ARCHITECTURE HISTORY AND THEORY

A chronological survey of the developments of Ancient architecture to Western architecture from the beginning of time to the period of Enlightenment, with consideration of the intellectual, aesthetic, technological, political and economic factors which have influenced the design of buildings. These issues are explored with reference to major contemporary examples and the work and philosophy of significant exponents. Lectures provide detailed accounts of the principal developments in the early world from the ancient to revolutionary period to the present day. Buildings are explored with reference to major contemporary examples and the work and philosophy of significant exponents. Students undertake a major research of a significant building, complete with investigation of the major influences that led to its development and in turn its influence in other architectural aspects.

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The entire module was conducted online. There were no major issues with this as the lectures were detailed in a gripping way and the module content is well-organised on TIMeS. All the lecturers were of great help and explain the content in great detail and are also very helpful whenever you have any kind of doubt. The only thing I had a hard time keeping up with was the timings of the classes because I was still in my home country when I was doing this module. However, it was not that big of an issue because online classes are of great help when it comes to time management and I was able to manage my time wisely and submit all of my tutorials and projects on time without encountering any kind of problem. Also, my tutors Mr. Azim Sulaiman (for project 1) and Dr. Filzani Illia Ibrahim (for project 2) were very helpful during the tutorial sessions and provided us with great feedback.