arch history 3

just "when" - ballpark; "you have to know when" - exact year

what, where, you have to know when, by who, style

the glasgow school of art

in scotland

1896 - 1899

by charles mackintosh

art nouveau

early modernism in europe: when, what

1900 - 1914

a few architects challenged the traditional beaux arts and neoclassical styles that dominated europe and the us in the 19th century

new materials → new forms

what, by who, you have to know when, where

the aeg turbine factory

by peter behrens

1909

in berlin

a new monumental approach to industrial architecture, early modern architecture

what, where, by who, when

the steiner house

in vienna

by adolf loos

1910

early modern architecture

adolf loos’ manifesto

ornament and crime

he advocated for smooth and clear surfaces

he liked art nouveau // vienna secession

raumplan

spatial plan

the most important spaces should have the heighest ceilings

developed by adolf loos

what, where, when, by who, style

theatre de champs elysees

in paris

1911 - 1913

by auguste perret

the first art deco building, early modern architecture

what, by who, where, you have to know when

the fagus factory

by walter gropius and adolf meyer

in alfred, germany

1911 - 1913

close to bauhaus, early modern architecture

what, where, when, by who

looshaus

vienna

1912

by adolf loos

what, by who, where, when

villa muller

by adolf loos

in prague

1930

what, by who, when, where

glass pavilion

by bruno taut

1914

inspired the gherkin

made for the werkbund exhibition in cologne

bruno taut

worked in germany, until hitler came to power; then moved to turkery for the rest of his life

futurism

short movement

based on filippo tommaso marinetti - manifesto of futurism 1909

a cult of the machine age

glorification of war and violence

a bunch of young people that liked the new tech

what, by who

perspective drawing of

la citta nuova

by antonio sant'elia

what, where, style, what is it

lingotto factory

in turin

first and only futurist architecture

used to be a fiat factory, thus the race track on top

now it’s a shopping mall, an art gallery, and part of the polito campus

expressionism: basic style, when

no more right angles

1910s - 1930s

new materials, more fluidity

fusing functionality and form

what, by who, where, you have to know when

einstein tower

by erich mendelsohn

in postdam, germany

1917 - 1921

what, style

behrens building

brick expressionism

what, style

chilehaus

brick expressionism

what, style, when

het schip apartment building

dutch expressionism

1917 - 1920

de stijl // neoplasticism

use of primary colours (blue, yellow, red, grey, black, white)

pure abstraction, straight horizontal and vertical lines, right angles

pioneered by teo van doesburg

what, where, when, style

the rietveld schroder house

in utrecht, the netherlands

1924

the only building completed exactly according to the de stijl movement

mondrian’s work in the de stijl style

modern architecture years

1920 - 1980

villa savoye in france

niemeyer in brasilia

falling water in pennsylvania

empire state building in ny

the sydney opera house in australia

bauhaus

1919 - 1933

ended in ‘33 when hitler came to power, because he didnt like anything modern

substrand of modernism

attempt to unify individual artisitic vision and mass production with emphasis on function

who started the bauhaus movement/school

who were its directors

walter gropius 1919 - 1928

hannes meyer 1928 - 1930

ludwig mies van der rohe 1930 - 1933

what, where, by who

the bauhaus building

in dessau, germany

by gropius

what, by who

the wassily chair

by marcel breuer

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