History of Modern Architecture Midterm Study Set

Paimio Sanatorium

Alvar Aalto - Paimio, Finland (1920s-1930s)

Villa Mairea

Alvar Aalto- Noormarkku, finland 1930s-1940s

Saynatsalo Town Hall

Alvar Aalto - saynatsalo, finland 1940-1950s

Church of the Three Crosses

Alvar Aalto - Imatra, finland - 1950s

Chapel (and convent additions) for the Capuchin nuns

Luis Barragan - near mexico city 1950s

Querini-Stampalia Foundation

Carlo scarpa - venice italy 1960s

Brion Mausoleum

Carlo scarpa - san vito italy - 1960s-1970s 

Lovell Health House

richard Neutra - biorealism - LA, CA 1920s

Dulles Airport

Eero Saarinen - washington dc 1950 1960s

Richards Medical Research Labs

Louis Kahn - Philadelphia, PA 1950-1960s

Salk Institute

Louis Kahn - la Jolla CA 1950-1960s

Kimbell Art Museum

Louis Kahn - fort worth TX - 1960-1970s

Museum of Modern Art

junzo Sakakura - Kamakura 1950s - modernists

Olympic Gymnasia

Kenzo tange - tokoyo 1960s modernists

Nakagin Capsule Tower

kisho Kurokawa - tokoyo 1970s - metabolism

Modern Art Museum

Tadao Ando - fort woth tx 1990-2000s

African American Architects

John Hemmings
Albert Cassell
Paul Williams

National Museum of African American History & Culture

David Adjaye with Phil Freelon and others washington dc 2000-2010s 

Failure of Modernism - Pruitt Igoe public housing

Yamasaki - st. louis MO 1950s

Stirling & Gowan - Engineering Building

Leicester, United Kingdom 1950-1960s

Brutalism

a bold, sculptural style from the 1950s-70s, defined by massive, blocky forms, raw, exposed materials (especially béton brut, or raw concrete showing wood grain), and functional honesty, often used for large public buildings to convey strength and utility

Rudoplh - Yale Art & Architecture Building

New Haven, CT 1950-1960s

Robert Venturi - Vanna Venturi House

Philadelphia, PA 1960s

James Stirling - Neue Staatsgalerie

Stuttgart 1970-1980s

Rogers & Piano : Pompidou Centre

Paris 1970s

Richard Meier - Westchester House

New York 1980s

Richard Meier - The Atheneum

New Harmony, IN 1970s

Paul Rudolph - 6 determinants of architectural form 1956

1. environment of building/relationship to other buildings

2. Function(program)

3. Region, climate, landscape and natural lighting conditions

4. Material

5. psychological

6. spirit of the times