Course detail

Theory in Architecture

FA-TEA-TEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The lectures will introduce students to the main tendencies of architectural development from the turn of the 19th and 20th century to the beginning of the third millennium. The lectures will be delivered in a comparative form, give the international context and focus on aesthetic and philosophical programmes of individual movements, and their practical application. We will also discuss the perspective of creative architects and the process of realization from the concept sketch to the last executed detail.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Oral exam, including the test from self-study knowledge.

Aims

The ability to orientate in the development of architecture, in the main tendencies and their protagonists in terms of aesthetics, philosophy, and technique.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CONRADS, Ulrich. Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-century Architecture. MIT Press, 1970. ISBN: 9780262530309. (EN)
CURTIS, William J. R. Modern Architecture Since 1900. Phaidon Press Ltd, 1996. ISBN: 9780714833569. (EN)
FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Modern Architecture: A Critical History: 1 (World of Art). Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007. ISBN: 978-0500203958. (EN)
LOBELL, John. Louis Kahn: architecture as philosophy. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-58093-528-9. (EN)
OCKMAN, Joan; EIGEN Edward. Architecture Culture, 1943-1968: A Documentary Anthology. Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, 1993. ISBN: 9780847815227. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, DrSc.