Advanced Topics in Architecture Culture from World War II through 2001

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This directed reading, research, and writing seminar will explore historical developments in architecture related to the same time frame as ARCH 5120 but in greater depth and at a more advanced level. In-class conversations will be focused around specific case studies, some determined by the instructor, others selected by the members of the seminar. Problems of historiography—including periodization, reception, archives, canon and counter-canon, and other methodological and theoretical issues—will also be discussed. This is an opportunity for students to develop a substantial research paper on a topic of their own choosing over the course of a semester. The class is open by permission to students with a solid background and strong interest in the architectural history of the last three quarters of a century.