Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism

The Architecture Program promotes the knowledge of architectural & urban history as a basis for theoretical discourse & as an impetus for both critical reflection & design speculation upon the social, economic, & political dimensions of a diverse cultural landscape.

Associated Courses

Architectural History & Theory

• ARCH 4105: History of Architecture I
• ARCH 4106: History of Architecture II
• ARCH 4113: History of Renaissance & Mannerist Architecture
• ARCH 4114: Medieval Arch.
• ARCH 4117/6117: Arch. & the Arts & Crafts Movement
• ARCH 4118: American Academic Arch.
• ARCH 4119/6119: Arch. of Frank Lloyd Wright
• ARCH 4120/6120: Atlanta Arch.
• ARCH 4123: European Modernism
• ARCH 4124: History of Arch. in the United States
• ARCH 4125: French Arch. from Ledoux to LeCorbusier
• ARCH 4126: Paris Urban History
• ARCH 4151: History of Urban Form
• ARCH 6111: Theories of Ornament
• ARCH 6112: Islamic & Indian Arch. & Urbanism
• ARCH 6127: Introduction to Art & Arch. in Italy
• COA 4241: Art History I: Prehistory to Renaissance
• COA 4242: Art History II: Renaissance to Present
• COA 6115: Art & Arch. in Italy I
• COA 6116: Art & Arch. in Italy II

Architectural Theory & Criticism

• ARCH 4316: Traditions of Architectural Practice
• ARCH 6131: Architectural Theory & Criticism I
• ARCH 6132: Architectural Theory & Criticism II
• ARCH 6133: The Artistic & Architectural Avant Gardes
• ARCH 6134: Language of the City
• ARCH 6135: Architectural Representation
• ARCH 6136: Arch. & Ideology
• ARCH 6404: Electronic Media-From Technique to Culture
• ARCH 7060: Critical Positions in Architectural Design
• COA 8600 Built Form & Societies: The Genesis of Arch.
• COA 8610 Thought & Interp. in Arch. Hellenic - 1830's
• COA 8612 Thought & Interp. in Arch. 1830's - 20th Cent.
• COA 8650 Theories of Inquiry
• COA 8660 Theories of Arch., Space & Culture

Special Topics

• Territories of Appropriation
• Near & Far: Arch. & Design in Cross-Cultural Situations
• Modern Arch. & Urbanism: Paris, Holland, Berlin
• Dialectics of Making
• Form & Narrative: Cross Media Analysis
• Rem Koolhaas, or the Ends of Modernism
• Principles of Classical Design
• Reading Intent in Buildings: Seminar on Methods & Sources of Arch. Criticism
• Contemporary Practices
• Details: Ornament & Everyday
• The Spatial Construction of Meaning: Diagram, Analogy, & Metaphor in Design Formation
• The Plan as an Arch. Device
• Form & Built Intent in Mies van der Rohe's Arch.