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Grete Schutte-Lihotsky, Frankfurt Kitchen, 1926 |
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McKim, Mead, White, Pennsylvania Station, NYC, 1902/11, dem 1963-64 monumental classical composition imperial Roman Architecture sophisticated planning for large numbers of people resolve form and function |
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Eliel Saarinen, Railray Station, Helsinki, 1904-19 shallow national design changed with criticism reinforced concrete rejected beaux-arts surface patters/ornament integral part of any building purified by gravity of war bold simplicity |
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John & Donald Parkinson, Union RR Station, LA, 1934-39 Period Revival spanish colonial romance of past rather than rationalism of modern transport reinforced regional identities |
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Hector Guimard, Metro Entrance, Paris, FR, 1900 cast iron Art Nouveau fresh design identity artfully coordinated environments blurring of distinctions between traditionally separate categories |
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Albert Kahn, Dodge Half-Ton Factory, Chrysler Corp., Warren, MI, 1937 industry arch. deals first with practical the with external appearance functionalist terms |
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Robert Derrah, Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Los Angeles, CA 1936 giant ocean liner nautical imagery aura of streamlined power rational engineering |
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Wallis, Gilbert, & Partners, Hoover Factory, London, EN, 1931-35 "fancy factories" Kahn system of concrete construction attentio to lighting ventilation and efficient arrangement art Deco facades attracted public attn. good advertising erase the popular image of factories as dark and brutal work places |
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Peter Behrens & AEG, 1908-09 coordination between creative design and industrial production Behrens as artistic advisor elevated industrial design to level of culturally significant high art |
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Weissenhof Housing Development, Stuttgart, 1927 17 different architects built 17 different model homes critical "snapshot of progressive architecture" |
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Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, GR 1929 modern design school raducal nature three directors incl. Van der Rohe learning through experimentation cubist conception fusion of art and tectonics |
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, 1937 enormous scale efficiency economy and elegance minimum materials reduce weight and visual mass integrated straitfoward forms |
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Town Hall, Hilversum, Netherlands, by Willem Dudok, 1928-31 design as growth management Art Deco planar surfaces boxlike exterior softened by landscaping |
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Herbert Baker Union Building Pretoria South Africa 1909 affinity between british imperialism and classic design hillside location-sacred acropolis raised above two office blocks=dutch and english races inherent superiority of western values |
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Edward Lutyens Delhi Planning Commission made an effort to incoporate indian arch. benevolent new cultural syntheis..enobled imperial venture designed city like DC "native quarters" in stark contrast |
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Vladimir Tatlin: Project for the Monument to the Third International, 1919-20 invited comparison to Eiffel tower three volumes representing various agencies atithesis of solid forms of tradition promise new universe of possibilities |
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Konstantin Melnikov, Rusakov Workers’ Club, Moscow, 1927-28 designed to be fliexible important building types sculptureesque interior spaces can be reconfigured |
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Boris Iofan Palace of the Soviets Moscow 1934 Influenced by American skyscraper image of modernism statue 1/4 of building |
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Giuseppe Terragni: Casa del Fascio, Como, IT, 1932-36 highly symbolic local party headquarters personal interpretation of fascism synthesis of traditional and contemporary |
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