The objective of the subject is to familiarize students with the flow of ideas, theories and practices, as well as with projects and executed works of architects, town planners and artists at the end of the 20th and the beginning of 21st century, at home and abroad, through a cultural, historical, philosophical, socio-economic and political perspective.

Students will be able to locate and synthesize different concepts, subjects, projects and works of architecture within wider social, historical, philosophical, cultural and artistic contexts in contemporary times. Students are trained in searching and creative usage of literature on the history and theory of contemporary architecture, reading specialized magazines and publications on contemporary architecture, analyzing video materials and records and following architectural exhibitions, journalism and publishing. They are trained to view the man-made environment in its entirety and adequately formulate their own critical and analytical observations, positions and knowledge about contemporary architecture.

The subject researches architecture and town planning from the end of the 20th century to the present. The program addresses the city as the context of architecture, as well as the city and architecture in the 21st century, with all the phenomena characterizing architecture today, in our country and in the world - spectacularization, new materials, digital technologies, ecological architecture, new ways of living etc.

Lecturers, discussions, presentations.