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| Grete Schutte-Lihotsky, Frankfurt Kitchen, 1926 |
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McKim, Mead, White, Pennsylvania Station, NYC, 1902/11, dem 1963-64
monumental classical composition
imperial Roman Architecture
sophisticated planning for large numbers of people
resolve form and function |
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Eliel Saarinen, Railray Station, Helsinki, 1904-19
shallow national design changed with criticism
reinforced concrete
rejected beaux-arts
surface patters/ornament integral part of any building
purified by gravity of war
bold simplicity |
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John & Donald Parkinson,
Union RR Station, LA, 1934-39
Period Revival
spanish colonial
romance of past rather than rationalism of modern transport
reinforced regional identities |
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Hector Guimard,
Metro Entrance, Paris, FR, 1900
cast iron
Art Nouveau
fresh design identity
artfully coordinated environments
blurring of distinctions between traditionally separate categories |
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Albert Kahn, Dodge Half-Ton Factory, Chrysler Corp., Warren, MI, 1937
industry arch. deals first with practical the with external appearance
functionalist terms |
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Robert Derrah, Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Los Angeles, CA 1936
giant ocean liner
nautical imagery
aura of streamlined power
rational engineering |
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Wallis, Gilbert, & Partners, Hoover Factory, London, EN, 1931-35
"fancy factories"
Kahn system of concrete construction
attentio to lighting ventilation and efficient arrangement
art Deco facades
attracted public attn. good advertising
erase the popular image of factories as dark and brutal work places |
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Peter Behrens & AEG, 1908-09
coordination between creative design and industrial production
Behrens as artistic advisor
elevated industrial design to level of culturally significant high art |
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Weissenhof Housing Development, Stuttgart, 1927
17 different architects built 17 different model homes
critical "snapshot of progressive architecture" |
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Walter Gropius,
Bauhaus, Dessau, GR 1929
modern design school
raducal nature
three directors incl. Van der Rohe
learning through experimentation
cubist conception
fusion of art and tectonics |
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, 1937
enormous scale
efficiency economy and elegance
minimum materials
reduce weight and visual mass
integrated straitfoward forms |
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Town Hall, Hilversum, Netherlands, by Willem Dudok, 1928-31
design as growth management
Art Deco
planar surfaces
boxlike exterior softened by landscaping |
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Herbert Baker
Union Building
Pretoria South Africa 1909
affinity between british imperialism and classic design
hillside location-sacred acropolis
raised above
two office blocks=dutch and english races
inherent superiority of western values |
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Edward Lutyens
Delhi Planning Commission
made an effort to incoporate indian arch.
benevolent new cultural syntheis..enobled imperial venture
designed city like DC
"native quarters" in stark contrast |
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Vladimir Tatlin: Project for the Monument to the Third International, 1919-20
invited comparison to Eiffel tower
three volumes representing various agencies
atithesis of solid forms of tradition
promise new universe of possibilities |
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Konstantin Melnikov, Rusakov Workers’ Club, Moscow, 1927-28
designed to be fliexible
important building types
sculptureesque
interior spaces can be reconfigured |
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Boris Iofan
Palace of the Soviets
Moscow
1934
Influenced by American skyscraper
image of modernism
statue 1/4 of building |
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Giuseppe Terragni: Casa del Fascio, Como, IT, 1932-36
highly symbolic
local party headquarters
personal interpretation of fascism
synthesis of traditional and contemporary |
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