History of American Architecture. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisite: ARCH 211 . This course investigates the emergence and development of architecture and urbanism in what is now the United States, from before European contact to the early 20th century. Focus is on building typologies and urban morphologies that contributed to a definition of a distinctive "American" approach to form, style, and settlement. The complex and enduring influence of colonization, enslavement, industrialization, and immigration is emphasized throughout.