Course: 20th-Century World Architecture 2

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Course title 20th-Century World Architecture 2
Course code DVU/D19V2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Horáček Martin, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The lecture is concentrated on the development of World Architecture from the time after the World War II until now. Emphasis is put on the theoretical thinking and on the types of theoretical arguments, which are characteristic for the main developing lines of architecture in this period. Lecture is not concentrated on the particular styles but rather on the contribution of the big inventive personalities. In this cycle of lecture, which is held for several semesters, is analysed the work of Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Luís Barragán, Robert Venturi, Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, Steven Holl, Rem Koolhaas and Jacques Herzog-Pierre de Meuron.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The lecture is concentrated on history of World Architecture from the second World War until today. The concentration is put mainly on the contribution of the big inventive personalities. Elaborately is analyse the work of Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Luíse Barragán, Robert Venturi, Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, Steven Holl, Rem Koolhaas and team Herzog-de Meuron.
Basic orientation in the 20th century World and Czech architecture.
Prerequisites
The course is proposed for students of Bachelor study of the History of Art.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Recommended literature
  • Banham, R. The New Brutalism. 1964..
  • Davies, C. High Tech Architecture. 1988..
  • Frampton, K. Moderní architektura: kritické dějiny. 2004. .
  • Haas, F. Architektura 20. století. 1983..
  • Jencks, Ch. Modern Movements in Architecture. 1973..
  • Lahoda, V. (red.). Dějiny českého výtvarného umění IV/1-2. 1890-1938. Praha 1998..
  • Neumeyer, F. Mies van der Rohe: Das Kunstlose Wort. 1981..
  • Petrasová, T. - Lorenzová, H. (red.). Dějiny českého výtvarného umění III/1-2. 1780-1890. Praha 2001..
  • Švácha, R. Česká architektura 1945-1995. Praha 1995..
  • Švácha, R. Od moderny k funkcionalismu. Praha 1985..
  • von Moos, S. Le Corbusier: Elements of a Synthesis. 1982..


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