Les Liaisons dangereuses

What makes I. M. Pei’s Everson’s museum an architectural success? Based of Lebbeaus Woods definition of architecture as, “the built realization of a particular concept, or idea. …the concept, or ideas, it embodies are formulated in a unique, and not merely generic, way”, I. M. Pei distinctively develops a concept of form using brutalism. The Everson Museum evokes a spark of interest for the viewer and at first glance the museum seems anticlimactic, but as the viewer enters the space and engages…

acted as the test to the Bishops agreement with Jean Valjean that changed Jean Valjean so drastically. It is evident that the Bishop did have a major role to play in Jean Valjeans change as he began the process. Which is easily seen in the movie “Les Miserables” that we watched as seen in the quote “But remember this, my brother. See in this some higher plan. You must use this precious silver to become an honest man. By the witness of the martyrs, by the passion and the blood, God has brought…

An individual who finds the strength to make a sacrifice does so in order to allow themselves or others to move forth on their journey and for this many would label them a hero. The use of sacrifice in ‘Les Miserable’ that will be explored to exemplify this is that of Fantine’s prostitution. Fantine sacrifices her body and to some extent her soul in order to provide for her daughter. On the ship where Fantine has just finished being intimate with a man…

The first image is of Brisk iced tea and cherry/limeade, pop, designed by Margaret Andersen. The historical element of this to me is Greek pottery, orientalising that was from around 700 to 600 BCE. At this time, they used animal and floral forms, tried to make black figures, had more than one colour to them, and told of myths and other tales. The pottery had more easy to make geometric patterns, over time this became to tell of Greek mythology. During the classical period the pottery used black…

the analysis should focus on the objects in isolation. Even though Rowe discovers many parallels between Palladio’s work and Le Corbusier’s, he does mention the justifications for the geometric forms differ for the two architects. Correspondingly, Rowe collocates the two rationales; “Palladio is concerned with the logical disposition of motifs dogmatically accepted… while Le Corbusier… contrasts the new system with the old and is a little more comprehensive” (Rowe, 4). Based on this…

A Finnish architect, became a Phenomenologist in 1957 when he was inspired by one of his mentor, Professor Aulis Blomstedt. A quote from the man, Juhani Pallasmaa, Buildings are not abstract, meaningless construction, or aesthetic compositions, they are extensions and shelters of our bodies, memories, identities and minds. Consequently, architecture arises from existentially true confrontations, experiences, recollections and aspirations (The Thinking Hand. Existential and embodied wisdom in…

Postmodernism is a late-20th-century movement in the arts, architecture, and criticism that was a departure from modernism. Postmodernism was a movement in architecture that rejected the functionalist, modernist ideals of rationality and also used to describe a dissatisfaction with modern architecture. Postmodernism is characterized by the return of ornament and symbol to form. The aims of the postmodernism was look back to the past for inspiration of history and tradition, ideas of…

CRITICAL REGIONALISM EMERGED AS AN ARCHITECURAL CONCEPT IN THE EARLY 1980s. FOR LEADING THEORISTS SUCH AS KENNETH FRAMPTON, ALEXANDER TZONIS, AND LANE LEFAIVRE, AND IS SEEN AS AN APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE THAT STRIVES TO COUNTER THE PLCELESSNESS AND LACK OF IDENTITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE, BUT ALSO REJECTS THE WHIMSICAL, INDIVIDUALUALISM AND ORNAMENTATION OF POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE. CRITICAL REGIONALISM IS SAID TO BE SEEN AS A SENSE OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. ACCORDING TO ALEXANDER TZONIS,…

In early 20th century Chicago, the established ideas of functionalism and historicism manifested themselves in the conflicting theories of organicism and classicism. Although there were prominent classical resurgences during the City Beautiful movement and the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, these revivals did not align with what the Prairie and Chicago school had initiated – to conceive a modern, commercial metropolis.1 Because of the automation of the construction industry, these…

Modernism, the architectural ideal of bringing the outside in, was largely born in the early 1900s by architectural pioneers such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Joseph Leopold Eichler. His works of art inspired many young architects, including Eichler. Eichler took the style of Wright and expanded and modified it, helping bring modern style to the masses and shaping it into what we know today. Eichler was originally inspired by a Frank Lloyd Wright home he lived in for a brief period. While staying…