AE 3321 - Architectural History

• Describe the development of architectural engineering concepts through history
• Describe the logic and innovation in the development of construction techniques
• Describe design philosophies (current and historical) and critically analyze an AE project

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• Introduction and the seven wonders of the ancient world (1 class)
• Egyptian architecture- Temple of Karnak, Pyramids (2 classes)
• Greek architecture- Athens, the Parthenon, Acropolis, theater and the five orders (column types) of architecture (3 classes)
• Roman architecture-Coliseum, Pantheon, Circus Maximus, the Forum Aqueducts and other engineering wonders (3 classes)
• Early Christian, Byzantine and the Pisa Cathedral (3 classes)
• Analysis of Romanesque architecture, Gothic Cathedrals and medieval castles (3 classes)
• Renaissance Baroque and Palladian architecture (3 classes)
• The plan for London and Sir Christopher Wren (1 class)
• The plan for Paris (1 class)
• Modern architecture 1850 (industrial age) to present-Sir Joseph Paxton, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Le Courbusier and other (5 classes)
• Current trends in architecture-Charles Moore, Phillip Johnson, Michael Graves, Frank Gehry and other (4 classes)
• Midterm test (1 class)

• Research paper/critical analysis of a related AE & BC topic