History of Modern Architecture Monuments List 2

1889 Exposition, Paris

The Exposition Universelle de 1889, better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.

Eiffel Tower, Paris (1880s) Gustave Eiffel

Hall of Machines Paris (1880s) Contamin and Dutert

Werkbund Pavilion: Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, Cologne (1910’s)

Expressionism

a movement in which architects made use of modern materials and the products of

mass production, but sought a poetic, expressive architecture, not standardized architectural solutions and banal forms.

Glass Pavilion: Bruno Taut, Cologne (1910’s)

Glass Pavilion: Bruno Taut, Cologne (1910’s)

Einstein Observatory: Eric Mendelsohn, Potsdam (1920’s)

Einstein Observatory: Eric Mendelsohn, Potsdam (1920’s)

Futurism

believed that the future of the arts lay in visually expressing the dynamic forces produced by

modern industry. A love affair not with the products of mass production, but with the means and methods of mass production, industrialization, the modern world: machines, speed, electricity and artificial light, movement through space and time, the impermanence and pace of modern life.

Drawings for “La Citta’ Nuova:” Antonio St.’Elia (1910’s)

Bauhaus Academy: Walter Gropius, Dessau, Germany (1920’s)

Bauhaus Academy: Walter Gropius, Dessau, Germany (1920’s)

Weissenhofsiedlung Exhibit, Stuttgart (1920’s)

- Urbanism: Mies van der Rohe

- Buildings: Mies van der Rohe, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Etc.

Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona (1920’s) Mies van der Rohe

Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona (1920’s) Mies van der Rohe

Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Rep. (1930) Mies van der Rohe

Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Rep. (1930) Mies van der Rohe

Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Rep. (1930) Mies van der Rohe