MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM IN ARCHITECTURE, AN
... human to modern human by using the architecture was the thing that stimulated the reactions opposite it more than all (Jawdet, 2005). Post-modern building is a building that raises itself in front of modern architecture at the same time at two levels: one for architects and limited group of enthusia ...
... human to modern human by using the architecture was the thing that stimulated the reactions opposite it more than all (Jawdet, 2005). Post-modern building is a building that raises itself in front of modern architecture at the same time at two levels: one for architects and limited group of enthusia ...
Teacher`s Guide - Discovery Education
... 1. Explain to the class that a skyscraper is a tall building in which the weight of the structure is supported by a weatherproof, strong inner framework. The word skyscraper was used in the 1880s, when the first tall buildings were built in the United States. But there are skyscrapers all over the w ...
... 1. Explain to the class that a skyscraper is a tall building in which the weight of the structure is supported by a weatherproof, strong inner framework. The word skyscraper was used in the 1880s, when the first tall buildings were built in the United States. But there are skyscrapers all over the w ...
Circa: Historical Property Development Summary
... by Le Corbusier, J.J.P. Oud (of the Dutch De Stijl), Alvar Aalto, Peter Behrens, and inclusive of the Bauhaus movement led by Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is characterized by social goals of affordable, humane housing and by the aesthetics and functionality of the Machine Age. Pio ...
... by Le Corbusier, J.J.P. Oud (of the Dutch De Stijl), Alvar Aalto, Peter Behrens, and inclusive of the Bauhaus movement led by Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is characterized by social goals of affordable, humane housing and by the aesthetics and functionality of the Machine Age. Pio ...
Mid Century Modern - Vancouver Heritage Foundation
... shift in social values away from appearance and towards quality of living. These Modern Movement ideas, which had emerged in Europe in the early 20th century and gained momentum after World War I, were well suited to Vancouver, a young and growing city. This was the perfect environment for creative ...
... shift in social values away from appearance and towards quality of living. These Modern Movement ideas, which had emerged in Europe in the early 20th century and gained momentum after World War I, were well suited to Vancouver, a young and growing city. This was the perfect environment for creative ...
Architectural History - Historic Hawaii Foundation
... Public Works Administration (PWA) included many features redolent of more the popular architectural designs of Deco, Zigzag and Streamlined Modern. Post offices, railway stations, fire-stations, police stations and schools funded by the federal government embraced the simplicity of the stripped-down ...
... Public Works Administration (PWA) included many features redolent of more the popular architectural designs of Deco, Zigzag and Streamlined Modern. Post offices, railway stations, fire-stations, police stations and schools funded by the federal government embraced the simplicity of the stripped-down ...
Good Old-Fashioned Modernism
... modernist structure like that being historic. I think the more far-reaching and visionary of those men and women would have foreseen that perhaps this iconic structure would someday be historic—many others would not. But the answer, I think, really lies in the history of the preservation movement. D ...
... modernist structure like that being historic. I think the more far-reaching and visionary of those men and women would have foreseen that perhaps this iconic structure would someday be historic—many others would not. But the answer, I think, really lies in the history of the preservation movement. D ...
Development of Modernist Style in Western European
... tomorrow you need to be well acquainted with the past and historical development. Only by gaining this knowledge and experience you can guarantee that you will design a better future, studying from the efforts and mistakes of the past. This is why I choose to orient my final dissertation towards thi ...
... tomorrow you need to be well acquainted with the past and historical development. Only by gaining this knowledge and experience you can guarantee that you will design a better future, studying from the efforts and mistakes of the past. This is why I choose to orient my final dissertation towards thi ...
Inhoud - Histechnica
... Around World war 1, numerous architects were settled in the Colony; frequently they combined the architectural profession with the ownership of a building company. Beside their involvement of all sort of activities, they announced them selves as architects. Those people often came out as draftsmen o ...
... Around World war 1, numerous architects were settled in the Colony; frequently they combined the architectural profession with the ownership of a building company. Beside their involvement of all sort of activities, they announced them selves as architects. Those people often came out as draftsmen o ...
Mies and Exhibitions
... on certain issues and its freedom from addressing others-allow Mies to produce designs that he would have been Gable to create otherwise? Or were exhibition projects only distinguished from the others by their venue? In some cases-the Velvet and Silk Caf6, the expositions in Barcelona and in Brussel ...
... on certain issues and its freedom from addressing others-allow Mies to produce designs that he would have been Gable to create otherwise? Or were exhibition projects only distinguished from the others by their venue? In some cases-the Velvet and Silk Caf6, the expositions in Barcelona and in Brussel ...
Perception and the Problem with Preserving Modernist Architecture: 2 Columbus Circle Lauren Vollono
... typology and time. The initial reception of Edward Durrell Stone’s Gallery of Modern Art was one of disgust in New York, both for its ideological stance against abstraction and its architectural historicism against dominant modernist trends. While the building continued to take on many different mea ...
... typology and time. The initial reception of Edward Durrell Stone’s Gallery of Modern Art was one of disgust in New York, both for its ideological stance against abstraction and its architectural historicism against dominant modernist trends. While the building continued to take on many different mea ...
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... The new projects share several ongoing challenges facing 20th century architecture. This includes the need to better understand aging architectural concrete, one of the most widely used materials in modern architecture, and its proper treatment. Another issue is the use of clear and colored glass, i ...
... The new projects share several ongoing challenges facing 20th century architecture. This includes the need to better understand aging architectural concrete, one of the most widely used materials in modern architecture, and its proper treatment. Another issue is the use of clear and colored glass, i ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
... The twenty-one buildings vary slightly in form, consisting of terraced and detached houses and apartment buildings, and display a strong consistency of design. What they have in common are their simplified facades, flat roofs used as terraces, window bands, open plan interiors, and the high level of ...
... The twenty-one buildings vary slightly in form, consisting of terraced and detached houses and apartment buildings, and display a strong consistency of design. What they have in common are their simplified facades, flat roofs used as terraces, window bands, open plan interiors, and the high level of ...
Summer 2005 Newsletter
... wondered if they were better off with the old pink trailer. Others were excited about the unique building which was understood to be a prototype of a new domestic technology. Just as remarkable was the fact that R. Buckminster Fuller himself, the inventor of the dome, and his wife, Anne, were to liv ...
... wondered if they were better off with the old pink trailer. Others were excited about the unique building which was understood to be a prototype of a new domestic technology. Just as remarkable was the fact that R. Buckminster Fuller himself, the inventor of the dome, and his wife, Anne, were to liv ...
Printable PDF - Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
... buildings were skyscrapers when they were built. What is important to us now is that, if built today, they certainly would not be thought of as ...
... buildings were skyscrapers when they were built. What is important to us now is that, if built today, they certainly would not be thought of as ...
Three Early Designs by Mies van der Rohe
... seem influenced by contemporary photographs of American skyscrapersunder construction, such as Alfred Stieglitz' "Old and New New York"of 9Io08(I). Mies's suggestion to use glass for the non-load-bearing walls had already been executed at innumerable steel-frame structures for department stores, ind ...
... seem influenced by contemporary photographs of American skyscrapersunder construction, such as Alfred Stieglitz' "Old and New New York"of 9Io08(I). Mies's suggestion to use glass for the non-load-bearing walls had already been executed at innumerable steel-frame structures for department stores, ind ...
Buildings for Best Products
... a counter convenient to the parking lot. The system is fast, efficient, and operates without a large sales staff. As of 1979 Best Products has 74 showrooms in 10 states, of which half are in the "sunbelt," and has been adding 10 to 15 new show rooms each year. Whether or not they have ever visited a ...
... a counter convenient to the parking lot. The system is fast, efficient, and operates without a large sales staff. As of 1979 Best Products has 74 showrooms in 10 states, of which half are in the "sunbelt," and has been adding 10 to 15 new show rooms each year. Whether or not they have ever visited a ...
THE DOWNTOWN NEW YORK WEBWALK TOUR 3: CITY HALL
... Cass Gilbert's first building in New York was this boldly designed tower. Gilbert's design juxtaposes the grandly ornamented pink granite clad base with the plain red and blue brick clad shaft. The tower culminates in a highly ornamented colonnade, attic story and projecting cornice. At the time, th ...
... Cass Gilbert's first building in New York was this boldly designed tower. Gilbert's design juxtaposes the grandly ornamented pink granite clad base with the plain red and blue brick clad shaft. The tower culminates in a highly ornamented colonnade, attic story and projecting cornice. At the time, th ...
Three modern preservation cases
... extremely short supply. From the minutes of the January 26, 1924 meeting of the building committee of the "Zonnestraal" Association (Studiecommissie exploitatie landgoed "Zonnestraal"), it appears that the depreciation period was set at fifty years. The minutes were in the Zonnestraal historical arc ...
... extremely short supply. From the minutes of the January 26, 1924 meeting of the building committee of the "Zonnestraal" Association (Studiecommissie exploitatie landgoed "Zonnestraal"), it appears that the depreciation period was set at fifty years. The minutes were in the Zonnestraal historical arc ...
Art Deco Then and Now--Is Bauhaus Beautiful
... Mies van der Rohe Seagram’s Building, (19541957) used construction materials well suited for the NYC climate and has endured both physically and aesthetically; its modernistic design employing rectilinear shapes and eschewing contrast in construction materials. The unidimensional design and paucity ...
... Mies van der Rohe Seagram’s Building, (19541957) used construction materials well suited for the NYC climate and has endured both physically and aesthetically; its modernistic design employing rectilinear shapes and eschewing contrast in construction materials. The unidimensional design and paucity ...
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... the terrace accessible from the cafe from which the visitors can admire the panorama of Linz. Below, at basement level, there are two exhibition rooms, room for seminars and workshops, library, room for studies of graphics, cloakroom for visitors, storage and auxiliary rooms (Fig. 2). The upper floo ...
... the terrace accessible from the cafe from which the visitors can admire the panorama of Linz. Below, at basement level, there are two exhibition rooms, room for seminars and workshops, library, room for studies of graphics, cloakroom for visitors, storage and auxiliary rooms (Fig. 2). The upper floo ...
John Sugden: Mid-Century Modern Man and his Architecture The
... Through his mother, Roberta, and her familial ties they came to Utah. At 7 or 8 years old he could remember cross country skiing up the east side of town between East High School, where he would eventually attend, and the Bonneville Golf Course. John would later take a turn jumping on Ecker Hill but ...
... Through his mother, Roberta, and her familial ties they came to Utah. At 7 or 8 years old he could remember cross country skiing up the east side of town between East High School, where he would eventually attend, and the Bonneville Golf Course. John would later take a turn jumping on Ecker Hill but ...
Keeping It Modern 2015 Architectural Conservation Grants
... Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he built his family home. The house is modest in scale yet revolutionary in impact, embodying the Bauhaus principles of simplicity, economy, and restrained beauty. It combines traditional elements of New England Exterior of Historic New England’s Gropius House in archit ...
... Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he built his family home. The house is modest in scale yet revolutionary in impact, embodying the Bauhaus principles of simplicity, economy, and restrained beauty. It combines traditional elements of New England Exterior of Historic New England’s Gropius House in archit ...
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... of the Gothic Revival style but did not use any ornament. Instead it focused on the stone joinery. This design was very influential. Other buildings began to copy its forms. ...
... of the Gothic Revival style but did not use any ornament. Instead it focused on the stone joinery. This design was very influential. Other buildings began to copy its forms. ...
Round 5 - Collegiate Quiz Bowl Packet
... layers that make it look like a tube of lipstick. This man’s other New York City collaborations with John Burgee include the [*] Chippendale pediment of the AT&T Building, now the Sony Building. The estate built by this first-ever Pritzker laureate includes a Painting Gallery under a berm, a solid b ...
... layers that make it look like a tube of lipstick. This man’s other New York City collaborations with John Burgee include the [*] Chippendale pediment of the AT&T Building, now the Sony Building. The estate built by this first-ever Pritzker laureate includes a Painting Gallery under a berm, a solid b ...
- The Archi Blog
... Getty Education Institute for the Arts Getty Grant Program Getty Information Institute J. Paul Getty Trust, the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities J. Paul Getty Museum ...
... Getty Education Institute for the Arts Getty Grant Program Getty Information Institute J. Paul Getty Trust, the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities J. Paul Getty Museum ...
Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. He is especially known for his postmodern work since the 1980s.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In 1978 he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and in 1979 the first Pritzker Architecture Prize. He was a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Johnson was gay, and has been called ""the best-known openly gay architect in America."" In 1961, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1963. He came out publicly in 1993.Johnson died in his sleep while at his Glass House retreat in 2005. He was survived by his partner of 45 years, David Whitney, who died later that year at age 66.