HOA MODULE 5 - Revivalist-Post Modern Architecture
Revivalist Architecture
Use of elements that echo a previous architectural era.
Includes Neoclassicism, Gothic Revival, Beaux-Arts Eclecticism.
Neoclassicism
Architectural style derived from Classical Greece and Rome.
Emphasizes planar qualities and sculptural volumes.
Characteristics:
Clean, elegant style
Grandeur of scale
Dramatic use of columns
Triangular Pediment
Domed Roof
Examples:
US Capitol Building
The White HouseZZ
Monticello
Second Bank of United States
Notable Architects:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Claude Perrault
Andrea Palladio
Gothic Revival
Also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic.
Draws upon features of medieval examples.
Examples:
Strawberry Hill
Houses of Parliament
Beaux-Arts Eclecticism
A late and eclectic form of Neoclassicism.
Combines classical architecture from ancient Greece and Rome with Renaissance ideas.
Examples:
Paris Opera House
École des Beaux-Arts: School of Fine Arts established in 1819 by the French government.
Modern Architecture
Impact of the Industrial Revolution:
Mass production of iron and steel.
Modernism: Estrangement from the past, innovative movements.
New materials, technology, and Skyscrapers.
Materials used:
Concrete (as early as 600BC)
Glass (as early as 3500BC)
Steel (modern process invented by Henry Bessemer in 1855)
Examples:
Crystal Palace
Eiffel Tower
Glasgow School of Art
Brooklyn Bridge
Skyscrapers:
Electricity
High strength steels
Plumbing and heating systems
Elevators
Home Insurance Building, Chicago: First skyscraper with a fireproof structural steel frame.
Chicago Stock Exchange Building
Wainwright Building, St. Louis Missouri
Prudential (Guaranty) Building, New York
Notable Architects:
William Le Baron Jenney
Louis Sullivan ("Form follows function")
Daniel Burnham
Flatiron Building, New York
Chicago School of Architecture: Adler, Sullivan, Jenney, Burnham
Early Modernism in Europe
Arts and Crafts Movement: Reaction against Mass Production.
Emphasized primitive, vernacular forms.
Example: Red House
FLW Home And Studio: Exposed beams, simplicity, native materials
Art Nouveau:
Return to crafts and integration of art, design, and architecture.
Characterized by fluid, undulating motifs derived from natural forms.
Variations:
Stile Liberty (Italian)
Sezession (Austrian)
Jugendstil (German)
Modernismo (Spanish)
Antoni Gaudí: Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Casa Vicens, Park Guell, Sagrada Familia
Otto Wagner: Vienna Secession movement
Art Deco: geometric shapes and volumes, (Ex. Chrysler Building)
Other Modernisms
Bauhaus: German art school combining crafts and fine arts.
Fagus Factory
Purism by Le Corbusier: Architecture as efficient as a factory assembly line.
Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture:
Pilotis
Free Facade
Open Plan
Ribbon Windows
Roof Garden
Ronchamp Chapel
Unite D'habitation
Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Organic Architecture: Harmonizes with natural environment.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Robie House, Harry S Adams House, Falling Water
International Style: Minimalist, devoid of ornament.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe:
Farnsworth House
Seagram Building, Chicago
Barcelona Chair
"Less is more."
Richard Neutra:
Lovell House
De Stijl: Black and white with primary colors.
Rietveld Schroder House
Mondrian Art
Expressionism: Architectural movement in Europe.
Einstein Tower
Constructivism: Expression of construction.
Rusakov Workers' Club
Postmodern Architecture
Eclectic, colorful style, reaction to Modernism.
Brutalism: Inspired by béton brut.
Art and Architecture Bldg. Yale University.
Hi-Tech: Using building technology.
Pompidou Centre, Paris
Deconstructivism: Bent, angled, and exploded forms.
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Spain
Green Architecture: Sustainable design.
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Notable Postmodern Architects:
Alvar Aalto: Helsinki University
Eero Saarinen: TWA Flight Center, Dulles International Airport
Louis Kahn: Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Kimbell Art Museum, Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Salk Institute
Robert Venturi: Vanna Venturi House, Episcopal Academy Chapel, Seattle Art Museum
Philip Johnson: Glass House, At&T Building
James Stirling: Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Germany
Michael Graves: Team Disney Burbank, California
The New York Five:
Peter Eisenman
Michael Graves
Charles Gwathmey
John Hejduk
Richard Meier
21st Century Architects:
Zaha Hadid
Balkrishna Doshi
Ole Scheeren
Rem Koolhaas
Peter Eisenman
Eduardo Souto de Moura
Daniel Libeskind
Frank Gehry
Jean Nouvel
Kazuyo Sejima
Moshe Safdie
Norman Foster
Renzo Piano
Shigeru Ban
David Chipperfield
Fumihiko Maki
Tadao Ando
Bernard Tschumi
Santiago Calatrava
Bjarke Ingels
Riken Yamamoto