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ARCH4540-1 / Fall 2018

Essays on Architecture

Location & Time

408 Avery

M 9 AM - 11 AM

Session & Points
3 Points
Sequence
Call Number

65949

This seminar examines the role of critics, criticism, and the essay form in shaping how we understand architecture, in public life and within architectural discourse. It considers reviews as testing grounds for the author’s own intellectual commitments (theoretical, architectural, political) as those ideas are refracted through the work of others. This course explores the complex responses to buildings across generational shifts through selected case studies, and contemplates the possibility that the history of architecture is in fact a history of essays on architecture. It considers current trajectories within architectural writing and publishing, particularly a recent resurgence in the essay format (spawned in part by the rise of digital publication formats). Finally, it examines the essay as a means through which to connect the discourse of architecture with political life.

Other Semesters & Sections
Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
ARCH4540 Fall 2018
Essays on Architecture
408 Avery
3 Points
0
ARCH4540‑1 Spring 2017
Essays on Architecture
James Graham Syllabus

History/Theory - Modern

505 Avery Hall
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
98396