Architectural History and the Studio

Teaching of Architectural History in Schools of Architecture with special emphasis on the integration, or the influence, of history into the design studio is examined by experienced academics from a number of disciplinary and pedagogic perspectives. What is, or should be, the relationship between the teaching of architectural design and the teaching of architectural history? As with any form of cultural expression, the nature of architecture depends crucially on its relationship to the past, and this relationship will always depend on the way in which the subject is learnt. The questions posed in this book, most immediately concerned with architectural education in the 1990s, are thus inseparable form the question of what architecture itself is, or should or could be. The contributors represent most of serious thinking about history, and the inseparable subject of theory, in British schools of architecture. The papers range from art history to English literature; most are architects, some practising, and all but two are, among other things, history people at their respective schools. These pages testify to a vigorous heterogeneity of voices and positions, yet at the same time seem to show an assertion of shared values that are threatened in the education system as a whole.

Table of Contents:
History and Theory of Teaching History; Teaching History in British Schools of Architecture in the Age of Eclecticism; Alan Powers; Architectural History as 'Educational Object'; Necdet Teymur; Implicit and E plicit; Peter Blundell Jones; Architectural Design and Situational History; Peter Carl; Architectural Education and the Medium; John Outram; Critical Perspectives; Architectural Education and the Culture of Simulation: History against the Grain; Katerina Ruedi; The Post-Modern Condition of General Studies and General Studies as the Space of Criticism; Brian Hatton; The History of Architecture and the Architectures of History; David Dunster; Architecture, Not; Iain Borden; The Limits of Language in Architecture; Susannah Hagan; Approaches and E periences; Relevance is not a Dirty Word; Colin Davies; 'Nothing will come of nothing'; Simon Unwin; Redefining History, Redefining Design; Robert Harbison; Teaching First Year: What do they need to know? Andrew Higgott; Architectural History and Ways of Seeing; Adam Hardy

About the Author :
Adam Hardy is the Director of Prasada Centre at Leicester, De Montford University Adam Hardy moved in 1993 from Birmingham School of Architecture, where he looked after History and Theory and the MA course, to be Senior Tutor of the Graduate Course at the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture. He has a special interest in Indian temples, which were the subject of his doctoral research, and his book Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation. He is consultant architect to two new Hindu temples in the West Midlands. Necdet Teymur is a Professor of Architecture. He studied at METU, Bouwcentrum and Liverpool University, worked at Arne Jacobsen's office in Copenhagen (1970-71), taught at British universities (1978-94), was the founder and Director of 'Centre for International Architectural Studies' in Manchester (1990-94) and a Professor and Dean at METU, Ankara (1995-2000). He has held executive and editorial roles in international associations such as UIA, IAPS and DRS. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (USA), Datutop (Finland) and Environments by Design (UK). His books include Environmental Discourse (1982) and Architectural Education (1992), Learning from Disasters (1999), Re:Architecture - Themes & Variations (2002); and, as co-editor, Rehumanizing Housing (1988), Culture, Space History (1990), Housing: Design, Research, Education (1993), Tabu Dairesi (Taboo Circle) (1995), Placemaking and Development (1996), Basic Design / Basic Education (1997). He is presently teaching at University of Dundee.