Course detail

Architecture of 20th Century 2

FA-A2B-TEAcad. year: 2022/2023

In selected chapters is explained the architecture history of 20th century in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Central Europe and worldwide in connection with the development of styles and tendencies, explaining also crucial role of leasing personalities of modern architecture.
In the study programme “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Oral exam.

Course curriculum

Czech architecture of Jugendstil, cubism, modernism, functionalism and after the WWII
Important personalities of Central European Architecture - Wagner, Loos, Gropius , Scharoun
Werkbund, Bauhaus, building exhibitions of housing
German architecture after WWII
Personalities of World architecture - Wright,Mies, Johnson, Kahn

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Selected chapters of 20th century architecture in Czech republic, Central Europe and world.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Modern Architecture: A Critical History: 1 (World of Art). Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007. ISBN: 978-0500203958. (EN)
CURTIS, William J. R. Modern Architecture Since 1900. Phaidon Press Ltd, 1996. ISBN: 9780714833569. (EN)
LOBELL, John. Louis Kahn: architecture as philosophy. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-58093-528-9. (EN)
KOOLHAAS, Rem. Elements of Architecture. Taschen, 2018. ISBN: 9783836556149 (EN)
MCCARTER, Robert; AALTO, Alvar. Aalto. London: Phaidon Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-71484442-8. (EN)
GHIRARDO, Diane; ROSSI, Aldo. Aldo Rossi and the spirit of architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-300-23493-0. (EN)
Pioneering British "High Tech". London: Phaidon, 1999. ISBN 0-7148-3880-2. (EN)
BYKOV, Alex; GUBKINA, Ievgeniia; NICOLSON, John. Soviet modernism, brutalism, post-modernism: buildings and projects in Ukraine 1955 - 1991. Berlin: DOM Publishers, 2019. ISBN 978-3-86922-706-1. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme NE_A+U Master's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme NX_A+U Master's, 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.