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Barcelona Pavilion
Date:1929, replica 1986
Location: Barcelona
Architect: Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Building intended to stand for Quality design, materials, and craftsmanship
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Unite d'Habitation
Date: 1946-52
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
Unique design strategy of Split-level units stacked and spanning the full width allows for cross- ventilation |
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Farnsworth House
Date: 1950-52
Location: Plano, IL
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
embodies "essentails of living" of Floor and Roof (according to architect) |
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Robie House
Date: 1909
Location: Chicago, IL
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
first use of Welded Steel in residential construction |
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Villa Savoye
Date: 1929-31
Location: Poissy, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
used Scupltural stair and ramp for vertical circulation
implements architect's 5 points of architetcure:
Pilotis, Free-Plan, free-facade, roof garden, horizontal windows |
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Fagus Shoe-Factory
Date: 1911
Location: Germany
Architect: Gropius (w/ Adolf Meyer)
Uses elements that would characterize International style making it a landmark in moden architecture
Features Include: Glass curtain walls, corner windows, and simple rectangular massing |
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Citta Nuova
Date: 1914
Architect: Antonio Samt'Elia
Associated with futurism Movement
Characteristics of movement include Bold Massing, Verticality, no ornamentation, battered walls, and layered horizontal circulation |
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Moller House
Date: 1930
Location: Vienna
Architect: Adolf Loos
unique design approach referred to as Raumplan |
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Broadacre City
Date: The Great Depression
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
basic housing unit referred to as Usonian House (coined by wright)
Utopian Plan considered both backward and forward looking |
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La Cite Industrielle
Date: 1917
Location: Imaginary Site
Architect: Tony Garnier
Concrete proposed construction for city |
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