heritagelearningacademy Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 My son loves looking at building and hearing about their design and history. He has expressed an interest in doing a study on architecture of building for high school credit. I am currently planning his high school 4 year plan. :) I found a course called The Cathedral through the Great Courses. It's a DVD series, but I figure I can have him write an essay/paper after the course. It has 24 lectures so I believe that could be at least a semester course. Do you think this would work to make a credit worthy course? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The lectures are only 30 minutes each, so that's only 12 hours; you would need a total of about 60-80 hours for a semester course. To make a solid half-credit course, I would add the other Teaching Co course on architecture, Understanding the World's Greatest Structures (also 24 lectures) and a couple of books: The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History of Architecture (a short, engaging and well illustrated survey of important buildings and building styles from ancient times to the present day) and Architecture: Form, Space, and Order (a beautiful visual dictionary of architectural vocabulary and styles). For output, I would have him do a research paper on a topic of his choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I'd beef it up some, too. Visual Guide - have him visit buildings that are (somewhat) local to you and take photos/write a guidebook for the different architectural styles he finds Additional reading (require summaries, outlines, research papers, projects, reviews, etc.): Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism by Bell, et. al. Architectural Sketching and Rendering: Techniques for Designers and Artists by Kilment Introduction to Architecture by Ching & Eckler At Home: A Short Story of Private Life by Bryson City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village by Sucher & Kane The Art of Construction: Projects and Principles for Beginning Engineers and Architects by Salvadori, et. al. Sketch Plan Build World Class Architects Show How it's Done by Bahaman Drawing Geometry: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers and Architects by Calter Architectural Drawing Course: Tools & Techniques for 2D and 3D Representation by Zell A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Alexander, et. al. Basic Drafting: A Manual for Beginning Drafters by Scott Girder and Panel Hydrodynamic Deluxe Set History of Strength of Materials by Timoshenko Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by Gordon The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History of Architecture by Strickland Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture by Salvadori Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail by Levy, Salvadori et. al. Architecture is Elementary: Visual Thinking Through Architectural Concepts by Winters Designing Playgrounds by Han A Blueprint for Geometry by Fulton & Lombard The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper by Ascher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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