through the examination of selected buildings and the writings of architects. Among sources to be discussed are works by architects such as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and cultural theorists and philosophers such as Theodor Adorno, Gaston Bachelard, and Gianni Vattimo. Material is presented as electronic seminars.

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