Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Architecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: 20TH CENTURY NORTH AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE ***** A seminar in history and criticism. In this course we will consider the establishment of a canon of 20th century architecture in North America (US & Canada). Each week we will take apart the various criteria that qualify buildings for history including aesthetic and stylistic quality, technological invention, architectural careerism, urban contributions, stylistic quality, technological invention, architectural careerism, urban contributions, geographic influence, typology, theory, art movements, and social implications. The goal of the course is to investigate the way texts relate to build reality.