URBS 370 - Scandinavian Modernism

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as ART 370) An examination of the progressive architectural and social movements in Scandinavia. The course will focus on modernism’s breakthrough in 1930s with emphasis on the most important Scandinavian architects (Gunnar Asplund, Alvar Aalto, Sigurd Lewerentz, and Arne Jacobsen). Firms like KF Arkitektkontor (the Cooperative Society Architects in Stockholm) that operated on flat organizational principles will interest us, as will architects such as Sven Markelius and Uno Åhren who were especially interested in housing and town planning. Furniture, tableware, glassware, and other issues of domestic design were of special concern of many architects and designers. Mr. Adams.

Prerequisite(s): one 200-level course in architectural history, or permission of the instructor

One 2-hour period.