UNSW Handbook Course - Architectural History and Theory 1

Architectural History and Theory 1 - ARCH1121


	Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
	School: Architecture Program
	Course Outline: http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/degrees/BArch/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 4
	EFTSL: 0.083 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Equivalent: BENV1121
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

A general introduction emphasizing major thresholds in Western architectural history, with brief cross-cultural explorations of Asian architectural history. The key issues examined will include: geometric and iconographic order, the status and role of architectural designers and writers, methods of representation and reproduction involved in constructing and propagating architectural ideas, and 20th-century architecture in the context of developments in the visual arts generally. Assignments include exercises in writing short analytical texts and in typographic design.

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