The Language of Architecture
... the everyday, projects are culled from the great masters of architecture, from notable contemporary practitioners and from students around the world who have confronted these issues in their studies. ...
... the everyday, projects are culled from the great masters of architecture, from notable contemporary practitioners and from students around the world who have confronted these issues in their studies. ...
Beauty: a short history
... conviction. Thomas Hardy described this in Before life and after as ‘the disease of thinking’ which causes the loss of an inner conviction that, visual evidence tells us, existed ‘before the birth of consciousness’. In the same way that many people believe it is better to restrict religion to person ...
... conviction. Thomas Hardy described this in Before life and after as ‘the disease of thinking’ which causes the loss of an inner conviction that, visual evidence tells us, existed ‘before the birth of consciousness’. In the same way that many people believe it is better to restrict religion to person ...
Wright`s Organic Architecture: From ›Form Follows Function‹ to
... more romantically when he wrote, »Any building which is built should love the ground on which it stands.«15 Wright’s motivations for this are many – among them include boyhood summers working on a family farm, growing up in the Wisconsin countryside, and, as we have seen, notions of nature from Lou ...
... more romantically when he wrote, »Any building which is built should love the ground on which it stands.«15 Wright’s motivations for this are many – among them include boyhood summers working on a family farm, growing up in the Wisconsin countryside, and, as we have seen, notions of nature from Lou ...
Four Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Thinkers on the
... use of the term deception is a displacement of the accent from the way things are made, to how they are seen or perceived. The source of “imperfection” is no longer located in the building itself, but resides mainly with the viewer. The architect can “assist” the viewer by producing architecture tha ...
... use of the term deception is a displacement of the accent from the way things are made, to how they are seen or perceived. The source of “imperfection” is no longer located in the building itself, but resides mainly with the viewer. The architect can “assist” the viewer by producing architecture tha ...
... On the other hand, “Splitting” changed the nature of a simple architectural object by critical cuts and generate a dissociated three dimensional entity opposed to the idea of an organized system. In this way, ‘Splitting’ confronts the ideas of Modern Architecture reacting to the serial house and the ...
ABSTRACT Title of Document:
... architecture ushered in novel approaches to design that incorporated social concerns with technological advancements. Because of the complexities involved with the modern movement this is by no means an in depth or extensive account of that period but rather a concise history to place modern archite ...
... architecture ushered in novel approaches to design that incorporated social concerns with technological advancements. Because of the complexities involved with the modern movement this is by no means an in depth or extensive account of that period but rather a concise history to place modern archite ...
theoria 8 - prospectus 1998-99
... Like a bubble of air, the bluish, shimmering skin of the Kunsthaus floats above its glass-walled ground floor. Spanning up to 60 metres in width, the biomorphic construction envelops two large exhibition rooms without additional supports. From the surface of the acrylic glass outer "skin", strikingl ...
... Like a bubble of air, the bluish, shimmering skin of the Kunsthaus floats above its glass-walled ground floor. Spanning up to 60 metres in width, the biomorphic construction envelops two large exhibition rooms without additional supports. From the surface of the acrylic glass outer "skin", strikingl ...
Thinking, drawing and writing architecture through metaphor
... architecture undergraduates. The basic assumptions are that (a) metaphorical “competence” is critical in the architectural realm and, therefore, needs to be explicitly taught; and (b) its introduction in the classroom must involve both images and language as well as action-based or enactive activiti ...
... architecture undergraduates. The basic assumptions are that (a) metaphorical “competence” is critical in the architectural realm and, therefore, needs to be explicitly taught; and (b) its introduction in the classroom must involve both images and language as well as action-based or enactive activiti ...
Future Nordic Concrete Architecture
... complex geometries – but also possibilities to make new textures and reliefs to the concrete. This can be illustrated by an experiment at Danish Technological Institute where 10 different concrete elements were produced using different formwork materials and different milling strategies on the rob ...
... complex geometries – but also possibilities to make new textures and reliefs to the concrete. This can be illustrated by an experiment at Danish Technological Institute where 10 different concrete elements were produced using different formwork materials and different milling strategies on the rob ...
The Sesquicentennial Issue - Ontario Association of Architects
... TIME FLIES. THERE IS NO time like the present. A good time was had by all. Ahead of one’s time. Big time. Closing time. The year 2017 marks a major milestone in Canadian history. It is the 150 th anniversary of Confederation and the 50 th anniversary of Expo 67, the seminal World Expo that put Canad ...
... TIME FLIES. THERE IS NO time like the present. A good time was had by all. Ahead of one’s time. Big time. Closing time. The year 2017 marks a major milestone in Canadian history. It is the 150 th anniversary of Confederation and the 50 th anniversary of Expo 67, the seminal World Expo that put Canad ...
Great Britain
... contrasting with great bare walls of simplicity, and finally cupolas and barrel-vaults. In these early times, in the mid 18th century the architects did not know precisely the ancient, classical forms, they could not use these forms properly as in ancient times. Instead of the knowledge of the ancie ...
... contrasting with great bare walls of simplicity, and finally cupolas and barrel-vaults. In these early times, in the mid 18th century the architects did not know precisely the ancient, classical forms, they could not use these forms properly as in ancient times. Instead of the knowledge of the ancie ...
Architecture of the 19 century and the Turn of the century
... contrasting with great bare walls of simplicity, and finally cupolas and barrel-vaults. In these early times, in the mid 18th century the architects didn't know precisely the ancient, classical forms, they couldn't use these forms properly as in ancient times. Instead of the knowledge of the ancient ...
... contrasting with great bare walls of simplicity, and finally cupolas and barrel-vaults. In these early times, in the mid 18th century the architects didn't know precisely the ancient, classical forms, they couldn't use these forms properly as in ancient times. Instead of the knowledge of the ancient ...
ARCHITECTURE MODERN MOVEMENT TUCSON
... functional requirements and the new methods of construction that were available. The first dozen years or so after the war were an incredibly innovative time for architecture. Modern architecture had come into its own. The leaders of this movement included Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ...
... functional requirements and the new methods of construction that were available. The first dozen years or so after the war were an incredibly innovative time for architecture. Modern architecture had come into its own. The leaders of this movement included Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ...
Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture Exhibition guidebook
... Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), in 1988, which also included the work of Coop Himmelb(l)au, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind and Bernard Tschumi. The exhibition was a major event in the architecture world. Not since the museum’s seminal 1932 “Modern Architecture” ex ...
... Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), in 1988, which also included the work of Coop Himmelb(l)au, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind and Bernard Tschumi. The exhibition was a major event in the architecture world. Not since the museum’s seminal 1932 “Modern Architecture” ex ...
860 | 880 Lake Shore Drive
... and the following yearhe left for the United States. In 1940, the Armour Institute merged with Lewis Institute to form the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Mies was given the commission to plan a new campus for the school. Many of his buildings for IIT were built during the twenty years he taug ...
... and the following yearhe left for the United States. In 1940, the Armour Institute merged with Lewis Institute to form the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Mies was given the commission to plan a new campus for the school. Many of his buildings for IIT were built during the twenty years he taug ...
Seagram Building Fiche - DoCoMoMo : New York | Tri
... International Style’s faith in simplicity and clarity. Mies began to experiment with designs for glass towers in the early 1920’s. An admirer of the philosopher Oswald Spengler, Mies shared Spengler’s pessimistic view that the 20th century would be a time of Western cultural breakdown. The architect ...
... International Style’s faith in simplicity and clarity. Mies began to experiment with designs for glass towers in the early 1920’s. An admirer of the philosopher Oswald Spengler, Mies shared Spengler’s pessimistic view that the 20th century would be a time of Western cultural breakdown. The architect ...
John Sugden: Mid-Century Modern Man and his Architecture The
... maybe even the Stromquist House by Frank Lloyd Wright were a little – or way – too edgy for most people’s tastes in the 1950s. But architects like John Sugden helped us define how we lived, went to school, worked in offices, and recreated by designing a brave new aesthetic to communicate with Utahns ...
... maybe even the Stromquist House by Frank Lloyd Wright were a little – or way – too edgy for most people’s tastes in the 1950s. But architects like John Sugden helped us define how we lived, went to school, worked in offices, and recreated by designing a brave new aesthetic to communicate with Utahns ...
Art Deco Then and Now--Is Bauhaus Beautiful
... Even though the Barcelona Pavilion, (demolished in 1930 and rebuilt in 1950 to its original design specs) had no particular purpose, it has been a source of inspiration for generations of architects world-wide. Nevertheless, for my taste it is Mies van der Rohe‟s Tugendhat House built as a functiona ...
... Even though the Barcelona Pavilion, (demolished in 1930 and rebuilt in 1950 to its original design specs) had no particular purpose, it has been a source of inspiration for generations of architects world-wide. Nevertheless, for my taste it is Mies van der Rohe‟s Tugendhat House built as a functiona ...
A Study of Nordic Architecture Through the Works - Ivar Aasen
... This paper will talk about the main characteristics of Nordic architecture, specifically emphasizing the Norwegian style through the architect Sverre Fehn. The paper will look at Sverre Fehn’s work, highlighting and analyzing the Ivar Aasen Museum and the way modern and traditional, natural and hist ...
... This paper will talk about the main characteristics of Nordic architecture, specifically emphasizing the Norwegian style through the architect Sverre Fehn. The paper will look at Sverre Fehn’s work, highlighting and analyzing the Ivar Aasen Museum and the way modern and traditional, natural and hist ...
The cognitive methodology of the Porto School: foundation and
... regionalist trend in Portuguese architecture: we can speak of a regionalist style in which traditional techniques and building materials (in conjunction with new materials and modern construction techniques), were used with the intent of seeking formal references to vernacular architecture, even if ...
... regionalist trend in Portuguese architecture: we can speak of a regionalist style in which traditional techniques and building materials (in conjunction with new materials and modern construction techniques), were used with the intent of seeking formal references to vernacular architecture, even if ...
here - Stephen Day Architecture
... The post-WW II Italian theorists and architects have been enormously influential for those involved with new architectural insertions in historic contexts. Some of the earliest and most pivotal examples of this sensibility can be found in Carlo Scarpa’s work, particularly in his restoration and rede ...
... The post-WW II Italian theorists and architects have been enormously influential for those involved with new architectural insertions in historic contexts. Some of the earliest and most pivotal examples of this sensibility can be found in Carlo Scarpa’s work, particularly in his restoration and rede ...
View/Open - Institutional Scholarship
... the latter it is explicit, embodied, objective, and externally bounded. The source of this difference, its origin, lies in the adoption of architecture as the permanent living environment. ... In a very real and literal sense the adoption of architecture is an acceptance of structure and constraint. ...
... the latter it is explicit, embodied, objective, and externally bounded. The source of this difference, its origin, lies in the adoption of architecture as the permanent living environment. ... In a very real and literal sense the adoption of architecture is an acceptance of structure and constraint. ...
ORTHOGONAL ALLEGORY: the reality of architectural plan drawing
... model of a globalized society is replaced by a model of adaptivity to concrete situations inside the social collective. The forms of planning and manufacturing based on numeric variability of plan allow for new methods of massproduction that include individualized variations. Parametric design build ...
... model of a globalized society is replaced by a model of adaptivity to concrete situations inside the social collective. The forms of planning and manufacturing based on numeric variability of plan allow for new methods of massproduction that include individualized variations. Parametric design build ...
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... When we talk about modernism, we are not only referring to the modern movement in architecture, however diverse recognizable at least in the trade. Instead, we are rather referring to the general change in the paradigms of society, culture and economy that took place along the XXth century, beginnin ...
... When we talk about modernism, we are not only referring to the modern movement in architecture, however diverse recognizable at least in the trade. Instead, we are rather referring to the general change in the paradigms of society, culture and economy that took place along the XXth century, beginnin ...
Expressionist architecture
Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts that especially developed and dominated in Germany.Brick Expressionism is a special variant, that dominates in western and northern Germany and the Amsterdam School in the Netherlands .The term ""Expressionist architecture"" initially described the activity of the German, Dutch, Austrian, Czech and Danish avant garde from 1910 until 1930. Subsequent redefinitions extended the term backwards to 1905 and also widened it to encompass the rest of Europe. Today the meaning has broadened even further to refer to architecture of any date or location that exhibits some of the qualities of the original movement such as; distortion, fragmentation or the communication of violent or overstressed emotion.The style was characterised by an early-modernist adoption of novel materials, formal innovation, and very unusual massing, sometimes inspired by natural biomorphic forms, sometimes by the new technical possibilities offered by the mass production of brick, steel and especially glass. Many expressionist architects fought in World War I and their experiences, combined with the political turmoil and social upheaval that followed the German Revolution of 1919, resulted in a utopian outlook and a romantic socialist agenda. Economic conditions severely limited the number of built commissions between 1914 and the mid-1920s, resulting in many of the most important expressionist works remaining as projects on paper, such as Bruno Taut's Alpine Architecture and Hermann Finsterlin's Formspiels. Ephemeral exhibition buildings were numerous and highly significant during this period. Scenography for theatre and films provided another outlet for the expressionist imagination, and provided supplemental incomes for designers attempting to challenge conventions in a harsh economicate.Important events in expressionist architecture include; the Werkbund Exhibition (1914) in Cologne, the completion and theatrical running of the Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin in 1919, the Glass Chain letters, and the activities of the Amsterdam School. The major permanent extant landmark of Expressionism is Erich Mendelsohn's Einstein Tower in Potsdam. By 1925 most of the leading architects of Expressionism such as; Bruno Taut, Erich Mendelsohn, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Hans Poelzig, along with other Expressionists in the visual arts, had turned toward the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement, a more practical and matter-of-fact approach which rejected the emotional agitation of expressionism. A few, notably Hans Scharoun, continued to work in an expressionist idiom.In 1933, after the Nazi seizure of power in Germany, expressionist art was outlawed as degenerate. Until the 1970s scholars commonly played down the influence of the expressionists on the later International style, but this has been re-evaluated in recent years.