modernism, the international style and late modernism

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