Architecture as we know it today is not just the product of chance or the caprice of
architects.  If we look closely at the buildings around us we will see beyond "style" and discover
that architecture is about our evolving relationship with our environment, Planet Earth.
This course will trace the development or architecture from basic nature-determined forms
to the most high-tech structures of the '90s.  It will address natural conditions that influence
architecture, cultural forces that add complexity to built environments, and finally, the "modern"
world's struggle to maintain the right balance between nature and culture in architecture.

Course Requirements and grades:
Lectures and assigned readings and videos per syllabus.  Grades will be based on bi-weekly take-
home exercises/papers, class participation, vocabulary tests and a final examination.