The Architectural Imagination
Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — from a study of history’s important buildings.
Architecture engages a culture’s deepest social values and expresses them in material, aesthetic form. In this course, you will learn how to “read” architecture as a cultural expression as well as a technical achievement. Vivid analyses of exemplary buildings from a wide range of historical contexts, coupled with hands-on exercises in drawing and modeling, bring you close to the work of an actual architect or historian
What to Expect
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Certificate of Completion
Instructors
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K. Michael Hays
Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard University
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Erika Naginski
Professor of Architectural History; Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University
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Antoine Picon
G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology; Technology Director of Research, Harvard University
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Lisa Haber-Thomson
Instructor in Architecture, Harvard University
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The Architectural Imagination
Ongoing
Fee: Free (audit), $259 (verified), $100 (add-on for AIA LUs)
10 weeks | 3 – 5 hours pert week
AIA Learning Units: 10
Language: English
Video Transcript: English
* Please note: this program is not eligible for AMDP elective credits.