702-231 Modern Architecture A: 19th Century

The Summer Semester option is only available to mid-year and lateral-entry students in BPD Architecture. Enrolments by other degree students will be considered by the Dean on an individual basis and the subject will only be available to such students on a full-fee paying basis.

Any level one architectural history subject.

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.

An essay, a class paper, and exercises (drawn or written) (totaling 50%), and a visual test (15%), equivalent in all to 3000 words, plus a two-hour examination (35%).