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1.1.3 Architectural Styles Modern Architecture

1.1.3 Architectural Styles Modern Architecture. Sarah Hamercheck. This is not modern. Modern Architecture. What is Modern?.

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1.1.3 Architectural Styles Modern Architecture

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  1. 1.1.3 Architectural StylesModern Architecture Sarah Hamercheck This is not modern

  2. Modern Architecture

  3. What is Modern? • Less coherent and with much looser boundaries than other styles, modern architecture is technically not even a singular style! Evolving over the years with aspects of many styles and many different Architects working out the ‘style’. • Worked with by tons of architects and critics, Frank Lloyd Write and Jonathan Glancey as examples. • "Modernism was not simply a style: but more of an attitude, a determination to break with the past and free the architect from the stifling rules of convention and etiquette."  -Jonathan Glancey

  4. Modern Architecture • Can be a commercial building or a residential building. • Homes are normally 1 or 2 floors, but that does very. • Commercial buildings depend on the business for floor number. • Materials varied: to name a few -Glass -Steel -Concrete • Located across the world www.wikipedia.org

  5. Characteristics • Works with simplification of design, no “unnecessary details” • Works large amounts of glass • Use of industry produced materials • Visual expression of structure • True to materials, anything visible has a purpose, be it altered to not be as obvious or not.

  6. References • "Striking Modern Architecture Defining S.Roque House I in Portugal." Striking Modern Architecture Defining S.Roque House I in Portugal. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://freshome.com/2012/05/23/striking-modern-architecture-defining-s-roque-house-i-in-portugal/>.http://freshome.com/2013/03/29/imposing-modern-architecture-in-sri-lanka-chamila-rohitha-house/ • "The Blog." Beagle Research Group LLC RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://beagleresearch.com/subscriptions-in-the-enterprise/>. • "Imposing Modern Architecture in Sri Lanka: Chamila & Rohitha House."Imposing Modern Architecture in Sri Lanka: Chamila & Rohitha House. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://freshome.com/2013/03/29/imposing-modern-architecture-in-sri-lanka-chamila-rohitha-house/>. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salk_Institute.jpg • "Jonathan Glancey."www.theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/profile/jonathanglancey • "Viahouse.Com." Viahouse.Com. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.viahouse.com/2013/12/have-you-know-modern-architecture-lets-understand/modern-architecture-2/>.

  7. References • Bose, Sudip. "National Trust for Historic Preservation." preservationnation.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2008/may-june/what-is-modernism.html>. • "Modern architecture." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Jan. 2014. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_archiecture

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