History of Architecture

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	226-0430/02
Abbreviation	DSA
Course title	History of Architecture
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Architecture
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Martina Peřinková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Construction and architecture - meaning, building terminology, overview of individual building styles
2. Prehistory
3. Ancient Greece
4. Ancient Rome
5. Middle Ages - pre-Roman period, Romanesque style
6. Middle Ages - Gothic
7. The New Age - Renaissance
8. The New Age - Baroque
9. Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries
10. The first half of the 20th Century
11. The second half of the 20th Century
12. Summary
13. Presentation of students' works
14. Knowledge test

E-learning

LMS Moodle: 226-0430/02 History of Architecture

Literature

Wilfried K., European Architectural Styles, London 2003
Wilfried Koch. A Handbook of European Architectural Styles. 1980. 159 pgs.
Ching F. D. K., Jarzombek M., Prakash V. A Global History of Architecture

Advised literature

Galindo, Michelle. European architecture. Praha: Slovart, 2009. 512 pgs.
Emily Cole. The Grammar of Architecture. Bulfinch Press, 2002. 352 pgs.
Emily Cole. A Concise History of Architectural Styles. A. & C. Black, 2003. 352 pgs.
Kenneth Frampton. Modern Architecture: A Critical History. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 424 pgs.
Harry Francis Mallgrave. Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870. Wiley, 2006. 590 pgs.
Meiss, Pierre von. Elements of architecture. Abingdon: E & FN Spon, 1990.
Burrows, Roger. 3D thinking in design and architecture from antiquity to the future, Thames and Hudson 2018
Ring Kristien:Selfmade City. Berlin: Self-Initiated Urban Living and Architectural Interventions. Jovis, Berlin, 2013
Cragoe, C.D. How to read buildings. A crash course in architecture. Rizzoli International Publications. 256 pages.
Jones, W. How to Read Modern Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture of the Modern Era. Rizzoli International Publications. 256 pages.
Melvin J. Understanding Architecture…isms. Herbert Press. 2017. 168 pages.
www.wikipedia.org
Wilfried K., European Architectural Styles, London 2003 (En)

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