Offered by the New Jersey School of Architecture. |
Arch 251History of Architecture I (3-0-3) Introduction to architectural history, theory, and design; provides a conceptual framework for looking at the built environment based on the critical study of selected historical and contemporary buildings presented in class and documented in readings. |
Arch 252History of Architecture II (3-0-3) Survey of the social, political, technological, functional, and aesthetic concerns of architecture and urban forms from their earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages around the Mediterranean basin and Western Europe. Prerequisite: Arch 251. |
Arch 381History of Architecture III (3-0-3) A continuation of Arch 251. Covers the period from the 15th century to 1900. Among it emphases are theoretical debates, technological developments, and the impact of the industrial revolution and modernity on architecture and urban forms. While the focus is on Western Europe and America, case studies from other contexts also are introduced. Prerequisite: Arch 252. |
Arch 382History of Architecture IV (3-0-3) The last in the sequence of history surveys, this course covers the architecture of the 20th century. Issues discussed include reactions and responses to modernism, reevaluations of history, universalism and regionalism, and utopias and anti-utopias. Focus is on European and American architecture; developments in other parts of the world also are introduced. Prerequisite: Arch 381. |
Arch 403The American Home and Household I (3-0-3) A cultural, architectural analysis of American homes and households throughout history. Included are the Puritan society and colonial home, Victorian home and family, frontier homestead, 19th century utopian communes, immigrants, the working-class poor and urban tenements, war housing, and suburban homes. Students explore the meaning, use, and design of each domestic setting from the point of view of society, the family, and the individual, considering differences based on race, sex, and class. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. |
Arch 404The American Home and Household II (3-0-3) Analyzes the architecture of 20th-century American homes and households, hotels, apartment houses, war housing, suburban homes, public projects, collectives, communes, self-help housing, and housing concepts for the future. Psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives are considered in so for as they affect architecture of the home. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. |
Arch 530Methodologies of Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism (3-0-3) A seminar examining the salient methodologies of architectural history, theory, and criticism. Structured around a series of critical texts, with each set of core readings intended to provide a basis for analyzing and assessing the approach in question. Prerequisite: Arch 382. |
Arch 531AHistory of Renaissance Architecture (3-0-3) An examination of the development of Renaissance architecture and urban design in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. The reemergence of the classical tradition is considered within the context of social, political, and economic developments, as well as formal intentions. Prerequisite: Arch 382. |
Arch 531BHistory of Baroque Architecture (3-0-3) An investigation of architectural development from the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and Latin America, including consideration of stylistic variations, social and political factors, and trends in garden and urban design. Prerequisite: Arch 382. |
Arch 531CHistory of Modern Architecture (3-0-3) A study of major tendencies of architectural theory and practice from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. Formal and stylistic transformation is considered in relation to theoretical intentions, as well as social, cultural, and technical developments. Prerequisite: Arch 382. |
Arch 531DHistory of American Architecture (3-0-3) An investigation of the guiding ideals and dominant stylistic trends in American architecture and planning from colonial times to the mid-20th century. Critical shifts in conception and scope of architectural production considered in relation to the prevailing cultural, socioeconomic, and technical contexts out of which they evolved. Prerequisite: Arch 382. |
Arch 531EHistory of Non-Western Architecture (3-0-3) An examination of major architectural traditions of China, Japan, Southeastern Asia, India, and the Middle East. Each area is considered with reference to a conceptual, iconographic, and stylistic paradigm that evolved from a particular historical context. Prerequisite: Arch 382. |
