ARC 121 - Introduction to Architecture

Institution:

University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Provides a view and understanding of the profession and the discipline of architecture. Introduces architectural education and practice in the United States. Architecture responds to the past, embodied in the stones of the built environment, and is a fundamental aspect of the present. Connects architecture history and theory in an effort to show why architecture has been called the handwriting of humankind. Examines architecture as a way of viewing the constructed world in the context of a liberal arts education as a study of aesthetic, technological, behavioral, social, environmental, physical, and legal forces determining architectural forms, landscapes, and urban patterns. Open to non-majors

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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