ABOUT ARCHITECTURE

1. BERKSHIRE UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
ARCHITECTURE
ENGINEER IN
Building became a craft, and "architecture" is the
name given to the most highly formalized and
respected versions of that craft.

2. BERKSHIRE UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
OVERVIEW
History of architecture
Ancient Architecture
Islamic Architecture
Modernism
Postmodernism
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

3. BERKSHIRE UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
FUNCTION
THE MODERN CONCEPT OF
While the notion that structural and
aesthetic considerations should be
entirely subject to functionality was
met with both popularity and
skepticism, it had the effect of
introducing the concept of "function"
in place of Vitruvius' "utility".

4. BERKSHIRE UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
ARCHITECTURE
ORIGINS
Building became a craft, and "architecture" is the
name given to the most highly formalized and
respected versions of that craft.

5. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
BERKSHIRE UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
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THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE