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Teaching the history of architecture at the faculty of architecture is not only a source of historical information and knowledge about how construction was built in different centuries, but it is based on the transmission of ways of thinking and design
Description: This course explores the history of architecture and urbanism from a global perspective. Beginning with the first ritual centers and settlements to roughly 1700 AD, students will learn to analyze buildings and their surroundings through different methods of interpreting history.
In The Ten Books on Architecture, the only major book on architecture from classical antiquity, he famously asserted that a structure must exhibit the three qualities of firmitas, utilitas and venustas (durability, usefulness and beauty). According to Vitruvius, architecture is an imitation of nature.
This course is a global-oriented survey of the history of architecture, from the prehistoric to the sixteenth century. It treats buildings and environments, including cities, in the context of the cultural and civilizational history. It offers an introduction to design principles and analysis.
15 sie 2008 · The opening of the text establishes its aim to succinctly outline different architectural periods and styles while introducing recurring themes regarding the necessity of beauty in architecture alongside utility.
The aim of this study is to present how several authors have revisited the history and historiography of modern architecture after Tournikiotis’ dissertation (defended in 1988), especially after its publication in English in 1999.
9 maj 2016 · The contents of many publications can be viewed online or downloaded in a PDF format. Readers can also search for works of art from The Met’s past collections. New titles are frequently added,...
