Course code Arhi3007
Credit points 1.50
History of Architecture and Garden Art VI
Total Hours in Course40
Number of hours for lectures4
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes12
Date of course confirmation17.09.2013
Responsible UnitInstitute of Civil Engineering and Wood Processing
Course developer
Silvija Rubene
Mg. sc. ing.
Prior knowledge
Arhi1004, History of Architecture and Garden Art III
Arhi1017, History of Architecture and Garden Art I
Arhi1018, History of Architecture and Garden Art II
Arhi2006, History of Architecture and Garden Art IV
Arhi3006, History of Architecture and Garden Art V
Course abstract
The aim of the course is to give provide knowledge about the most notable landscape now nowadays, architects and fulfilled objects created by them in Europe, Asia, and America. A special attention is drawn to the parks, gardens and public outdoor objects of the new type, modern greenery formation, and assortment of plants, roof gardens, green facades, and ecological solutions. The subject of the study process consists of lectures and independently prepared reports in workshops.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
The outcome of the study course:
• knowledge about outstanding nowa days landscape architects, whose projects are implemented fulfilled in several countries, knowledge about innovations in nowa days landscape architecture and garden art, about the use of plants,
• skills of using new solution and details in other study subjects of study,
• ability to evaluate unusual and brave solutions, the ecological approach in any landscape project.
Compulsory reading
1. Thompson J.C. 40 architects under 40. Köln, Taschen, 560 p.
2. Kiley D., Amidon J. Dan Kiley. Thames and Hudson, 223 p.
3. Spens M. Modern Landscape. London: Phaidon Press, 2003. 239 p.
4. Amidon J. Radical Landscapes. Reinventing Outdoor Space. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. 192 p.
Further reading
1. Imhof M., Krempel L. Berlin Architektur 2000. Fuhrer zu den Bauten von 1989 bis 2001. Michael Imhof Verlag, 2001. 160 s.
2. Spārītis O., Krastiņš J. Architecture of Riga eight hundred years mirroring European culture. Rīga: Nacionālais apgāds, 2005. 179 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Latvijas Architektūra: arhitektūras, dizaina un vides apskats. ISSN 1407-4923.
2. Topos. Published by Callwey Verlag. ISSN: 0942-752X.
3. Garten + Landschaft ISSN: 0016-4720.