HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE -V

AR- 507D
Teaching Marks of Sessional Marks of Total Credits Duration of Examination
Schedule work Examination marks (h)
L P Theory Portfolio
2 - 50 50 - 100 2 2

INTENT:

To understand the growth and development of architecture and appreciation of the role of the
intangibles that brought this growth and development from the 18th century to the advent of
European modernism.

CONTENT:

Section 1 WESTERN WORLD

Industrial Revolution & Modernism

UNIT I: Architecture in Western World-I (Late 18th to early 20th century)

1. Industrial Revolution and its architectural Implications

2. 19th century Neo Classicism in Europe and America
3. Development of Architecture in Victorian England
4. Technology of Iron and Steel

UNIT II: Architecture in Western World-II

5. Town Planning Trends in Europe

6. Rise of the Idea of Expositions
7. Birth of the American Skyscraper
8. Alternate Trends in late 19th and early 20th century in Europe.

Section 2 COLONIALISM in INDIA

Colonial Architecture

UNIT III: Architecture in Colonial India-I (Late 18th to early 20th century)

9. Culture of colonialism
10. British Response to Indian Context
11. Early British Architecture

UNIT IV: Architecture in Colonial India-II (Late 18th to early 20th century)

12. Birth of Indo Saracenic Style

13. Classical Revival and Building of New Delhi, PWD (Public Works Department)
 Unit Topic Week Date Remarks
No.
0 Overview & Dialogue 1 17th July 2019 Faculty Students
Dialogue
1 Industrial Revolution and its architectural 2 24th July Faculty
Implications Presentation
2 19th century Neo Classicism in Europe and 3 31st July Presentations
America
3 Development of Architecture in Victorian 4 07th August Student
England Presentations
4 Technology of Iron and Steel 5 14th August Student
Presentations
5 Town Planning Trends in Europe 6 21st August Student
Presentations
6 Rise of the Idea of Expositions 7 28th August Student
Presentations
7 Birth of the American Skyscraper 8 04th Student
September Presentations
8 Alternate Trends in late 19th and early 20th 9 11th Student
century in Europe September Presentations
9 Culture of colonialism 10 18th Student
September Presentations
10 British Response to Indian Context 11 25th Student
September Presentations
11 Early British Architecture 12 09th October Student
Presentations
12 Birth of Indo Saracenic Style 13 16th October Student
Presentations
13 Classical Revival and Building of New 14 23th October Student
Delhi, PWD (Public Works Department) Presentations

Overview 15 30th October Presentations

16 06th Faculty
November Presentation
17 13th
November
18 20th
November
19 27th
November

Instructions for Assignments (Presentation of 15 mins/ group and an Essay)

1. Assignment need to have original research via books from library and well established or
published internet sources e.g. university, institution like RIBA etc.
2. Your assignments need to have all the references and bibliography to verify the
information.
 3. Keep the presentation minimalistic, brief and more visual (drawings, sketches, pictures)
instead of text.

READING LIST: (This list is not exclusive)

1. Archer, M. (1968) Indian Architecture and the British, Middlesex.

2. Curl, J. S. (1990) Victorian Architecture, London.

3. Davies, P. (1985) Splendours of the Raj, London.

4. Fletcher, Sir B. (1999) History of Architecture–20th edn, Dan Cruickshank ed, CBS Publishers &
Distributors, New Delhi.

5. Hitchcock, H. R. et al (1963) World Architecture: An Illustrated History, London.

6. Irving, R. G. (1981) Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker, and Imperial Delhi, London.

7. Metcalfe, T. R. (1989) An Imperial Vision Indian Architecture and Britain’s Raj, London.

8. Morris, J. and Winchester, S. (1983) Stones of Empire - The Buildings of the Raj, Oxford.

9. Nilsson, S. (1968) European Architecture in India 1750-1850, London.

10. Risebero, B. (1979) The Story of Western Architecture, London.

11. Volwahsen, A. (2002) Imperial Delhi: The British Capital of the Indian Empire, London.

12. Kenneth Frampton, Modern Architecture: A Critical History, (New York, 1985)

The books highlighted in yellow, are with the faculty in pdf version. You can ask for it from
faculty.