Course detail
Architecture of 20th Century (Czechoslovakia)
FA-A2B-TEAcad. year: 2025/2026
The course focuses on the interpretation of the history and theory of architecture from the end of World War II, starting with urban reconstructions, through late functionalism, structuralism, brutalism to the postmodern wave, the high-tech movement and deconstructivism at the turn of the millennium.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.
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Offered to foreign students
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Basic literature
FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Modern Architecture: A Critical History: 1 (World of Art). Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007. ISBN: 978-0500203958. (EN)
ŠLAPETA, Vladimír. Brno functionalists. Helsinki. Suomen rakennustaiteen museo, 1983. (EN)
ŠLAPETA, Vladimír. Czech Functionalism, 1918-1938. London: Architectural Association, 1987. (EN)
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NE_A+U Master's
specialization --- (2023) , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme NE_A+U Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective