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