Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism (U00859)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-1-AH1B

This course surveys the history of British, European and American architecture, concentrating on the period from c1800 to the present day.

It opens with a survey of the stylistic revivals that dominated architecture in the early nineteenth century and focuses in particular on the 'Battle of the Styles' in Britain. It also introduces the apparently contradictory theme of modernity in architecture and discusses the nineteenth century development of new and more sophisticated typologies along with the new materials and technologies that made this possible. The revivalist and the modern are also discussed in terms of the conflict between industrial and anti-industrial that saw the architectural technology of the Crystal Palace juxtaposed with the emergence of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The course traces the complex ideas that lie behind the emergence of Modernism in the early decades of the 20th century. It concludes with lectures on the revision of Modernism in the 1950's and 60's and the recent emergence of a Post-modern consciousness. The technologies of building and the emergence of the architectural profession are themes which recur during the lecture course. Excursions into the related fields of landscape architecture and urban design necessarily appear from time to time.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Architecture - History, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) 20 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	16:10	17:00	Lecture Theatre C, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	17:00	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	16:10	17:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	16:10	17:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus a weekly tutorial

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A knowledge of the history of western architecture from the industrial to the post-industrial age.

An awareness of the relationship between architecture and other aspects of western culture, in particular visual culture.

An awareness of the wider social, political and economic context in which architecture is created

A knowledge and understanding of the built environment of the present day in order that intelligent and informed contributions can be made to the current debates on architecture.

A knowledge of the specialist language of architecture

Some ability in the critical and comparative analysis of buildings

Familiarity with the methodology and vocabulary of scholarship and criticism in the field of architecture