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Edited July 23, 20195 yr by Guest

W28.....Here's your chance to shine!

Trust your instinct.  By all means investigate and learn more, but if you are intelligent then look at them and make up your own mind.  What kinds of renderings do you like?  Or better yet, what actual buildings do you like to be in and around?  For me, first and foremost a building must enhance the street with it's public facade.  Many modern architects do not do this IMO.

I'm guessing that like everything else in modern society, it's efficient and calculable.

I used to think the same way. It was when I started reading and learning about modern architecture that I began to appreciate it.

 

In most ways, historic designs are now cost prohibitive.

I'm guessing that like everything else in modern society, it's efficient and calculable

 

...or that it should look that way.

 

 

I think that, with anything classified as "modern" (art, architecture, etc), it's very much about taking forms and breaking molds. How to further create new ways of looking at things, etc.

 

I, for one, love modern architecture because of this fact: it challenges how I look at things and what I consider beautiful. I think that most people who just dismiss it as ugly are really saying that, oftentimes, they're not really sure how to respond to it because it looks different from what they're used to seeing. They don't have anything familiar to compare it to. Like much of modern art, I wouldn't look at modern architecture and immediately dismiss it. I would go into it with an open mind. Also, if things aren't along your aesthetic preferences, that's okay. But I'd say at least give it a chance. Modern works lend a huge contribution to society, in my opinion, because they're constantly saying "let's move forward". I think this mentality is necessary.

 

I also appreciate classical architecture, however. I'm not completely dismissing it. In fact, some of my favorite buildings are ones that were built over a century ago. But I personally feel that if everything clung to classical architectural standards, things would get stagnant. Modern architecture involves taking those classical, traditional forms and challenging the ways those forms interact in space. I think that's what excites me most about it.

Frank Lloyd Wright was a pioneer in modern architecture. Many of his designs were ahead of their time. i.e. the S.C. Johnson & Son Building's 1936 exterior looks like it could of been built in the 60's-70's or even the 80's. If your not familiar with his work, do some research and that might help you understand what modern style architecture is all about.

 

 

 

At its basic level modern architecture is an early 20th century style that simplifies from. It was basicly the opposite of other popular styles of the time such as Art Deco. Some charateristics of MA are:

 

Materials and Functional requirements determine the result

Lack of ornamentation

Simplification of form 

Form follows function

 

Now having said that there are exceptions. For example Frank Lloyd Wright who in my opinion isn't just the best architect of the 20th century, but also the greatest American artist ever. FLW's principles of organic archetitecture are what people would say today were the first green inspired designs. I'm not going to dive in to all the concepts but feel free to look up fallingwater and usonian houses for FLW.

 

For other examples of MA have a look at Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius. These three are considered the fathers of modern architecture.