Louis I. Kahn was an American architect. His works did not represent any other styles seen in the past. The external forms he produced were unlike any modern work previously built. He expressed deep concern with use of materials and how light reveals forms. Some of his works include the Yale University Art Gallery and Richards Medical Research Laboratories.
Ceasar Pelli was an Argentina/ American architect. He designed some of the world's tallest buildings and worked for Eero Saarienen. Some of his works include the US Embassy, Museum of Modern Art, World Financial Center at Ballery Park City, Winter Garden, NNT Building, and the Twin Towers of Pelli Petronas Center.
The University of Illinois Business Instructional Facility was the first business facility at a public university to earn platinum LEED certification.
New technology was on of the prime basis of modern design. Materials commonly used are steel, concrete, and glass.
Richard Buckminister Fuller was an American engineer, designer, inventor, and philosopher. A lot of his work was only prototypes that he could not finish. He liked the geometric concept. He was able to make hemispherical dome structure from triangular units. Some of his works include the US Exhibition Expo 67, The World's Fair at Montreal.
Charles Eames built his own house from standard industrial produced parts. He proved technologically based design could produce beautiful interior spaces.
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers designed the Centre Pompidou, Multipurpose Cultural Center and many Hi- Tech projects.
Norman Foster partnered with Richard Rogers for 2 years. He also designed with Willis Faber and Dumas. His works included Dumas Offices, Carre d'Art, Contempoary Art Gallery, he renovated the Great Court of British Museum, The Gherkin.
Robert Venturi wrote Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. He believed that simplicity and logic made for boring design and limits design. His motto was "Less is a bore". He embraced decorative ornament and historical design concepts. His works included the Vanna Venturi House and the Chippendale chair.
The New York Five consisted of a group of 5 New York architects. They were Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmoy, John Hejduk, and Richard Meier.
Contemporary design rejects Modernism and reflects designs of early modern concepts.
I.M Pei's works included National Gallery of Art and Pyramid Louvre Museum.
Richard Meier was an architect and abstract artist. His works included the Getty Center and High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia.
Rem Koolhaas's designs included bridges post-modern, hi-tech and deconstruction concepts. He used red a lot. He was a Dutch architect. His work's included CCTV Building (also known as Into the Void), Parc de Villette, Bridge la Roche and Prada interiors.
Deconstructionism is made up of broken up, loosely assembled parts.
Peter Eisenman also liked the deconstructive concepts. His works included the Miller house and Aronoff center for design and art.
Frank Gehry was well known for deconstruction and one of the most important architects of our age. His works included Gehry house, Vitra Museum, Schnabel Residence, Dancing House, and Guggenheim Museum.
Neofuturistic architecture is when architecture is meant for cities to release emotions, driven by eco sustainability, ethical values and implement new materials and new technology to provide better life for city dwellers.
Santiago Calatanava was a neofuturistic designer that produced bridges and railway stations. His works included the Oriente Station and Milwaukee Museum of Art.
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I read Allison's blog. I liked how she
used pictures however I did not think she provided a lot of
information, it may not have been completely finished when I viewed
it.
I also read Samantha's blog. I really
liked all the information she had in it. I also like how she gave her
experience of the Getty Center. I liked her video as well.
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