Modern architecture

justify your response. The style that speaks the most to me is Modernism. I like the modern architecture because it is a reflection of the great technical innovations that began to appear in the nineteenth century. Materials such as steel and concrete give architects unreleased possibilities of creation, which makes the style completely unlike anything have seen. What best characterizes and makes me like modern architecture is the utilization of simples shapes, geometrical forms, and the…

Dictionary of Architecture and Construction Organic Architecture is a style that aims to be in unison with the environment. It strives to be in harmony with nature; not dominate and destroy it. This architectural style seeks to blend in with its environment, to appear as if the house has ‘grown’ with nature itself. Unlike other design eras, buildings that are influenced by this style will not look out of place or disrupt the peace of its surrounding. Demonstrating in the name ‘Organic…

“vitality”, it would still be up to artists and architects at the time to debate over what was the “vitality” that to be conveyed, what role did the artist play in this mediation and ultimately what value would this creation possess. The inherent “modern” characteristic of such a vitality was closely intertwined with everyday culture that had a dynamic, social and cultural dimensions. Add to this the complex character of Henry Van de Velde and we get an understanding of the multifaceted…

that less doesn 't mean more. By having less you lose the interesting aspects of complexity. Venturi points that the richness and complexity of modern experience needs to be expressed in our architecture. This is further supported by the statement that function doesn 't follow form and that ornaments are valuable for architecture. Ornaments in architecture have meaning, is intrinsically symbolic, and can be used to communicate ideas. Complexity and contradiction are words seen to have negative…

Bozdogan commends history and culture and its important role in influencing modern architecture. However Bozdogan also expresses the postcolonial criticism of modernity being wrongfully overpowering over its historical and cultural importance. Similarly to Bozdogan, John M. Mackenzie looks at colonialism on a global scale looking more broadly at orientalism and the cultural influences that inform modernist design and architecture. In “This Grand Object: Building Towns in Indigenous spaces,…

Architecture and Sculpture One of the most obvious relationships between architecture and sculpture is that they are based directly on the cultures beliefs and needs. As cultures evolved, so did the architecture and sculptures. At the beginning of the module when we discussed the prehistoric cultures, architecture was used to meet the basic human need for shelter and security. The art in the prehistoric period was also related to the need to survive and can be seen in cave paintings that…

societal challenges. Vernacular architecture is a style of building that is created without the use of an architect; it is architecture in its simplest form, concentrating only on the human necessity. Vernacular architecture began when people had to make use of the environment around them, in order to afford themselves protection and comfort as a response to a changing climate. It is a simple approach to a building’s most basic requirements and a direct style of architecture created according to…

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…

from the Journal of Architectural Education. This article is an intellectual article that works towards defining utopia in regard to architecture and city planning. It includes explanations that make up the dangers and realistic ideals that come along with trying to create utopia in architecture or a utopian city. Coleman describes what makes up utopia in architecture which include as he describes four elements: “social and political content; a significant level of detail in the description of…

1 INTRODUCTION Vernacular architecture may be described as an architectural style that marks the architecture of a place. It originates rendering the local needs, climatic & geographic factors, socio-economic and socio-cultural background of a place there by making it unique, identified and strong in itself. India, a country showcasing great cultural and geographical diversity, each part of which is having its own cultural identity and geographic…