194x-9/11: American Architects

and the CityMax Mueller

The exhibition traces an arc from the euphoria of the 1940s to the critiques of the 1960s and 1970s to the threshold of today’s vibrant debates over

urban (and suburban) form and life stimulated by the rebuilding of Ground Zero… [Taken from

exhibit]

• Events such as WWII and 9/ll caused resurgence the field of architecture.

• Architects were called on to design a future world. (Post-war).

Architecture in Art

Richard SerraJunction/ Cycle

Art in Architecture

M.C. EscherRelatitity1953

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Art:The conscious use of skill and creative

imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects.

[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]

Architecture:The art or science of building; specifically : the

art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones.

[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]

Post-WWII

Post 9/11