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BEST ARCHITECTS OFMODERN MOVEMENT

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5.FRANK OWEN GEHRY 

(TORONTO, CANADÁ, FEBRUARY 28 OF 1929), HE IS A JEWISH ARCHITECT ESTABLISHED IN NORTHAMERICA, WINNER OF THE PRITZKER PRICE AND RECOGNIZED FOR HIS INNOVATIVE AND PECULIAR SHAPES USED IN HIS CONSTRUCTIONS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRITZKER AWAR IS?

THE PRITZKER PRIZE IS GIVEN EACH YEAR TO A LIVE ARCHITECT OF ANY COUNTRY WHO REVEALS THROUGH HIS WORK AND PROJECTS DIFFERENT FACES OF HIS TALENT AS WELL AS THE ENRICHMENT IT BRINGS TO HUMANITY BY MEANS OF HIS HANDIWORK.

GUGGENHEIM BILBAO MUSEUM:

IN BILBAO, SPAIN. THE BUILDING WAS REVEALED AS ONE OF THE MOST ESPECTACULAR DECONSTRUCTIVE BUILDINGS. AS MANY OF GHERY’S CONSTRUCTION, THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS RADICALLY SCULPTED FOLLOWING CONTOURS ALMOST ORGANIC. THE EXTERIOR IS COVERED BY PLAQUES OF TITANIUM, PRETENDING TO IMITATE FISH SCALES.

THE DANCING HOUSE: IT IS A FAMOUS BUILDING IN PRAGA. FOR IT’S LOOK A LIKE WITH A COUPLE OF DANCERS, IS ALSO KNOW AS GINGER AND FRED. EVENTHOUGH THE STYLE IS DECONSTRUCTIVE, IT MATCHES AND INTEGRATES VERY WELL WITH THE OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS THAT SURROUND THE COAST OF RIVER MOLDAVA.

4.ZAHA HADID

(BAGDAD; OCTOBER 31 OF 1950) BORN IN IRAK, SHE LIVED GREAT PART OF HER LIFE IN LONDON WHERE SHE STUDIED ARCHITECHTURE. HER WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED VARIOUS TIMES ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE, RECEIVING PRICES SUCH AS THE PRITZKER AWARD, BEING THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE GIVEN THIS REWARD.

CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: ROSENTHAL: FOUND IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. IS A BUILDING WHERE CONTEMPORARY ART EXPOSITIONS TAKE PLACE. CONTRASTING WITH THE NEIGHBOR CONSTRUCTIONS, IT IS A COMPOSITION OF STACKED VOLUMES THAT MANAGE TO STRETCH THE LIMITS OF THE LAND WHERE IT IS PLACED, FORMING AN DYNAMIC EFFECT.

PAVILION BRIDGE:

IT IS FOUND IN ZARAGOZA SPAIN, BEING AN IMPRESIVE AND INNOVATIVE HORIZONTAL BUILDING, WHERE THE STRUCTURE PRETENDS TO IMITATE A GLADIOLUS RESTING OVER THE HEBREW RIVER, THE EXPOSITION ROOMS ARE PLACED RIGHT OVER THE CONSTUCTION PLACED ON THE WATER. HAS A LENGTH OF 270 METER.

3.LE CORBUSIER 

(ROMANDY SWITZERLAND; OCTOBER 6 OF 1887 – FRANCE; AUGUST 27 OF 1965) KNOWN AS LE CORBUSIER, HE WAS A THEORICAL ARCHITECT CONSIDERED ONE OF THE CLEAREST EXPONENTS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT OF ARCHITECHTURE. AS VISIONARY, LE CORBUSIER SAW THE POSIBILITY OF CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH CONSTRUCTIONS. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS DEFINITION "OF HOUSING AS THE MACHINE TO INHABIT".

HABIT UNIT OF BERLIN:

LOCATED IN GERMANY ON A SURROUNDED LAND. THIS MONUMENTAL BUILDING WITH NEAR 500 APARTMENTS IS A REAL TOWN ON HIGHTS. THE MOST NOTICEABLE IS THE CONTRAST OF ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL. IN THE MOMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION IT WAS TO BE USED BY LOW RESOURCES FAMILIES, NOW, OWNING ONE OF THESE APARTMENTS CAN BE SOMEHOW EXPENSIVE.

NOTRE DAME OF HAUT:THESE PIECE IS CARACHTERISTIC FOR THE WAY IT MANAGES TO PLAY WITH SHAPES, LIGHT AND SHADOW; THE WORK WITH SPACE AND OBVIOUSLY ITS GREATNESS. MOREOVER, THE CURVED WAY OF ITS WALLS AND CEILINGS MAKE A VERY APPEALING GAME, VISUALY SPEAKING.

2.OSCAR RIBEIRO DE ALMEIDA NIEMEYER

(RÍO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, DECEMBER 15 OF 1907) HE IS AN ARCHITECT FOLLOWER AND PROMOTER OF LE CORBUSIER’S IDEAS. HE IS ALSO CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CHARACHTERS OF INTERNATIONAL MODERN ARCHITECHTURE. HE PIONEERED ON THE EXPLORATION OF NEW CONSTRUCTIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE REINFORCED CONCRETE. THE CONSTRUCTIONS, HIS ARCHITECHTURE REVEALS THE SPIRIT OF EXISTANCE AND SEARCH FOR PRODIGIOUS MUTATIONS. HE ALSO RECEIVED THE PRITZKER AWARD OF ARCHITECHTURE ON THE UNITED STATES IN 1987.

CATHEDRAL OF BRAZILIA: IT’S THE METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL IN THE CITY OF BRAZILIA, MADE OUT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AND A CRISTAL CEALING MAKES IT SEEM AS IF IT WHERE RISING INTO THE HEAVENS. THIS PROJECT WAS BASED ON HYPERBOLOIDS OF REVOLUTION WHERE HIS SECTIONS ARE ASIMETRIC. THE STRUCTURE IS THE RESULT OF SIXTEEN COLUMNS OF CONCRETE IDENTICALLY. THE PIECE REPRESENTS TWO HANDS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SKY.

PALÁCIO DO PLANALTO:IT IS THE HEADQUARTER OF EXECUTIVE POWER OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL. IT IS FOUND IN THE MAIN SQUARE OF THE THREE POWERS IN BRAZILIA. THIS PALACE WAS PART OF THE PILOT PROJECT OF THE CITY AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN THE CITY BY NIEMEYER. THIS ARCHITECT WAS ALSO THE CREATOR OF OTHER IMPORTANT BUILDINGS IN THE CAPITAL OF BRAZIL. THE IDEA WAS PROJECT AN IMAGE OF SIMPLICITY AND MODERNITY USING LINES AND WAVES TO COMPOSE COLUMNS AND EXTERIOR STRUCTURES.

1.LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE ( GERMANY, MARCH 27 OF 1886 – CHICAGO, AUGUST 17 OF 1969), ARCHITECT AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, HE DEVELOPED AN ARCHITECTONICAL STYLE BASED ON STRUCTURAL ADVANCED TECHNIQUES . HE ALSO MADE INNOVATIVE DESIGNS IN STEEL AND GLASS. IN 1912 HE OPENED HIS OWN STUDY IN BERLIN, OVER THE FIRST YEAR HE DIDN’T RECEIVE MANY ORDERS, BUT THE FIRST PIECES MARKED THE WAY HE WOULD FOLLOW DURING THE REST OF HIS CARREER. AFTER HIS DEATH, HE LEAVES A LEGACY WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE MOTTO: "GOD IS IN THE DETAILS". HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED MASTERS OF MODERN ARCHITECHTURE.

PLACE - ON THE 375 OF PARK AVENUES, NEW YORK . IS A MODERN TOWER OF OFFICES PROJECTED BY MIES VAN DER ROHE IN COMPANION OF PHILIP JOHNSON. AS THE CENTRAL OF THE SEAGRAM CORPORATION,THE BUILDING COUNTS WITH 39 STORIES AND 157 METERS OF HIGHT. THE CONSTRUCTION MAKES EVIDENT THE STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT, COMPOSED OF STEEL BEAMS AND PILLARS OF BRASS.

SEAGRAM BUILDING:

TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF ILLINIOS:

IS A PRIVATE INSTITUTION FOR PH.D UNIVERSITY DEGREES LOCATED IN CHICAGO TOWARDS THE SOUTH. IT HAS ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, ARCHITECHTURE, ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN AND LAW PROGRAMS. IT WAS FOUNDED ON 1940. THE STUDENT POPULATION IS OF ABOUT 6000. IT IS KNOWN AMONG THE STUDENTS AS ILLINOIS TECH.