Architects from around the world envision the ideal city. They plan the layout of […]
The Blurry Line between Culture and Poverty
There were a lot of ideas I found interesting in Citizen Jane Battle for the […]
9/14 A Pattern Recipe
“A Pattern Language” proposes an architectural recipe book to be referred to when designing. At […]
Week 2: The Beginnings of Team 10
Since CIAM and Team X were presented as important chapters in Modern Architecture, my mind […]
Week 2
When reading “Charter of Athens” I couldn’t help but make several connections to many modernist […]
Post 2: From CIAM to TeamX, Brutalism, and Metabolism
There are many aspects of “The Charter of Athens” to discuss, but, I am going […]
Reflection
To summarize all of the readings as one, it seems like they all had the […]
Week 2: The Functional City & Slums
When reading all these architect’s ideas for urban planning, it’s natural to make connections between […]
CIAM 4 and CIAM 10
The Charter of Athens puts forth the main proceedings from the fourth international congress for […]
Week 2 reflection
Maki’s article does a great job of posing questions regarding the logistics of building cities […]
The Architectural Group of the 20th Century
One of the most prominent architects in the 20th century formed an association where they […]
Week 2: Family
When reading the Smithson’s “Criteria for Mass Housing” their emphasis on family dynamic within the […]
9/7 Linking
While the readings from last week provided outlines and detailed steps to their ideas, this […]
Recapping Modernism: Corbusier vs. Wright
The reading which struck me most was Le Corbusier’s “A Contemporary City”. In his radical […]
Week 1: Recapitulation of Modernism
The FLW article “A Home in a Prairie Town” made me curious to know who […]
Post 1: Recapitulation of Modernism
Although all the readings were quite interesting and worth discussing, I was particularly struck by […]
Week 1: Approaches to Contemporary Architecture
Le Corbusier’s plan for organizing cities and their different mechanisms was ambitious, and would be […]
Week 1: FLW, Le Corbusier, & the Bauhaus
The readings gave an insight on how these historical figures interpreted architecture and what it […]
Transitions
After reading the works of Lloyd, Corbusier, Van der roh and Gropius it became evident […]
Wright Le Courbusier Mies Gropius
Reading Frank Lloyds Wright ‘A house on the prairie, he seems to follow a strict […]
Week 1: Recapitulation of Modernism
I can understand Corbusier’s desire for this perfectly designed city that celebrates architecture based on […]
Le Corbusier’s Ideal City Scheme
Le Courbusier remains as one of the founding fathers that describe the early modernism of […]
Week 1: Recapitulation of Modernism
When reading Le Corbusier’s “The City of To-morrow” I found his “fundamental principles for modern […]
Wright, Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies
There are many interesting ideas in all four readings. There are also a lot of […]
Change and to Change
For the design style of Bauhaus, I prefer to use the term “colorful machine” to […]