ARCHITECTURE AS ART

Architecture as a dual function:• Human needs (shelter, work, play,

worship, etc.)• Aesthetic dimension

There is an interplay of form and function.

• form follows function

• function follows form

Pearson Longman © 2009

ARCHITECTURE AS ART

Representative Buildings

• Parthenon- Athens, Greece

• Sagrada Familia- Barcelona, Spain

• Guggenheim Museum - NY

• Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain

Pearson Longman © 2009

ARCHITECTURE AS ART

Representative Architects

• Antoni Gaudi

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Frank O. Gehry

Pearson Longman © 2009

Ictinos & Callicrates

Antoni Gaudi Sagrada Familia

Frank Lloyd WrightGuggenheim- N.Y.

Frank O. Gehry Guggenheim- Bilbao,

Spain