Modernism, The international Style and Late Modernism
Form follows functionTruth to materials
Less is moreGolden mean
Clean linesSculptural
Frank Lloyd Wright 1867 –1959Robie House Chicago 1906
Fallingwater Pennsylvania 1937
Guggenheim Museum New York City 1943–1959
Le Corbusier 1887 –1965
• Support of ground-level pilotis, elevating the building from the earth and allowed an extended continuity of the garden beneath.
• Functional roof, serving as a garden and terrace, reclaiming for nature the land occupied by the building.
• Free floor plan, relieved of load-bearing walls, allowing walls to be placed freely and only where aesthetically needed.
• Long horizontal windows, providing illumination and ventilation.
• Freely-designed facades, serving as only as a skin of the wall and windows and unconstrained by load-bearing considerations.
Villa Savoye Paris 1931
Unité d'Habitation Marseille 1947-1952
Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp, France 1950–1954
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1886 –1969German Pavilion
Farnsworth House Chicago 1951
860–880 Lake Shore Drive Chicago 1951
Seagram building New York 1958
Oscar Niemeyer 1907Brasilia 1951
Ero Saarinen TWA Flight Center JFK International Airport New York 1956-1962
Minoru Yamsaki World Trade Centre New York 1973
Pompidou Centre Paris 1977
BP Centre Cape Town 1972
ABSA Centre Cape Town 1970
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