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ETHN203 Australian Domestic Architecture
10 cp
Prerequisites 1 Australian Studies unit at introductory 100-level
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent of lectures, seminars and inspections of buildings associated with distinct architectural styles.
The built environment represents icons of society. To interpret this landscape we must comprehend the underpinning values of the then contemporary society. Architectural styles and the images they incorporate can be interpreted to provide a better understanding of the built environment of the past. This unit, in addition to examining the features of architectural stylism from 1789 to modernism, attempts to interpret the meanings conveyed by those styles. In essence, architecture reflects the spirit of the age. It is a mirror of society’s value systems and attitudes.
