702-431 Australian Architecture

702-231 Modern Architecture A: 19th Century or 702-232 Modern Architecture B: 20th Century or equivalent

Topics include the development and planning of settlements in Australia; the colonial architecture of New South Wales and Tasmania; land and building regulations, urban conditions, building techniques; the development of architecture in Melbourne from its founding to recent times and the emergence of modern architecture. Special emphasis will be placed on the Melbourne environment.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Understand the historical development of Australian architecture, construction, landscape design and urban planning.

• Demonstate an appreciation of the formative traditions in the design of the built environment in Australia by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building (or place) can be located and assessed.

• Analyze buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• Research methods in architectural history

• Review, evaluation and critique of historical texts

• Historical critical synthesis and analysis in written, verbal and visual form.

• Essay and report writing.

An essay and drawn or written exercises totaling the equivalent of 3000 words (50%) plus a two-hour examination (50%).

• 702-431, Subject Reader. Annual publication.