AT 270 - History of Architecture

(3/3)

Prerequisites: College-level reading and writing skills in English. A comprehensive mediated lecture/discussion of the major architectural styles, master buildings, and master architects from prehistory to post Modernism today. Structures are examined in terms of design, style, construction technologies, site considertions, functionalism, symbolism, and historical/social significance/impact. Special attention is given to Modernism and its historical antecedents. (Weekly chapter-length readings are required).