? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : ACE-3-AHVienna

The course will focus on the architectural avant-garde in Austria at the turn of the twentieth century, with particular reference to the work of Otto Wagner, the 'Wagnerschule', Josef Hoffmann, Joseph-Maria Olbrich, Adolf Loos, and Ludvig Wittgenstein. In studying the evolution of a modern architectural language and polemic, the course will locate these developments in the historical context of Viennese architecture and relate them to contemporary developments in the other arts.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : AH2A & 2B; or Honours entry to History of Art or its combined degrees; or Honours entry to BMus (Music) or by agreement of the Head of Subject Area

Home subject area

Architecture - History, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 40 minutes per week for 11 weeks

The students will:

1X2500 word essay (50%)
1x2 hour examination (50%)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Claire Davies
Tel : (0131 6)50 2309
Email : c.davies@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Iain Whyte
Tel : (0131 6)50 2322
Email : I.B.Whyte@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/