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The Architectural Imagination 
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The Architectural Imagination
 at 
Harvard University 
Overview

Learn fundamental principles of architecture as an academic subject or a professional career by studying some of history's most important buildings.

Duration

10 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Course Level

UG Certificate

The Architectural Imagination
 at 
Harvard University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Harvard University
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The Architectural Imagination
 at 
Harvard University 
Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • How to read, analyze, and understand different forms of architectural representation
  • Social and historical contexts behind major works of architecture
  • Basic principles to produce your own architectural drawings and models
  • Pertinent content for academic study or a professional career as an architect
More about this course
  • This course will teach you how to understand architecture as both cultural expression and technical achievement
  • The first part of the course introduces the idea of the architectural imagination
  • You will discover ways that innovative technology can enable and promote new aesthetic experiences, or disrupt age-old traditions
  • Finally, we'll confront architecture?s complex relationship to its social and historical contexts and its audiences, achievements, and aspirations

The Architectural Imagination
 at 
Harvard University 
Curriculum

Form and History

The Technology Effect

Representation and Context

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The Architectural Imagination
 at 
Harvard University 
Faculty details

K. Michael Hays
Designation : Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard University
Erika Naginski
Designation : Professor of Architectural History; Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University
Antoine Picon
Designation : G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology; Technology Director of Research, Harvard University
Lisa Haber-Thomson
Designation : Instructor in Architecture, Harvard University

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