Contemporary Architecture and Theory

Ideas that shape architecture today, from late modernism to the present.

ARCH-220 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned

Offered by HSM University · Architecture

Course content

  1. 1What is architectural theoryComing
  2. 2Critiques of modernismComing
  3. 3Postmodernism and meaningComing
  4. 4DeconstructivismComing
  5. 5Critical regionalismComing
  6. 6High-tech and structural expressionComing
  7. 7MinimalismComing
  8. 8Digital and parametric architectureComing
  9. 9Sustainability as theoryComing
  10. 10Architecture and social justiceComing
  11. 11Global practiceComing
  12. 12Writing about architectureComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Ideas that shape architecture today, from late modernism to the present.

Part of the Architecture stream, typically taken in year 2.