Le Corbusier

expression, extending to installations, films and such forth,” New ideas and inspirations are always evolving. Yes, in this ' Ligne Decisive /The Decisive Line ' curated by Anupa Mehta Arts and Advisory at Mill Owners Building, ‘ATMA (designed by Le Corbusier), Ahmedabad, I did some site-specific installation. The whole idea was of Curator Anupa Mehta. I just executed that idea ... extending into film was interesting ...but my primary interest is raising the level of abstract we are making. “…

Jennifer Taylor made one of the first historical accounts in 1972 in the book Australian Architecture Since 1960 under the chapter title The rational and the Robust. Taylor traced Brutalism through Le Corbusier, The Smithsons and then America and Japan, attributing The Hale School Memorial Hall in Perth by Marshall Clifton & Anthony Brand as the first building in Australia to exhibit a brutalist sensibility. Taylor says on the one hand Brutalism in…

Riverside, CA—General Plan Analysis and 30-Year Strategy Context Riverside City is located in Southern California. It was founded during the mission days under Spanish rule in the early 1800s, when ranchos (land grands) were offered to citizens of high standing. The downtown design was a grid iron pattern borrowed from the design of downtown Philadelphia . The city benefitted from the “second gold rush” of California; navel oranges were a cash crop in the area. The citrus industry assisted in…

Introduction The term “utopia” is a Greek neologism coined by Thomas More in 1516 for his book Utopia that describes a fictional ideal society, which consequently is referring to the ideal community that possesses perfect qualities and egalitarian principles for citizens. The desire of pursuing such ideal realms has diversely manifested in the history of architectural development while entering the twentieth century when the modern movement has peaked, the popularity of utopian…

Ideas and inspirations for houses “If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of art and the thing most to be longed for; I should answer, a beautiful house …” There aren’t many who would disagree with 19th century’s most eminent designer and novelist William Morris. Over the years, the family houses have changed a lot. New artistic influences and technological developments have left their marks on home architecture. But these evolutions have little or no impact on…

Designer Devan Kaufman said it best when he declared, “Frank Lloyd Wright houses have always just made sense.” Wright had a way of creating floor plans that was so novice and incredible that anyone of the twentieth century and now could tell that he was the architect of a house just by looking at it. His work was so amazing because of how contemporary and intelligent it was. Wright knew how to do certain things like creating pillars to be soundproof so that you couldn’t hear a busy road just…

Introduction If fashion is not innovative, new and interesting, how can you call it fashion? Everything keeps being produced over and over again, just in different colours and designs, but in the end we can examine and see that it's the same as that we had before. Accessories are a very important part of fashion styling and aren't just an optional extra, but they are an added extravagance. They dress an outfit: even if you wear the simplest of clothes, you can look like a million dollar show…

Culture gives identity to its origin and makes its origin unique. Culture means a group of people’s way of life and way of understanding the world, belief, and value; which is different from other groups’. Each country has different cultural activities and rituals. This is why every country or region has their own culture. Culture can be expressed by arts, including architecture. ‘An architecture capable of supporting our identity has to be situationally, culturally, and symbolically articulated…

1970s (“Grove Hall: A Trip Down Memory Lane”) in what would be considered the brutalist style. This style is typically characterized by raw concrete, expanses of glass, and a massive, heavy feel. It emerged largely from the work of architect Le Corbusier, and often has a unique way of tying into and fitting alongside “century-long narrative[s]” and historic buildings or sites, even with its modern roots (Salmon, “Concrete Jungle”). The building itself is structured largely around a central…

Reyner Banham, an architectural analyzer as well as a critic, tried to codify the then-upcoming structural campaign of Brutalism through his seminal December 1955 essay. He claimed that if an observer is introduced into an area of interest, then it would automatically be damaged for good. He also claims that Das Kapital had taken in the capitalist line so that the Marxists could have a rough time identifying it when they came across, and the widespread of concepts Freud that any client could…