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AR-501: Lives of the most excellent architects

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This courses presents a history of architecture not so much as a history of projects, buildings, movements or styles, but as a history of lives. In the process, it will argue for the relevance of biography, stories, anecdotes, jokes, truths, half-truths and even wilful fabrications.

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/lives-of-the-most-excellent-architects-AR-501

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Lectures

Instructors

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/lives-of-the-most-excellent-architects-AR-501

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/AR-501

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