Description
This course tracks developments in architectural theory and discourse from the Humanist era to the era immediately following WWII to the present day. Students read and dissect primary texts from significant fields of architectural study including historical texts on symmetry, character, form and function; and 20th century postmodern studies, phenomenology, structuralism, deconstruction, post-structuralism, feminism, materialism, and other ?critical studies.? This course introduces students to architectural argumentation through reading and critique.