For example‚ Onyx was used by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to construct The Barcelona Pavilion. It was created in 1929 in Czech Repubic from glass‚ steel‚ travertine‚ marble‚ and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains. The pavilion’s design is based on a formulaic grid system developed by Mies that not only serves as the patterning of the travertine pavers‚ but it also serves as an underlying framework that the wall
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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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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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its tall frame‚ its minimal design‚ the elegant black bands running around the building‚ the use of tinted black aluminum curtain with bronze tinted glazing‚ the bundled tubular form etc etc. I have always been a fan of minimalism‚ courtesy Mies Van Der Rohe‚ and I have a thing for buildings with the ‘skin and bones’ kind of appeal‚ a characteristic found essentially in the design of this building. It is almost like nudism in art‚ only that the canvas is 110 story tall. The form speaks for itself
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The Bauhaus was a German school of design from 1919 to 1933. It was a movement that was strongly influenced by the outcomes of World War One and rejected the ideals of the past and embraced the age of the machine. By focusing on the materials and the eradication of superfluous decoration‚ the Bauhaus established a new ideal‚ which was‚ form following function. Through their manipulation of established and new products this enabled them to emphasise the very ‘materiality’ of the items they produced
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In the decades following the Second World War‚ America’s cities began a transformation still being felt today. The increased suburbanization of the middle class‚ and the resulting movement to stop it‚ led to the development of new urban spaces which had wildly varying levels of success. New partnerships between businesses and government agencies resulted in legislation that had a variety of positive and negative effects on different populations. Architects strived to create new methods of housing
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The Bauhaus was a German Art school that operated in 1919 through to 1933 created by Walter Gropius. There was many positive aims to the creation of his school of fine arts and crafts of different sorts‚ Gropius believed that “Architects‚ painters‚ sculptors‚ we must return to crafts! For there is no such thing as ‘professional art’. (Walter Gropius‚1919). The Bauhaus focused on two things mainly‚ one being the coming together of all creative people and secondly a dream of creating a school that
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April 21‚ 2005 Hum 101 Final 1. Describe how recent advancements in technology (since 1975 or so) have changed the arts and arts education. Answer: Since 1975 or so there has been many changes in technology that have affected arts education. Advancements in technology such as the internet‚ computers‚ and more art education programs have played a major effect. Before this era students could not really get the full picture of visual arts unless the instructor has the actual prints. The
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From Embodying Ornament to Functional and Aesthetic Space in Early-20th-Century Architecture. "If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done." Despite the risk of sounding cliché by opening with a Ludwig Wittgenstein quote‚ this is where we shall begin. It is something that relates back to a basic human instinct that is so deeply rooted in our DNA. Why do we yearn so intuitively for ideas that are silly and nonsensical? The answer is balance. Everything in the universe
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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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