Architectural History and Theory 2 - ARCH1222
Faculty: Built Environment
School: Architecture Program
Course Outline: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
An examination of key buildings and architects of Western Europe, North America, Australia and Japan from late 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 mid 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.