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Architecture: Reading Buildings
How to read a building: Vitruvius' firmness, commodity and delight; the classical orders; Roman concrete and arches; Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Modernism and beyond; and the engineering behind each.
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Prereqs: Design principles; Ancient Rome. Next: Art history (Renaissance, Baroque, Modern). Sources: Vitruvius, *De architectura* (c. 25 BC); Francis D.K. Ching, *Architecture: Form, Space, and Order*; Smarthistory.Next: 1. Principles