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 | | Futurism | | by Ferdine, May 13, 2008 | | Futurism was an Italian movement that began in 1909. It was essentially the Italian form of Modernism. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 17 |
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 | | Googie: Architecture of The Space Age | | by Ferdine, May 13, 2008 | | Googie was a style of architecture characterized by space-age iconography like flying saucers and atoms. It reflected America's fascination with space travel. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 13 |
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 | | Norman Foster | | by Ferdine, May 13, 2008 | | Norman Foster is one of the leading exponents of high tech architecture and is probably Britain’s most famous architect. He was the son of an aircraft factory worker and he did his national service in the RAF, where he trained in electronics and aviation. This gave him an early interest in engineering. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 11 |
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 | | The New Cathedral at Coventry | | by Ferdine, May 21, 2008 | | Wartime bombing raids had a devastating impact on Britain’s urban landscape and on the national psyche. After the war, cities needed rebuilding and reconstruction was symbolic of Britain’s survival. No project was more symbolic than the new cathedral at Coventry. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 19 |
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 | | Italian Futurism: Modernist Art and Design | | by Ferdine, Jun 25, 2008 | | Given the widespread belief that the machine symbolised the new century, it was perhaps inevitable that certain Modernists should embrace it entirely for its own sake - purely as a metaphor, and with no concern for its practical applications. To some extent at least, this tends to be the case for most canonical Modernists, but this approach is exemplified by the Italian Futurist movement. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 12 |
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 | | Le Corbusier: Pioneer of the Modern Movement | | by Ferdine, Jun 25, 2008 | | Le Corbusier's manifesto Vers une architecture (1923) is dedicated to promoting the architectural virtues of the machine. His famous declaration, "The house is a machine for living in," often misunderstood, meant that the guiding principle for architects should be to make the house as well suited to its purpose as was a machine. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 13 |
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 | | The Bauhaus | | by Ferdine, Jun 25, 2008 | | A deep engagement with the realities of the machine age was demonstrated by those who embraced the concept of "functionalism". This idea played a significant role in most forms of Modernist design and theory. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 15 |
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