history of architecture fifth sem

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 HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE-II

 L/s: 3/Wk Int:50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3 hrs Cr:3

Course Overview: 
The course is designed to study the contemporary developments in Architecture and its impact on built form, structure, construction methods etc.

Objectives of the Course: 
To orient the students to various developments in the field of architecture for a greater understanding of trends in contemporary architecture.

Course Contents:

Unit – I
 Contemporary trends in architecture of India after Independence. Influence of Le Corbusier and. Louis.I.Khan.

Unit – II
 Theory and works of Achyut Kanvinde, J.A. Stein, Habib Rehman etc.,

Unit - III
 Contributions made by Pioneers - Charles Correa and B.V. Doshi. Anant Raje, Raj Rewal

 Unit – IV 
Design Theories and works of contemporary architects - Uttam Jain, Hasmukh Patel, including Chandravarkar and Thacker, Jaisim, Anil Laul, Shirish Beri, Romi Khosla, Ranjit Sabiki, Shashi Bhooshan and Sanjay Mohe.

Unit – V 
Familiarisation of architecture at Auroville and Laurie Baker’s work in Kerala.

Unit – VI 
Contemporary trends in the rest of the world architecture. Theory of Post Modernism.

Unit – VII
 Design Theories and works of Charles Moore, Michael Graves, Richard Meyer, Aldo Rossi, Cesar Pelli, I.M. Pei, Yamasaki, Peter Eisenmann etc.

Unit – VIII
 Design Theories and works of Hassan Fathy, Geoffery Bawa, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Santiago Calatrava, Tadao Ando etc.


Reference Books:
Bahga, S.S: Post Independent Architecture. Bhatt, Vikram and Scriver, Peter. Contemporary Indian Architecture After the Masters. Mapin Pub. Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, 1990. Curtis, J.R. William. Modern Architecture since 1900. Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 2002. Jencks, Charles.The Language of Post-Modern Architecture, 4th ed. Academy Editions, London, 1984. Frampton, K Tad Ando- buildings, Projects Writings, New York Rizzoli, 1984

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