Colonial American Architecture: A Design Resource for Contemporary Traditional Architecture: Part I

Architectural historian Calder Loth returns with a two-part primer on colonial American architecture.

This is Part I of a two-part course. You can watch Part II here:    • Colonial American Architecture: A Des...  

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About the Course:
For the past century and a half, America’s colonial-period buildings have inspired countless architectural designs. With numerous illustrations, this class will explain the rationale of many of the forms and details that give character to colonial works, both northern and southern. Emphasis will be placed on domestic architecture, demonstrating how their design features, when properly applied, can serve to enhance literate, if not creative, contemporary modern versions.

Learning Objectives:
1. Survey a variety of examples of colonial architecture.
2. Understand the forms and details of colonial works.
3. Compare northern and southern styles of colonial architecture.
4. Understand how to apply colonial styles to contemporary architecture.

Course Navigation and Review Questions:
As you watch the video, you can browse by subject using the course outline and timestamps below. As you progress through the video, you can follow along with optional (ungraded) review questions here to help assess your understanding of the material. Click here: https://www.classicist.org/colonial-a...

00:00 Introduction
02:00 Origins of Colonial Architecture; Framing
09:34 Siding
17:54 Roofs and Roofing Materials
32:44 Windows

Sponsors:
Thank You to our Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education, Uberto Construction

A Special Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor of Online Education: Douglas C. Wright Architects

Receive credit for this course:
Viewers may receive 2 AIA CES Learning Units|Elective and 2 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture by watching this two-part video course and subsequently scoring at least 70% on a quiz that tests your understanding of the material. Please note that, as this is a two-part program, the quiz for this program is at the end of Part II, and the quiz will test material from both video segments.

About the Instructor:
Calder Loth is Senior Architectural Historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and a member of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Advisory Council. He was the recipient of the 2010 ICAA Board of Directors Honor Award and the 2017 Virginia AIA Honor Award for significant contributions to the understanding of Virginia's built environment. He is the author of Congressional Resolution 259 honoring the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio, passed unanimously.