History of Architecture Modern Architecture

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Department of Theory and History of Architecture

Synopsis:

This course explores the tradition of modern architecture of 20th century in the Czech Republic and Central Europe with international interactions and influences. The lectures are accompanied with excursions in Prague, Brno, Hradec Králové etc. Contents: Czech Jugendstil and early modernism. Czech Cubism. The National Style and the Dutch influence. Josef Gočár. Kamil Roškot. Adolf Loos. Josip Plečnik. Czech Functionalism. Czechoslovak Werkbund and the Baba housing exhibition. Interactions with Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. Prague modern urban culture. Brno - a city of Modern Architecture. Zlín - the Baťa industrial city

Requirements:

The minimum number of students to open the course is 5. EXCEPTION for self-paying students: if there are less than 5 students, the course will be taught in consultations.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Kotěra and Jugendstil.

2.Czech Cubism.

3.Czech Functionalism I.

4.Czech Functionalism II.

5.Adolf Loos and Czech architecture.

6.Le Corbusier and Czech architecture.

7.F. L. Wright.

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1.Šlapeta, Vladimír: Czech Functionalism 1918-1936, AA London, 1987.

2.Czech Cubism, Princeton Press, 1933.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Architecture and Urbanism, in English (elective course)
• Landscape Architecture, in English (elective course)