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Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debate

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States4.665
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2002English
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This class, required of all Master of Architecture students, presents a critical review of works, theories, and polemics in architecture in the aftermath of World War II. The aim is to present a historical understanding of the period, and to develop a meaningful framework to assess contemporary issues in architecture. Special attention will be paid to historiographic questions of how architects construe the terms of their “present.”

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