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| Name: Bauhaus Architect(s): Walter Gropius Location: Dessau, Germany Date: 1925 CE Why It's Important: 1. It directly translated what the Bauhaus was about by isolating the different rooms into their functions and by illustrating these functions with materials and design. 2. The plan was shaped like a propeller because it was the most futuristic of all modern machines. | |
| Name: Weissenhoff Siedlung Architect(s): Mies van der Rohe et al. Location: Stuttgart, Germany Date: 1927 Why It's Important: 1. The project was ideal for modernists because economic limitations meant buildings would need to be of modest scale, simple materials and little ornament. 2. It was a model display of modern domestic architecture, interior fittings and construction technology sponsored by the German Werkbund. | |
| Name: Villa Savoye Architect(s): Le Corbusier Location: Poissy, France Date: 1929 Why It's Important: 1. It is often considered the Parthenon of modernism with its full realization of Corbusier's five points of architecture. 2. The elevation contrasts with sharpness of the second level with the roundness of the elements on the rooftop garden. | |
| Name: Unite d' Habitation Architect(s): Le Corbusier Location: Marseilles, France Date: 1947-1952 CE Why It's Important: 1. Instead using of using planes to create geometric volumes, Corbusier used to them to create bold sculptural effects with rugged texture, scale and weight. 2. Often called Brutalism, because of the beton brut, which is French for raw concrete. | |
| Name: German Pavilion Architect(s): Mies van der Rohe Location: Barcelona, Spain Date: 1929 CE Why It's Important: 1. Spatial diversity is created by the overlapping and intersecting planes of material. 2. The walls are independent of the structure, which allows the space to exist outside of the structure. | |
| Name: Seagram Building Architect(s): Mies van der Rohe Location: New York City, NY, USA Date: 1958 CE Why It's Important: 1. It is cladded in solid bronze and bronze tinted glass to give it a more luxurious feeling than most skyscrapers. 2. Instead of using the traditional back form that most skyscrapers utilized to allow sun light to reach the street, it only took 40% of the lot and had public space on the ground floor. | |
| Name: Municipal Library Viipuri Architect(s): Alvar Aalto Location: Vyborg, Russia Date: 1927 CE Why It's Important: 1. The skylights are conical shaped which diffuses the light that is easier to read with than direct sunlight. 2. The exterior masonry walls are 30 inches thick which insulates the library from street sound and cold. | |
| Name: Villa Mairea Architect(s): Alvar Aalto Location: Noormarkku, Finland Date: 1937-1939 CE Why It's Important: 1. Had the international style elements of a flat roof and simple volumes. 2. Also had the Norwegian vernacular elements of a gray granite base and narrow strips teak on the balcony and windows. | |
| Name: Barragan House Architect(s): Luis Barragan Location: Mexico City, Mexico Date: 1947 CE Why It's Important: 1. The exterior is a traditional Mexican facade, but interior is more modern and filled with brilliant colors. 2. The window in the living room is perfectly proportioned to be a box within a box. It also has no window edging and the view is incredible. | |
| Name: Church of the Light Architect(s): Tando Ando Location: Ibaraki, Japan Date: 1988-1989 CE Why It's Important: 1. Flooring and pews are made of recycled scaffolding planks used for construction. 2. The void in the wall creates the cross which is exactly the opposite of Church on the Water. | |
| Name: New Gourna Village Architect(s): Hassan Fathy Location: Luxor, Egypt Date: 1946 CE Why It's Important: 1. It utilized traditional Egyptian construction techniques like rammed earth. 2. However, it utilized simple forms and very little ornament in accordance with the international style. | |
| Name: St. John's Abbey Architect(s): Marcel Breuer Location: Collegeville, MN Date: 1953-1961 CE Why It's Important: 1. The abbot wrote to 12 famous architects and Breuer was selected because he listened to what they wanted rather than telling what he was going to do. 2. There was a lot of care and craft put into the building. It was made concrete and had poor acoustics. | |
| Name: Richardson Medical Research Building Architect(s): Louis Kahn Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Date: 1951-1961 CE Why It's Important: 1. It utilized served and servant spaces and are distinctly separate from each other. 2. It mainly utilized daylight through large windows because Kahn believed artificial light was dead due to its staticness. | |
| Name: TWA Terminal Architect(s): Eero Saarinen Location: Queens, NY, USA Date: 1956-1962 CE Why It's Important: 1. The client wanted to capture the spirit of flight so the exterior roof imitates a bird in flight. 2. The interior has similar curves to the exterior and it is a fully designed environment similar to the total work of art popular during the Art Nouveau era. |
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