In the summer semester 2025 we are going to continue with the topic of Prague in the world (european) urban context. We will focuss on themes from urban life from 19th to 21st Century.
Poslední úprava: Tourek Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.01.2026)
In the summer semester 2025 we are going to continue with the topic of Prague in the world (european) urban context. We will focuss on themes from urban life from 19th to 21st Century.
Poslední úprava: Tourek Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.01.2026)
Sylabus -
Cities in civilization, YBLO007
Syllabus:
1. Introduction. History and geography of the City of Prague, part I.
2. History and geography of the City of Prague, part II.
3. First Railway station in Prague, beginnings of railway age in Prague
4. Prague main Railway station, its history, location and development
5. Existential places of the city: the coffeehouse or café
7. Architecture in the night or artificial lighting of the City of Prague
8. Dejvice and Baba estates and their development in the geography of Prague
9. Traditional and modern apartment house in the City of Prague
10. Embarkment of Prague and their development in the 19th century
11. From closed city to open city; the outskirts of modern and contemporary city
12. Final lesson, conclusion
Poslední úprava: Tourek Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (26.04.2026)
Studijní opory -
Literatura:
Peter Hall, Cities in Civilization, London 1998.
Spiro Kostof, The city shaped, London, 2014
Mark Girouar, Cities and People, New Haven, 1980.
John Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture, Thames and Hudson 1963, 1980 a další vydání John Summerson, The Architecture of the Eighteenth Century, Thames and Hudson 1969, 1986 a další vydání Peter Murray, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance, Thames and Hudson 1963, 1969, 1986 či další vydání
Poslední úprava: Horáčková Karolína, Mgr. (19.12.2024)
Literature:
Peter Hall, Cities in Civilization, London 1998.
Spiro Kostof, The city shaped, London, 2014
Mark Girouar, Cities and People, New Haven, 1980.
Lewis Mumford, City in history, 1961.
Poslední úprava: Tourek Jiří, Mgr., Ph.D. (20.01.2025)