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  • Unit 6: Architecture

    This unit explores architecture, its history, and its relation to visual art. Architecture is the art and science of designing structures and spaces for human use. Architectural design is an artform realized through considerations of spatial design and aesthetics. Related to sculpture, architecture creates three-dimensional objects that occupy a given space and create a visual relationship with the area surrounding them.

    Completing this unit should take you approximately 16 hours.

    • Unit 6 Learning Outcomes Page
    • 6.1 What is Architecture?

    • 6.2 Traditional Methods and Materials

    • 6.3 Architecture in China and the Far East

    • 6.4 Cross-Cultural Influences

    • 6.5 Architecture and the Industrial Revolution

    • 6.6 Modern Architecture: A New Language

    • 6.7 Post-Modern and Contemporary Architecture

    • 6.8 Green Architecture

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