Category Archives: Houses
Evolving ideas and Architecture
I would like to discuss the essay “A Family Affair” this week. Specifically, I found the discussion of the similarities between music and architecture and how they grow into their own or spawn new genera. This, in turn, lines up
Evolving ideas and Architecture
I would like to discuss the essay “A Family Affair” this week. Specifically, I found the discussion of the similarities between music and architecture and how they grow into their own or spawn new genera. This, in turn, lines up
Subjectivity and Forms
I found Jeffery Kipnis’ work “A Family Affair” interesting, yet somewhat confusing at the same time. He speaks in this paper about subjectivism and primitives, which allow architecture to embody something more than I have ever thought about and am
Subjectivity and Forms
I found Jeffery Kipnis’ work “A Family Affair” interesting, yet somewhat confusing at the same time. He speaks in this paper about subjectivism and primitives, which allow architecture to embody something more than I have ever thought about and am
The Bauhaus and the villa at Garches
Re-analyzing the Rowe and Slutsky article after our last discussion (and with the additional information of the Le Corbusier plates) added an architectural dimension to the idea of literal and phenominal transparency. Wheras we had analyzed the differences in the
The Bauhaus and the villa at Garches
Re-analyzing the Rowe and Slutsky article after our last discussion (and with the additional information of the Le Corbusier plates) added an architectural dimension to the idea of literal and phenominal transparency. Wheras we had analyzed the differences in the
Slutzky forgot the Ribbon Window!
While in his piece “Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal” Robert Slutzky discusses le Corbusier’s achievement of phenomenal transparency at length, he fails to mention the ribbon window as a practical example of phenomenal transparency in architecture. In an attempt to get
Slutzky forgot the Ribbon Window!
While in his piece “Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal” Robert Slutzky discusses le Corbusier’s achievement of phenomenal transparency at length, he fails to mention the ribbon window as a practical example of phenomenal transparency in architecture. In an attempt to get
Bridges and Concrete
I found the Sigfried Giedion reading about bridges and the use of concrete very interesting this week. I have always been interested in bridges, and am actually taking a course about the history of bridges this semester. One thing that
Bridges and Concrete
I found the Sigfried Giedion reading about bridges and the use of concrete very interesting this week. I have always been interested in bridges, and am actually taking a course about the history of bridges this semester. One thing that
Reinforced Concrete: Then and Now
In his chapter on construction, Banham discusses Auguste Perret’s “house in rue Franklin” in Paris, from the beginning of the 20th century. According to Banham, Perret, and numerous other prominent architects of the time (like Corbusier, Maillart, and Giedion), sought
Reinforced Concrete: Then and Now
In his chapter on construction, Banham discusses Auguste Perret’s “house in rue Franklin” in Paris, from the beginning of the 20th century. According to Banham, Perret, and numerous other prominent architects of the time (like Corbusier, Maillart, and Giedion), sought
Architects vs. Engineers: A question without an answer?
In Construction and Aesthetics: Slab and Plane Sigfried Gideon touches on the very complex question of how modern designs and new uses of materials come into being. Often times, new designs are controversial, and how people react to them seems largely
Architects vs. Engineers: A question without an answer?
In Construction and Aesthetics: Slab and Plane Sigfried Gideon touches on the very complex question of how modern designs and new uses of materials come into being. Often times, new designs are controversial, and how people react to them seems largely
Boiling Down
I wholly agree with the perspective Gideon illustrates with the quote: “…Like science [modern art] has resolved the shaped of the into their basic elements with the object of reconstituting them in consonance with the universal laws of Nature.” Gideon
Boiling Down
I wholly agree with the perspective Gideon illustrates with the quote: “…Like science [modern art] has resolved the shaped of the into their basic elements with the object of reconstituting them in consonance with the universal laws of Nature.” Gideon
The Eggshell Technique
The article I was most captured by this week was Sigfried Giedion’s “Construction and Aesthetics: Slab and Plane.” I found this to be especially interesting because it offered more than just an analysis of architecture. Giedion ventured into a historical
The Eggshell Technique
The article I was most captured by this week was Sigfried Giedion’s “Construction and Aesthetics: Slab and Plane.” I found this to be especially interesting because it offered more than just an analysis of architecture. Giedion ventured into a historical
Balancing Beam
This week, I really enjoyed reading about Robert Maillart’s bridges and his construction of them in such an interesting and aesthetic manner. What I found particularly thought evoking was the mentioning, “it is easier for a constructor to find a
Balancing Beam
This week, I really enjoyed reading about Robert Maillart’s bridges and his construction of them in such an interesting and aesthetic manner. What I found particularly thought evoking was the mentioning, “it is easier for a constructor to find a
WHAT IS AN ARCHITECTURAL IDEA? 