lecture 16b:

“... almost nothing”

In brackets……

{ Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Lever House
In brackets……

{ Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

‘Three Blind Mies’
Lever House
}
…. close brackets
Mies van der Rohe: Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. 1956.
Mies van der Rohe: Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Mies van der Rohe: Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. 1956.
“... almost nothing”
Schinkel: Altes Museum Mies van der Rohe: Crown Hall
Convergence, Jackson Pollock, 1952
A performance of 4’33” by John Cage (1952)
Malevich. White on White. 1917
Cathedra. Barnett Newman. 1951
Jack Kerouac. On The Road, 1957
Eames House, Los Angeles. Charles & Ray Eames. 1949
Eames House
Los Angeles.
Charles & Ray Eames.
1949
Bruce Goff
Bavinger House
1957
Eero Saarinen, TWA Terminal, New York, 1962

Thom Gorst. Voyages of Discovery. Lecture 4. July 2011

Thom Gorst. Voyages of Discovery. Lecture 4. July 2011
 Brasilia
Oscar Niemeyer, 1955
Communist Party HQ, Paris
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer:
Le Volcan, Le Havre
1978
Week 16 Additional Task
Write 300 words that demonstrate the building’s architectural importance to us today

You started off by finding out the facts about your allocated building: when it was built; what
influenced it, and what architectural movement it might represent. Last week you were
asked to identify some more contemporary writers (since 1971), who have attached
importance to your building. Ideally, these will be architectural historians of some stature –
like, for example, Kenneth Frampton in his Modern Architecture: A Critical History. Using the
sources that you found last week, please now write 300 words of academic prose (with
proper referencing) that cite those works; summarise what they have said, and thereby
demonstrate what importance modern writers have placed on your building. Remember –
the fact alone that they have written about it is evidence enough of its importance.
This is where the words you are writing that might eventually appear in your
final submission. As you can see, we are leaving the Introduction; Literature
Review and Conclusion until later.
This week’s task contributes to the second half of the Main Body which
demonstrates how historians have argued how the building is significant today
(highlighted in red).
It is important that you try to undertake this task at this stage – the better you
apply yourself to it, the less work you will need to do later.

Section title Guide length

words

INTRODUCTION 150
LITERATURE 150
MAIN BODY: HISTORICAL CONTEXT 500

MAIN BODY: BUILDING’S SIGNIFICANCE TODAY 500

CONCLUSION 200
For all your written submissions, and including your Interim and Final submissions, you
must use Arial font; 12 point; double-spaced, and the UWE Harvard referencing system.

Once you have completed this, please post it into your Additional Work box for Week 16
on PebblePad.

As with all tasks associated with this Module, the main aim is for you to demonstrate
learning, rather than complete it as a chore. In writing this short essay, you are learning
a key skill that is essential for all university students.
Week 17: Postwar British architecture:
The Festival of Britain and pop culture
Thom Gorst 2019-20

Coventry Cathedral
1951-1962
Basil Spence