ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
SPRING 2016
Asst. Prof. Dr. F. Gül ÖZTÜRK
ARCH 104
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I
http://arch104.cankaya.edu.tr/
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Course Description
Architectural History I is the first one of four general survey courses that provide students with a critical
understanding of architectural developments and cross-cultural relations. The material presented in this course is
drawn from the Neolithic through the Middle Ages and will focus particularly on the architecture of Europe and
the Mediterranean basin. The course will deal with architecture and built environment within a contextual frame.
Grading Policy
There are two written exams: a Midterm Exam (45%) and a Final Exam (55%).
Course Requirements
Use of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc. is not permitted during the class!
Recording is not permitted during the class!
Reference Materials
Author(s)
Title
Publisher
Publication
Year
ISBN/ISSN
Francis Ching, Mark
Jarzombek, Vikram
Prakash
A Global History of Architecture
Wiley
2006
9780471268925
Dora P. Crouch
History of Architecture, Stonehenge to
Skyscrapers
McGraw-Hill
1985
Ernst Gombrich
The Story of Art
Phaidon Press
1950
Ernst Gombrich
Sanatın Öyküsü
Remzi Kitapevi
2007
Spiro Kostof
A History of Architecture: Setting and
Rituals
Oxford
University Press
Praeger
Publishers
C. Norberg-Schulz
Leland M. Roth
Meaning in Western Architecture
Understanding Architecture: Its
Elements, History, and Meaning
Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of
Architecture
Westview Press
1995
1978
1993
latest
9780070145
245
9780714832
470
9789751406
958
9780195083781
9780275782306
9780813390451
9780750622677
Course Outline
Week/
Date
Topic(s)
1
Presentation of the course outline, methods, objectives and requirements
Introduction: What is Architectural History? What are the scopes/subjects/tools of Architectural
09.02.2016 History?
2
How it all began
16.02.2016 The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages
3
Bronze Age
23.02.2016 Hittites
4
The Architecture of Ancient Egypt
01.03.2016
5
Mesopotamia
08.03.2016
The Cradle of Civilization
6
Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures
15.03.2016
7
Midterm Exam (45%)
22.03.2016 Early Greek Architecture
8
Early Greek Architecture
29.03.2016 Classical Greek Architecture
9
The Hellenistic Era
05.04.2016
10
Roman Architecture I
12.04.2016
11
Roman Architecture II
19.04.2016
12
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture I
26.04.2016
13
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture II
03.05.2016
14
Romanesque and Gothic Architecture
10.05.2016
Will be
Final Exam (55%)
announced