ARC-120 Architecture History: 1880 - Present

Architectural History: 1880-Present focuses on major styles of the late 19th and 20th century and the architects who helped to define those styles. The course focuses on the symbiotic relationship between the built environment and culture. Students will learn about the various catalysts and historic contexts that resulted in the transition of styles, as well as the major historic movements that resulted in the international coordination of architects that have brought us to the current Modern Architecture styles of today. The course is appropriate for students studying architectural design and any students interested in architecture as a Humanities elective, including art and liberal art students.

Credits

3

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the major architectural styles of the late 19th century through the modern day and architects who contributed to and defined those styles.
2. Diagram and graphically describe historically significant works that typify architectural styles.
3. Analyze the catalysts that resulted in the transitions of architectural styles.
4. Critically analyze historically significant works to better understand their influence (to and from) the place and culture in which they were created.

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ARC 120: Architecture History: 1880 - Present

Course Description

Architectural History: 1880-Present focuses on major styles of the late 19th and 20th century and the architects who helped to define those styles. The course focuses on the symbiotic relationship between the built environment and culture. Students will learn about the various catalysts and historic contexts that resulted in the transition of styles, as well as the major historic movements that resulted in the international coordination of architects that have brought us to the current Modern Architecture styles of today. The course is appropriate for students studying architectural design and any students interested in architecture as a Humanities elective, including art and liberal art students.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

Lecture	3
Lab	0
Other	0

SUNY General Education Course

• Humanities

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the major architectural styles of the late 19th century through the modern day and architects who contributed to and defined those styles.
2. Diagram and graphically describe historically significant works that typify architectural styles.
3. Analyze the catalysts that resulted in the transitions of architectural styles.
4. Critically analyze historically significant works to better understand their influence (to and from) the place and culture in which they were created.

Topic Outline

1. About Modern History
   1. Parti and Sketching
   2. Modern Architecture
   3. Cultural Developments
2. The City
   1. Skyscrapers
   2. Richardson
   3. Adler and Sullivan
   4. Burnham and Root
   5. NYC and Chicago
3. Art Nouveau
   1. France
   2. Gaudi
   3. The Cave and the Crystal
4. The Problem of Ornamentation
   1. Mackintosh
   2. Wagner
   3. Loos
5. Arts and Crafts
   1. USA and Britain
   2. McKim, Mead and White
   3. Richardson
   4. Early Wright
6. Frank Lloyd Wright
   1. Prairie Style
   2. Usonian
7. Deconstructivism and Russia
8. Cubism, Neo-Plasticism and De Stijl
   1. Oud
   2. Doesberg and Rietveld
9. Early International Style: Expressionism and The Bauhaus
   1. Mendelsohn
   2. Mies van de Rohe
   3. Bauhaus school
   4. Gropius
   5. Bruer
   6. Phlip Johnson's Introduction to USA
10. International Style and Corbusier
    1. Maison Domino
    2. Maison Citrohan
    3. Selected works
11. Regionalism
    1. Aalto
    2. Niemeyer
    3. Barragan
12. Monumentality and Brutalism
    1. Kahn
    2. Rudolph
13. Influence from Asia
    1. Isosaki
    2. Ando
    3. Pei
14. Postmodernism, Minimalism and Technology in Architecture
    1. Venturi
    2. Hejduk
    3. Eisenman
    4. Graves
    5. Piano
    6. Meier
    7. SOM
    8. Tschumi
    9. Koolhaas
    10. Gehry
    11. Hadid