Architecture in the age of the machine.

What should design look like?

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Vanbrugh: Blenheim Palace 18th Century

Architecture at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution

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Brighton PalaceJohn Nash

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Indian influence Chinese influence

The Crystal Palace, London 1851

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John Paxton 1851Built for the Great Exhibition

Pre-fabricated in a factory.

Labrouste, Bibliotheque Nationale 1849-1851

Gaudi, Casa Mila 1905Art Nouveau

Gamble House, Greene and Greene 1909Arts and Crafts

Gropius, Bauhaus Building 1925

Rietveld, the Schroeder House 1924De Stijl-- Mondrian

Shreve, Lamb and Harmon1931 New York

Strauss, Golden Gate Bridge 1937

Wright, Falling Water1936

"Every great architect is—necessarily—a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age."

Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haute, 1950

Wright, The Guggenheim Museum New York 1956

Graves, 1980Portland, Ore.

Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain 1997

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Frank Gehry 2008 Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles