ARCH-251L History and Theory of Architecture 3 Lecture

1 Credits

Arch 251L, History and Theory of Architecture 3, is the third lecture course in a required four-semester sequence of history-theory courses for Architecture majors. Lectures examine the global history of architecture from the late 19th century until World War II. This course must be taken with ARCH 251 D, a discussion section, which follows each lecture. Lectures, given by a team of faculty experts, present major global architectural projects produced from the mid-19th century until World War II. We examine how building techniques, architectural intentions, use of materials, and the development of architectural forms and ideas relate to migration, settlement, the expansion of empires, and to techno-scientific changes, socio-cultural, artistic, economic, material, and geophysical developments in world history. There is a particular focus on this course on urbanization, which intensified in this period: how have architects and architecture contributed to this process, and how has it changed architectural practice? We also look closely at the impact of emerging forms of mass media (photography, motion pictures, rapid printing, the rise of industrially-produced goods) on architecture, at the emergence of ideas of modernity and modernism in architecture, and continue to explore the ethics of architectural work.