Modern architecture style
- 2. WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings. Architectural works are often thought of as cultural and political symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.
- 3. MODERN ARCHITECTURE • Modern architecture is a term applied to an period in architectural history during the 20th century, with its exact definition and scope varying widely. • Modern architecture began at the turn of the 20th century with advancement and the modernization of efforts to reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological society. • When compared to that which preceded it, modernism in architecture is broadly characterized by simplification of form and subtraction of ornament from the structure and theme of the building.
- 5. ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. The term “Organic architecture” was first created by the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), who is still the most famous designer to work in this style.
- 6. Fallingwater – Mill Run, Pennsylvania – Frank Lloyd Wright - 1937
- 7. ART DECO Art Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. Art deco's linear symmetry was a distinct departure from the flowing asymmetrical organic curves of its predecessor style Art Nouveau. It was influenced by many different styles of the early twentieth century, and also drew inspiration from ancient Egyptian and Aztec buildings.
- 8. INTERNATIONAL STYLE The International style was a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s. It is more focused on efficiency than on decoration. While the International style is not popular with many critics, it has become so common today that many people think of it as no style at all. Skyscrapers in the International style have a square or rectangular footprint, are covered with glass windows on the outside, and have faces at 90-degree angles.
- 9. MID-CENTURY MODERN Mid-Century modern is an architectural, style taken from mid-20th century developments in modern design from roughly 1933 to 1965. This style combines many elements of the earlier styles, like the Art Deco, with curved lines and symmetry, and combines them with some of the simplicity of the International style.
- 10. Palácio da Alvorada – Brasília, Brazil - Oscar Niemeyer – 1958
- 11. POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE Postmodern architecture began as an international style the first examples of which are generally cited as being from the 1950s, but did not become a movement until the late 1970s. In Postmodern architecture, the simple, functional shapes of the modernist style are replaced by diverse aesthetics: styles collide, form is adopted for its own sake, and new ways of viewing familiar styles are found.
- 12. Empire State Building New York, NY - William F. Lamb - 1931 Burj Khalifa Construction started: January,2004 Completed: 2010 Cost$1.5 billion Height: 829.84 m (2,723 ft) 163 habitable floors 46 maintenance levels Space Needle Seattle, Washington