702-231 Modern Architecture A

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Any level one fine arts/architectural history subject offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Architecture and Planning (or permission of the Head of Department).

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The formative aspects of architecture from the late-18th to the early-20th centuries, with special emphasis on British architecture and associated activity in the fields of engineering and building construction, town development and landscape architecture. Detailed studies of various periods within this broad spectrum are made, exploring issues of spatial organisation, construction, architectural theory, architectural grammar, the physical, social and economic context of building, and the role of the architect in society.

Assessment

An essay, class papers, exercises (drawn or written), and a visual test, to the equivalent of not more than 5000 words, and one 90-minute examination (which may take the form of a class test).