University Catalog 2023-2024

Architecture (MR): History and Theory of Architecture Concentration

Concentration Requirements

Concentration students are required to complete a minimum of 12 hours of approved courses in the History and Theory of Architecture within the existing curricula of the Master of Architecture (Tracks 1, 2, and 3) degrees.

Primary Courses3
Select one or both of the following Primary Courses:
Architectural Theory
Methods of Interpretation in Architectural History
Secondary Courses9
Tectonics and Craft
Experiments in Architecture Prototypes
Architecture, Culture, and Meaning
Sacred Architecture
Analysis of Precedent
American City Planning History
Regional Infrastructures
Special Topics in Architecture (The Ontology of Home)
Special Topics in Architecture (New Taxonomies for Modernity)
Special Topics in Architecture (Mediterranean Cities)
Special Topics in Architecture (Architecture and Modernity)
Special Topics in Architecture (Networks of Architecture and Development)
Special Topics in Architecture (Beyond the Bauhaus)
Special Topics in Architecture (Latin American Architecture)
Special Topics in Architecture (Laws of the Indies)
Special Topics in Architecture (Inca and Spanish Cuzco)
Special Topics in Architecture (Luis Barragán)
Special Topics in Architecture (The City of New Orleans)
Special Topics in Architecture (Triangle Modernism)
Total Hours12

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Robin Fran Abrams
  • Thomas M. Barrie
  • Soolyeon Cho
  • David Brian Hill
  • Wayne Place
  • J. Patrick Rand

Associate Professors

  • Bryan Bell Jr.
  • Burak Erdim
  • George Elvin
  • Dana Kathleen Gulling
  • Jianxin Hu
  • Patricia E. Morgado
  • Sara Glee Queen
  • Kristen J. Schaffer

Assistant Professors

  • Rosa McDonald
  • Donghwan Moon
  • Shawn Stephen Protz
  • Traci Rose Rider

Practice/Research/Teaching Professor

  • Marshall E. Purnell

Emeritus Faculty

  • Peter Batchelor
  • Georgia Bizios
  • Fatih A. Rifki
  • Henry Sanoff

Adjunct Faculty

  • Margret Kentgens-Craig