Cultures of Modern Architecture

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The course traces the development of innovative environmental design from its roots in the guild culture of the Arts and Crafts Movement through forays into deconstructivism. Students develop definitions of modernism through the filters of various twentieth-century architectural cultures, such as the Prairie Style, Neue Sachlichkeit, and Expressionism. Class sessions include site visits to modernist architecture in New York, tours of architecture exhibitions, and discussion of architectural criticism.