Bibliography: Curtis‚ William J.R.; Modern Architecture Since 1900 Phaidon Press Ltd‚ London‚ 2001. Darling‚ Elizabeth‚ Le Corbusier‚ Carlton Books‚ London‚ 2000. Frampton‚ Kenneth; Modern Architecture‚ A Critical History‚ Thames and Hudson‚ London‚ 2011. Le Corbusier‚ Towards a New Architecture‚ BN Publishing.net‚ Great Britain‚ 2008. Lutz‚ Brian; Knoll‚ A Modernist Universe‚ Rizzoli‚ New York‚ 2010. McCarter‚ Robert; Frank Lloyd Wright‚ Reaktion
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changes on Bauhaus ideology and Nazi’s party pressures‚ the Bauhaus community started to unravel leaving the The Bauhaus on unstable ground. In 1930‚ Meyers was dismissed and Mies can der Rohe took over. However‚ the new appointment in director did little to safe the Bauhaus from the fate of being closed by the Nazi Party. Mies relocated the school to Berlin‚ however it was short lived and was forced to closed down by the Nazi party in 1933.
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The Bauhaus Design Movement The Bauhaus is one of the most important Design Movements in the twentieth century. It took place in Germany of the 1920s and early 1930s‚ the period of the Weimar Republic‚ an area considered one of the birthplaces of the Modern Movement in architecture and design. The impact of the horrible experiences in the First World War‚ poverty and inflation created a new consciousness‚ which influenced strongly Design‚ Architecture and Art. This was the age of the Bauhaus
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The Einstein Tower: An Expressionist Landmark Introduction Erich Mendelsohn began his creative architectural sketches while standing guard in World War I‚ along with many other famous architects such as Mies van der Rohe‚ Gropius‚ and Le Corbusier. What was it about standing guard between life and death that enticed a certain creative architectural vision? Maybe it simply provided an ability to envision a world unlike the one being occupied or maybe it reminded these young men of the preciousness
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Analysis of acropolis The significant recorded history of western architecture starts in ancient Egypt. Numerous of giant scale of figural objects stand along the Fertile Crescent. After Egyptian‚ around 5th century‚ the Greek began to construct their own city. When they took a look at what did their Egyptian ancestor did. Some elements were remained‚ some changes occurred. One of the most condense collections of all the dialects between Egypt and Greece happened in the capital of Greece - Athens
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caused by an excess of decor and ornamentation. As early as 1908‚ the Austrian architect Adolf Loos had said that architectural ornamentation was criminal‚ and his statement would become fundamental to Modernism and eventually trigger the careers of Le
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On a hill overlooking a large lake‚ this museum is a cultural facility for the artistic education of children. It is made up of three units – the main museum‚ an intermediate plaza and a workshop complex- all linked by a long pathway slice through the hillside. The main unit is a multi-functional complex containing a library‚ indoor and outdoor theatres‚ exhibition gallery‚ multi-purpose hall and restaurant. It is composed of two staggered volumes‚ one of which connects with a fan-shaped building
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Philip Johnson’s Glass House: Beyond Mies and the Modern Movement Philip Johnson (b. 1906) began his career in the 1930s as a critic and curator. In 1932‚ during his time at The Museum of Modern Art‚ he oversaw an exhibition he titled The International Style‚ which featured the work of the avant-garde architects‚ designers and theorists of Europe led by Le Corbusier‚ Walter Gropius and his mentor‚ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was Johnson and this exhibition that helped to define and articulate
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Department of Architecture SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AR1102 Architectural Design 1 Academic Year 2012/2013 Project 02 – The room and a ‘village’ Project 02 The room and a ‘village’ Understanding architectural language Using architectural language and Making architectural language Arguably the room or its approximation is the basic construct of an architectural space. How it is defined‚ enclosed and what elements are used to do this is the architecture
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The Vanna Venturi House Essay Robert Venturi’s early design; the Vanna Venturi House‚ has been a reference for contemporary architecture. His domestic masterpiece challenged the definition of modern architecture.1 It seems the Vanna Venturi House contradicted many of the rules that modern architects were expected to follow. This essay will discuss the architectural qualities of the Vanna Venturi House and the precedents which influenced its design. Robert Venturi was only thirty-four when he
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