American architecture

A new popular urban architecture style was flourishing the cities in the United States called Art Deco. The foundation of the modern age movement started in Paris in the 1920’s. Architectures acknowledge the structures where they defined it as straight lines that followed cubic proportions. (Gebhard 4) Art Deco was represented as a combination of modernization and architect traditions. What identifies Art Deco and separates it from other building is the ornament, sculptures and the surface…

fostered a utopian desire to create a better world. These principles were frequently combined with social and largely left-leaning political beliefs which held that design and art could, and should, transform society. The central image of the new architecture was not that of the single building, but that of the Utopian town plan. Philip Johnson, who along with Henry Russell Hitchcock, gave the…

and local building patterns and then reinterpret local aspects of making buildings. In order to have an adequate relationship to the past we are to look at change and regeneration and refurbishing. Can be historical and contemporary. Known as “architecture without architects” or unself-conscious design. Traditional forms and styles are consistently re-interpreted with contemporary building techniques and technologies. Gives a new understanding of tradition. Unraveling the historical past, the…

Prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre once wrote that the tendency to reduce space ‘to parcels, to images, to facades that are made to be seen and to be seen from’, is a tendency that degrades the very notion of it. Architecture inhabits space, the concept of which, albeit difficult to grasp is made possible through the interpretations of those who populate it. It is even possible to say that there are as many places as people in a space. This concept is central to the discourse of…

immediately think of when one mentions our school, Architecture. In 2014, Cal Poly was named the number one Undergraduate Architecture program in the nation, beating out other esteemed universities such as Cornell and USC. Rome was not built overnight however, so one may ask, “When did Cal Poly become such a great Architecture school?” How did a school focused mainly on Agriculture and Engineering become one that is synonymous nowadays with Architecture? The answer is simple, and it lies in a…

Architecture is more than steel and glass. The edifices that humans have built throughout history stand as a testament to the people and the ideals that embodied their society. Buildings are places where people live, work, and play. Architects play a vital role in how humans will interact with their structures. They will also have an influence on the way people behave within the space. Architects play a role in shaping the future of society by the structures that they create. By creating the…

Wright was an American Democratic Architect who shaped modern architecture as we know it today. He possesses many prominent credentials, including infamous structures, vast writings, intricate theories, and scholarly teachings. Wright is most well-known for his original designs and the individuality that they displayed. He broke the mold of American Architecture during his time. Wright’s sole focus within his designs was harmony with humanity. He coined the term organic architecture…

In the excerpt “the Four Books on Architecture” Palladio develops a numerical and logical system organizing spatial relationships among the elements involved in any building. This system is a guidance for architects when designing such buildings as villas and houses. As well this system includes detailed rules to be considered when an architect arranges building rooms, when he specifies the proportions of spaces, when he makes decisions about the dimensions of halls associating the height of a…

shown by Walt Disney, before his death. In the making of Fantasia, which was an animated movie, this sincere admiration and great empathy was reflected later in year 1940. With Leopold Stekowski, the renowned American conductor, this move was completed in close collaboration. As this architecture would be examined later, the Disney Concert Hall’s current free form structure and this historic collaboration, the parallel lines could be drawn interestingly. At a cost of 274 million dollars, it was…

does this proportion come from? Nature of course, but it’s a specific part of nature that humans relate harmony and proportion to: the human body. Vitruvius was the first person to publish his ideas on the relationship between human proportion and architecture. His Vitruvian man is the “ideal human figure” to which all system of proportions must follow. Le Corbusier picked up on Vitruvius’s ideas on human proportion. However, Le Corbusier wanted something more concrete, more of a guide book for…