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    Rakhshaan  Qazi-­‐  Modern  Architecture‚  Essay  two       Four  of  the  leading  architects  of  the  modernist  period  were  Adolf  Loos‚  Frank   Lloyd  Wright‚  Ludwig  Mies  Van  der  Rode‚  and  Louis  Kahn.  These  architects  drew   significantly  from  each  other  and  explored  similar  ideas  in  their  establishing  of  a   new  standard

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    Modern architecture and traditional architecture Nowadays‚ as we known the architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and modern architecture. Architecture‚ this word possesses an immense creativity in itself. Usually‚ when we hear this word‚ picture of creative design of physical structures flashes in our mind. Integral to the identity of any country is its architectural heritage‚ combining modern and traditional architectural designs or product

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    HISTORY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE 310 TEST #1 October 3‚ 2012 ESSAY ANSWER DUE beginning of class! 10/10/2012 ______________________ NAME 1. A How windows fit into a wall. In the old traditions of the revivalist architecture of the past (pre -1850)‚ there were no windows on the buildings. Instead‚ what people made in order to let the sun light pass through and

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    KAIST Modern Architecture [HSS374] Review paper The way that I look at Architecture 20120659 Lee-Kanghee Nowadays there are so many fantastic buildings. Like wearing trendy clothes‚ buildings boast a gorgeous appearance using high-rise‚ glass curtain‚ curved‚ peculiar shape‚ and etc. As if wearing a slightly different uniform‚ Modern Architecture bubbled up with high technology and ostentation just for show. However‚ architecture is built on land‚ and human lives in architecture. The architecture

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    MODERN ARCHITECTURE De Stijl Architecture De Stijl architecture was formed by a group of young artists who created the new movement in 1917; calling both the movement and the magazine they published De Stijl. The group promoted utopian ideals and group members believed in the birth of new age in the wake of WWI. They felt it was a time of balance between individual and universal values. The work was completely abstract as well. The goal was total integration of art and life. GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD

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    HISTORY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE NAME: ARCHITECTURE 310 TEST #2 THE FOLLOWING ESSAY QUESTIONS ARE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS April 18th‚ 2013‚ AFTER THE SLIDE I.D. 1. DISCUSS SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROPIUS’S BAUHAUS SCHOOL AND AALTO’S PAIMIO SANATORIUM BAUHAUS PAIMIO SANATORIUM A. Bauhaus - Use rectangle shape to divide the area for different function. Paimio Sanatorium - Different angle to separate different

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    Can modern architecture and traditional architecture concur? Nowadays‚ traditional ways of performing tasks are fading and very few parts of it still exists‚ now all types of machinery with the help of technology have been invented to make work easier for human beings. (7Ranchise 2011) Architecture has been divided into many categories to fit our life styles in a particular time at a particular place. (7Ranchise 2011) The main two well-known ways of recognising these are: Modern Architecture and

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    its structural abilities through his designs. The modern industry‚ as well as the political disorder which came about following the First World War‚ motivated his innovative design philosophies which appeared in his creation of the Domino House. The structure of the Domino House was a fundamental design for many of his future constructions. Through practice‚ Le Corbusier developed his own architectural theories in his Five Points on Architecture. Mies van der Rohe‚ too‚ was prompted by World War

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    parts of it have been preserved. Architecture has been broken down into many categories to fit the lifestyle of people in a particular place at a particular time. The two main ways of recognising these are; Modern architecture and traditional architecture. Modern architecture is known as the movement of architecture that began in the 20th century‚ it is also architecture that is characterised by the simplification of forms and subtraction of ornaments‚ modern architecture can be some of the most futuristic

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    Starchitect of Post-Modern Architecture Architecture was the first style to push beyond modernist values and shift to post-modern values. Modern architecture followed a uniform style that appears in the de Stijl movement; which preferred order‚ horizontal/vertical lines‚ simplicity‚ sameness‚ universal form‚ and purism; meanwhile‚ the Bauhaus movement used industrial materials and simple geometric forms. The international style or what can be termed as present-day architecture followed the modernist

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