Architecture and Modernity (HART0051)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department: History of Art
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: This module is only available to second-year BA History of Art students, including second-year students who are taking a combined-honours degree which includes History of Art in the programme title. The module is also available to affiliate students enrolled in the History of Art Department, and available to BASc Arts & Sciences (Cultures pathway) students who have previously completed HART0005 and/or HART0006.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Architecture today is dominated by international design firms that produce spectacular buildings across the world. But how did architecture become global? This module asks how architectural knowledge and styles spread across continents during the past 150 years. We will confront how European colonialism exported architecture and urban planning to North Africa, the Middle East and India. How did the striking architecture of universal expositions transmit ideas about modernity? How did the so-called International Style of modernism spread through Europe, the United States, Japan, China and South America? Guided by the work of postcolonial theorists and historians, we will examine the reactions to an apparently global form of modern architecture in the twentieth century. Ultimately, we ask if there is any room for regional difference in globalised architectural production?

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Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 0
Module leader: Dr Jacob Paskins

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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