The modern approaches in architecture from the industrial revolution era till the end of 50's of the 20th Century. Emphasis on the major trends of modern architecture; Arts and Crafts, Chicago School of architecture, Rationalists approach and Art Nouveau ideas and conceptions, Functionalism, Beaux Arts, Constructivism, Expressionism, Structural architecture, Bauhaus...etc. The course is illustrated with analytical studies of examples chosen from the works of influential architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Corbusier, Gropius, Mies, Aalto,... etc.