ARE 3821 - Architectural History

• Discuss the development of architectural engineering concepts through history
• Explain the logic and innovation in the development of construction techniques
• Describe the significance of cultural aspects of historical architecture and how different cultures influence architectural design throughout history through present day
• Summarize current and historical design philosophies and critically analyze an architectural work

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• Seven wonders of the ancient world
• Introduction and the seven wonders of the ancient world
• Egyptian architecture: Temple of Karnak, Pyramids
• Greek architecture: Athens, the Parthenon, Acropolis, theater, and the five orders (column types) of architecture
• Roman architecture: Coliseum, Pantheon, Circus Maximus, the Forum Aqueducts, and other engineering wonders
• Early Christian, Byzantine and the Pisa Cathedral
• Analysis of Romanesque architecture, gothic cathedrals and medieval castles
• Renaissance Baroque and Palladian architecture
• The plan for London and Sir Christopher Wren
• The plan for Paris
• London Modern architecture 1850 (industrial age) to present: Sir Joseph Paxton
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Le Courbusier, others
• Current trends in architecture: Charles Moore, Philip Johnson, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, others
• New York and Central Park
• Washington D.C.
• Humanitarian architecture
• Japanese architecture
• Current topics