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(1883- 1969) German Architect Worked under Peter Behrens Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright FOUNDED THE BAUHAUS Migrated to the US and taught at the Harvard School of Architecture
Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all return to the crafts! For art is not a profession. There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman.
CHARACTER OF WORKS: Simple geometry, often rectangular Use of modern materials like steel and glass Smooth surfaces Primary colors Linear and horizontal elements
Less is more.
-van der Rohe
CHARACTER OF WORKS: Simple rectangular forms Open, flexible plans and multi-functional spaces Widespread use of glass to bring the outside in Mastered steel and glass construction Exposed and very refined structural details
Mies van der Rohe, LAKE SHORE DRIVE APTS. & THE SEAGRAM BUILDING
Mies van der Rohe, LAKE SHORE DRIVE APARTMENTS, Illinois, 1951
Mies van der Rohe, GERMAN PAVILION Interior, Barcelona Expo, 1929
CHARACTER OF WORKS: strong eastern influences use of natural materials like bricks, stone and wood use of textured concrete designs that blend well in its environment focused more on residential designs
Frank Lloyd Wright, KAUFMANN HOUSE or THE FALLING WATER, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1937
Louis Kahn
(1901- 1974) important figure in the transition from International Style Modernism to Postmodernism first convincing rebel against the dull, glass boxes produced by modernists designed contemporary and monumental architecture of massive geometrical forms in contrast to the usual rectangular glass and steel designs during his time. taught architecture at Yale University and at the University of Pennsylvania Influenced postmodernists Robert Venturi & Charles Moore
CHARACTER OF WORKS: simple, Platonic forms and compositions use of brick and poured-in place concrete dramatic spaces use of natural light
Several elements of Kahn's architecture came together in the RICHARDS MEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING, elements that were used before, independently of each other: a clear articulation of servant and served spaces; the problem of light; the integration of spatial, structural, and utility elements; and, the integration of form, material, and process. As a result, this building represents a significant turning point in contemporary architecture.