Postgraduate Course: Building Description (AREA11014)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This is a lecture-based module with occasional local field walks.
Subjects:
Chief styles of western architecture; vocabulary of western architecture; descriptive writing; sketching;
list descriptions.
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| Course description |
The course introduces students to the main styles and building types of western architecture, with special reference to Scotland, with a particular focus on classical, medieval, modern, vernacular and industrial subjects. Delivered through lectures and short field walks, its aims are firstly, to develop skills of close observation, and secondly, to acquire a vocabulary of architectural description.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Display a knowledge of architectural terminology and a knowledge of the main styles and building.
- Demonstrate an ability to accurately describe buildings in written and graphic form.
- Display organisational, verbal and presentational skills specific to building description.
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Reading List
R B Close, J Gifford and F A Walker, The Buildings of Scotland, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, New Haven, 2016, 785-812 (or any other Buildings of Scotland volume)
G L Pride, Dictionary of Scottish Building, Edinburgh, 1996.
J Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture, London, 1963 (and later editions)
J S Curl, Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms, Shaftesbury, 1997
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Familiarity with the main styles and building types of Western architecture.
Ability to describe and analyse buildings concisely.
Skill in close observation of buildings.
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| Keywords | Description; analysis; style; building type; periodicity; fixtures and fittings. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Miles Glendinning
Tel: (0131 6)51 5789
Email: m.glendinning@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk |
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