| ART HIS 145A | MODERN ARCHITECTURE | KRYCZKA, A. | This class will offer a thematic overview on the history, theory, and practice of Modern
Architecture and Urbanism in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the later
20th century. Through an exploration of architecture and urbanism, on scales both grand
and ordinary, this class will consider how these endeavors of building and planning both
structure and reflect their cultural, historical, social and geographical circumstances.
Spanning from the invention of the skyscraper to the mass production of the suburban tract
home, this course will examine architects such as Frank LLoyd Wright, Daniel Burnham,
Phillip Johnson, Greene & Greene, Louis Sullivan, William Pereira, and numerous others.
Themes we'll explore include the following: the relationship of architectural theory and
design to social planning; competing notions of public and private space; urban and
suburban development; rural and urban ideologies in American architecture; architecture
and urbanism in Southern California. We will make a virtue of our location in Southern
California with numerous field trips using the city of Los Angeles and the Southland as
venues in which to explore various moments in modern architecture and urbanism. |