ARC 121

Architectural History: 1800 to the present

Dr. Anne Schaper Englot, Associate Professor, Architectural Studies & Design

Spring 2008 Office hours: as posted on office door (Galbreath Hall rm. 111)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This survey of the western tradition in architecture is an overview of the history of architecture from the nineteenth century through today. Through analytical study we will explore social, environmental, behavioral, aesthetic, technological and political forces that influence and affect architectural forms, ideas and urban patterns. A number of different teaching formats will be used. Students will also be responsible for contributing to course material.

OBJECTIVES:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

  1. Recognize and identify architecture as it has been classified into "periods".
  1. Recognize the developments in construction, decoration, and proportion as well as the factors which influenced these developments
  2. Utilize an understanding of history in the creative design process.

PROCEDURAL INFORMATION AND FORMAT:

Students will attend two two-hour class periods per week. There will be a discussion/presentation component to the course and the quality of a student’s participation will be part of the student’s grade. Projects/assignments will be given relating to specific units. Evaluation of the student’s work will be based on the achievement of specific objectives outlined in the project/assignment. Quizzes will be given on the reading assignments. There will be a mid-term and a final exam.

TEXTBOOKS:

Required texts:

Trachtenburg, Marvin, and Isabelle Hyman, Architecture from Pre-History to Post-Modernism: The Western Tradition, New York: H. N. Abrams, 1986.

Curtis, William, Modern Architecture Since 1900, New York: Prentice Hall, 1996.

 

Suggested text:

Frampton, Kenneth, Modern Architecture: A Critical History, London: Thames and Hudson, 1992 edition.

 

COURSE OUTLINE:

I. The Eighteenth Century--Review

II. The Nineteenth Century

  1. Influence of the Industrial Revolution
  2. Architectural Education
  3. Skyscraper development
  4. World's Fairs
  5. Utopian Architecture
  6. Selected Topics

III. Twentieth Century

  1. Further skyscraper development
  2. The development of an International style
  3. Modernism in America
  4. Post-Modernism
  5. Deconstructivism
  6. Selected Topics

IV. Twenty-First Century Architecture

  1. Virtual Architecture and other contemporary trends

 

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Academic honesty promotes continued academic and occupational success.  Maintenance of academic honesty and quality education is the responsibility of both faculty and students.  Any assignment (including those in all electronic media) submitted by a student must be of the student's original authorship.  Representation of another's work as his/her own shall constitute plagiarism.

 

 

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:

If you are a student with a documented disability, who wishes to use academic accommodations you should do the following:

  1. Speak with your instructor during the first two weeks of class.
  2. Talk with David Symonds, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities to arrange your test accommodations. You may reach David at 684 6349 or E-mail symondda@morrisville.edu

 

 

 

USING TEST ACCOMMODATIONS:

If you wish to use test accommodations for an exam please speak with your instructor the class before each exam.  Doing this will help your instructor accommodate you. All tests must be completed the same day the test is scheduled. Any other arrangements must be made by agreement between the student, the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities and the instructor.