History of Architecture 5 - Modern Architecture

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Vladimír Šlapeta

Supervisor:

Department of Theory and History of Architecture

Synopsis:

Examines tradition of modern architecture of 20th Century In Czech republic and Central Europe with international Interactions and influences. Lectures are accompanied by excursions in Prague, Brno, Hradec Králové etc.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Czech Jugendstil and early modernism. 2. Czech Cubism. 3. The National Style and the Dutch influence. 4. Josef Gočár. 5. Kamil Roškot. 6. Adolf Loos. 7.Josip Plecnik. 8. Czech Functionalism I. 9. Czech Functionalism II. 10. Czechoslovak Werkbund and the Baba housing exhibition. 11. Interactions with Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. 12. Prague modern urban culture. 13. Brno - a city of Modern Architecture. 14. Zlín - the Baťa industrial city.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Šlapeta, Vladimír: Czech Funkcionalism 1918-1936, AA London, 1987. 2. Czech Cubism, Princeton Press, 1933. 3. Loos, Adolf: The Müller House, Prague, 2000. 4. Josip Plečnik, Prague, 1996.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: