Goldberger Analysis

Paul Goldberger opens his essay by explaining the great depth that architecture emerges into art. My attention was immediately grabbed when he was explaining how architecture, “can be as tiny a gesture as painting the front door of a house red or grand as undertaking as creating the rose window of a cathedral”. He was explaining how architecture has no standard minimum or limitation within the design. Goldberger is supporting his evidence alongside how Frank Lloyd Wright explained how he modernized the American prairie. Goldberger explains how versatile architecture can be by comparing an architect’s style of design being implemented into a completely contradictory region and still coexisting. In a more recent article, Goldberger opened an …show more content…
However, Goldberger has also opened with tragic loss stating, “Is that he died suddenly at Pennsylvania Station”, making the attention grabbed by becoming more relatable with audience. Goldberger goes on about how the death of one great architect could be the rise in something new taken over by another architect to finish their boundless work. Goldberger finally concludes with the importance of always moving forward in design; despite tragedy, greatness can come of it. Contemporary design meets southern charm at the 21c museum and boutique hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. When you think of Oklahoma City the first thought that comes to your mind probably isn’t “industrial” or “modern”. However, Oklahoma is known for its southern grace and design; 21c is bringing a new contemporary design that is also coexisting to the area. This area use to house the historic Ford Motor Company Manufacturing Building designed by Albert Kahn. Since then, design architect Deborah Berke kept the same industrial historic style but revamped it into a new design with freestanding objects, and self-contained floating beds for loft-like guest rooms. This modern design hosts