DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, GWARZO

KANO STATE POLYTECHNIC
LECTURE NOTE
BY
ALFA NANAMADI SHARIF
ARC 416 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE
2022/2023 SECOND SEMESTER
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3.1 FEATURES OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE: The feature of modern architecture are:
a- Use of industrial materials
b- Use of large windows
c-Open floor plan
d- Focus on innovation and creativity
e- Minimalism in design ad décor
f-Sustainable design element
g- Emphasis on functionality and practicality
h- Use of Technology
3.2 SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT SHAPED THE PHILOSOPHY IN THE EARLY
TWENTIETH CENTURARY.

3.3-EXPLANATION OF BUILDING AND MONUMENT IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE

a- Falling water by franklyod wright
b- Eistein Tower Observatory
c-Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany in 1920-1921 by Mendelsohn Erich