History of architecture

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History of architecture (V360): Historical study of building design and architectural movements.

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Suggested reading on 20th century furniture design	Suggested reading on 20th century furniture design	Twentieth-century, Interior design, Interiors, Furnishings, Furniture, Designers	view
Pathways Into Architectural History: The ‘Phases’ of English Gothic	This is a PowerPoint presentation which uses (copyright-free) photographic imagery to introduce students to some of the stylistic fundamentals of...	Architecture, Classicism, Gothic, History	view
Designs for the Altar of St. Paul’s Cathedral: The Comparative Visions of Sir Christopher Wren and Thomas Garner, Shanna M. Patton	Thomas Garner’s 1888 design for the altar and reredos at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral is typically remembered as controversial and inconsistent...		view
Some theoretical reflections on domestic life and furnishings	Some theoretical reflections on domestic life and furnishings	Interior design, Interiors, Furnishings, Furniture, Designers, Twentieth-century, Nineteenth-century, Victorian	view
A Chapel, a Novel, and the Word of God. Virginia Brookes	This essay attempts to portray two artefacts, the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in Oxford, and the novel Adam Bede by George Eliot. These two...		view
A Summary of 19th century British furniture style development	A Summary of 19th century British furniture style development	Nineteenth-century, Interior design, Interiors, Furnishings, Furniture, Victorian, Designers	view
The Emergence of Modernism in Furniture Design	The emergence of modernism in furniture design.	Modernism, Interior design, Interiors, Furnishings, Furniture, Twentieth-century	view
Assignment Questions for Furnishings and Interiors 1850 to the Present Day	Sample assignment questions for Furnishings and Interiors 1850 to the Present Day.	Assignment, Interior design, Interiors, Furnishings, Furniture, Nineteenth-century, Twentieth-century, Victorian	view
Seeking Authenticity: Late Victorian Aesthetic Researches in John Ruskin’s approach of the St. Mark’s Campanile in Venice and William Lethaby’s Design for the Eagle Building in Birmingham (1851-1901), David Lamoureux	The two artefacts described and contrasted here are John Ruskin’s 1851 description of the St. Mark’s Campanile in Venice and the facade of William...		view
Suggested reading on 19th century furniture design	Suggested reading on 19th century furniture design	Nineteenth-century, Interior design, Interiors, Furnishings, Furniture, Designers, Victorian	view

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