Architectural History 1 (U00910)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-1-AH1

This course surveys the history of British, European and American architecture, from Greek antiquity to the present day. Semester 1 starts with Greek and Roman architecture, the architecture of the Middle Ages and the first great re-evaluation of Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance.

It goes on to survey the Renaissance in Britain and northern Europe and the subsequent influence of the Italian Baroque in these areas. Later, the dialogue between developments and ideas in these countries and their respective responses to Antiquity form the focal point of Semester 1, with an examination of the theoretical, cultural and stylistic aspects of the architecture of the Enlightenment.

Semester 2 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. Throughout the course the technologies of building and the emergence of the architectural profession are recurring themes. Excursions into the related fields of landscape architecture and urban design necessarily appear from time to time.

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : This course is not available to students on Architectural Design or Architectural Studies, who must take Architectural History 1C.

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 : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) 20 minutes per week for 22 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	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 antiquity to the present day.
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 and how it developed 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

Assessment Information

2X2000 word essay @ 15% each = 30%
2 tutorial presentations with submitted presentation notes @ 10% each = 20%
2x2 hour examinations @ 25% each = 50%

Exam times

Diet	Diet Month	Paper Code	Paper Name	Length
1ST	December	1	Paper 1: From Antiquity to Enlightenment	2 hour(s)
1ST	May	2	Paper 2: Revivalism to Modernism	2 hour(s)
2ND	August	1	Paper 1: From Antiquity to Enlightenment	2 hour(s)
2ND	August	2	Paper 2: Revivalism to Modernism	2 hour(s)