Sunday, September 28, 2014
The Emergence of Modernism
This era consist of four major architects. There were Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and Mies Van Der Rohe. These architects took a completely new direction with design.
Frnak Lloyd Wright began his careerin 1920. He designed over 1,000 structures and bulit 532 works. His focus was "Organic Architecture". His design phases were separated into early Wright and later Wright. In 1893 he began his own practice in Oak Park, Illinois where he studied archiecture and design. In result, he had many other works like the Robie House, the Unity Temple, and the Winslow House. His most popular style of residential architecture was the Prairie House Form.
Wright also had fantastic and interesting commercial work. His most famous projects would consist of the Larkin Company and the Avery Coonley building. Wright first introduced the grid system that is still used in today's designs. That was his main concept for these spaces.
De Stijl was a period of expressing spiritual harmony and order as a main concept. It became a popular style in the Netherlands and originated from a magazin called De Stijl. This means "the style". The use of either vertical or horizontal lines were widely used. The colors were restricted to the basic primary along with black and white.
Walter Gropius established his own architecture in 1911. Bauhaus stemmed from Walter being the director at the School of Fine and Applied Arts at Weimer. Bauhaus was eventually closed due to economic and financial issues. The most famous chairs from this era would consist of the Cesca chair, Wassily Chair, and the F 51 Armchair.
The Wassily Chair
Modern Applications:
Frank Llyod Wright inspired (horizontal lines)
Prarie House Style
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Discussion: For this period, I enjoyed Sammy's blog because she not only presented amazing pictures but she also informed us us on background information regarding the different architect's contribution. I also enjoyed Nicole K's blog for the simple fact of her using the "Z" chair as a modern application. It was something that I didnt think about.
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