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Description A general introduction emphasising major thresholds in Western architectural history, with brief cross-cultural explorations of Asian architectural history. The key issues examined will include: concepts of order in Western architecture with particular reference to Classicism; the work of major writers and thinkers in the European tradition and perspectives that situate 20th-century architectural developments. Assignments include exercises in writing short analytical texts and in typographic design.
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