ARCH 4114:Architecture Cultures IV: 1945-Current

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ARCH 3113
The fourth course in the sequence, Architecture Culture IV covers the development of Architecture in the twentieth century. Architecture Culture IV begins with an examination of the diverse regional approaches to modernity prior to World War I and then introduces the questioning of Modernity that followed. It introduces the second wave of the Avant-garde in the 1960’s and proceeds to a critical investigation of Post-Modernism and the impact of Post- Structuralism on Architectural Theory. The course ends with an introduction to the contemporary discourse.