Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 1?

US Architecture school

d. Modern Architecture Circa 1930 to present developed new technology

Great Leaders of European Architecture who sought refuge to US w/ the rise of German Nazism:

Walter Gropius

Eric Mendelsohn

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

Events and Movements that led to modernism:

1. Industrial Revolution (1750-1850) started in England and spread throughout Europe and
America.

It is a change from an agrarian, handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine
manufacture.

Industrialization in America involved 3 important developments:

Transportation was expanded.

Electricity was effectively harnessed. Improvements were made to industrial processes accelerating
production

Impact on Architecture:
Steel, glass & iron created structures of unimaginable size, form, & function like skyscrapers, bridges,
roads. New inventions like elevators, escalators. Air- conditioning system & lighting

The Industrial Revolution (1820-1870) was of great importance to the economic development of the
United States. The first Industrial Revolution occurred in Great Britain and Europe during the late
eighteenth century. The Industrial Revolution

American Architecture

History of Architecture

Then centered on the United States and Germany.

Il Battle of Styles (1855-1861)

There were many revivals of classic styles. Producing a diverse assortment of architectural designs.
Many architects refused to accept new ideas, and because of this the development of building design in
this period has been called the “Battle of Styles”.

Il. Arts & Crafts (1880-1910)

This was a late 19th-century movement to revive handicrafts. It represented the beginning of a new
appreciation of the decorative arts throughout Europe.

The Gamble House in Pasadena. California. Is an outstanding example of American Arts and Crafts style
architecture. The house and furnishings were designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908 for David
and Mary Gamble of the Procter and Gamble Company.

Lummis House, also known as El Alisal, in Los

Angeles, California, is a Rustic American Craftsman stone house built by Charles Fletcher Lummis in the
late 19th century (1896-1910).
IV. Romanticism refers to the 19th century revival imitation styles. Neo-Gothicism and Neo-Renaissance,
which used the

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