This course aims at exploring the prominent theory and criticism of architecture worldwide. The course focuses primarily on theoretical discourses and contemplations in several directions since the 1970s:

- Generic City, the global city of late capitalism (Castells, Sassen, Koolhaas);

-  Post-colonialism and architecture in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America (tropical modernism);

-  China/Asian modernism (modern contemporary) - Beijing, Shanghai, HK, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo;

-  Architectonic and buildability;

-  Infrastructural architecture;

-  Transnational design in the global era;

-  Architecture in the AI age.

To pass a course, a student must obtain minimum marks of 30% in both coursework and examination components, and an overall mark of at least 40%.