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Course detail

Architecture of 20th Century 2

Subjet code : FA-ARC
Faculty: Faculty of Architecture
Academic year: 2011/2012
Open: Yes
Supervisor: prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.
Department: Department of Theory
Study level: Bachelor's
Study form: visiting student
Language of instruction: English
Number of credits: 3
Completion: examination
Year of study: 1
Semester: summer
Duty: optional (voluntary)

The study programmes with the given course

Objective of the course – aims of the course unit:
Selected chapters of 20th century architecture in Czech republic, Central Europe and world
Objective of the course – learning outcomes and competences:
n. a.
Prerequisites:
Power point presentations
Course contents (annotation):
In selected chapters is explained the architecture history of 20th century in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia,
Central Europe and worldwide in connection with the development of styles and tendencies , explaining
also crucial role of leasing personalities of modern architecture
Teaching methods and criteria:
Methods of educations depens on study and exam order of the University of Technology VUT in Brno par.7
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Oral exam
Course curriculum:
Czech architecture of Jugendstil, cubism, modernism, functionalism and after the WWII
Important personalities of Central European Architecture - Wagner, Loos, Gropius , Scharoun
Werkbund, Bauhaus, building exhibitions of housing
German architecture after WWII
Personalities of World architecture - Wright,Mies, Johnson, Kahn
Recommended reading:
Frampton - Modern architecture.Critical History
William Curtis - Modern Architecture since 1900
Šlapeta - Czech Functionalism 1918-1938. AA London 1987
Šlapeta - The Brno Functionalists. Helsinky 1983

Type of course unit:
Lecture: 26 hours, optionally
Teacher: prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.