Undergraduate Course: Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism (ARHI08004)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course surveys the history of British, European and American architecture, concentrating on the period from c1800 to the present day.
It opens with a survey of the stylistic revivals that dominated architecture in the early nineteenth century and focuses in particular on the 'Battle of the Styles' in Britain. It also introduces the apparently contradictory theme of modernity in architecture and discusses the nineteenth century development of new and more sophisticated typologies along with the new materials and technologies that made this possible. The revivalist and the modern are also discussed in terms of the conflict between industrial and anti-industrial that saw the architectural technology of the Crystal Palace juxtaposed with the emergence of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The course traces the complex ideas that lie behind the emergence of Modernism in the early decades of the 20th century. It concludes with lectures on the revision of Modernism in the 1950's and 60's and the recent emergence of a Post-modern consciousness. The technologies of building and the emergence of the architectural profession are themes which recur during the lecture course. Excursions into the related fields of landscape architecture and urban design necessarily appear from time to time. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
150 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
30 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1x2,000 word essay (50%), tutorial presentation and submitted presentation notes (20%), 1x2 hour examination (30%) |
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| Exam Information |
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Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
¿ Knowledge of the history of European and aspects of non-European architecture from c.1800 to the present day.
¿ An awareness of the relationship between architecture and other aspects of culture, in particular visual culture.
¿ An awareness of the wider social, political, and economic context in which architecture is created
¿ An understanding of the way different cultures approach similar architectural problems
¿ A knowledge and understanding of the built environment of the present day and how it developed in order that intelligent and informed contributions can be made to the current debates on architecture
¿ Knowledge of the specialist language of architecture
¿ Some ability in the critical and comparative analysis of buildings
¿ Familiarity with the methodology and vocabulary of scholarship and criticism in the field of architecture
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus a weekly tutorial |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alex Bremner
Tel: (0131 6)50 2320
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Course secretary | Mrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
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