UCLA Architecture and Urban Design: Fall 2025 Courses @ AUD

This course presents architecture and urban design as objects of study for understanding and analyzing cultures and their respective histories over time. This survey begins with the earliest known prehistoric structures and then ends at the beginning of the era of colonial expansion. We will examine architecture through various lenses, including the political, economic, religious, and technological, as well as the evolution of architecture as a field through the development of the figure of the architect and architectural ideas.

Lectures will include a broad range of architectural objects, including both built and planned works, as well as texts set within the broader context of theoretical, philosophical and socio-political positions. Each lecture is organized thematically in an approximate chronological sequence. Assigned readings will expand on themes introduced in the lectures. Weekly section meetings will provide further opportunity for discussion and interpretation.

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Fall 2025 Courses @ AUD

Fall 2025 Courses and Studios, in brief