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Shows the similarities and differences between Behrens and Gropius by looking at their work in two German factories built just before World War 1. Also traces the continuity of classical architectural ideas...
Using contemporary photographs, looks at a range of exhibits, showing the French emphasis of craftsmanship and exotic materials and considering in what ways the architecture of the French and international...
Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, built at Poissyi near Paris between 1929 and 1931, is one of the most impmressive monuments of the International Style. In a detailed analysis fo the building, it is related...
Shows three stations designed by Charles Holden for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line - Cockfosters, Oakwood and Southgate. They are seen as structures perfectliy fitted for their function and also as...
If 1930s’ British architecture boasted relative few real International Style buildings, ‘moderne’ or ‘modernistic’ buildings were to be found in high streets, seaside resorts, and strung along...
Examines the persistence of academic classicism in British architecture of the 1920s and 1930s, exemplified in such buildings as Manchester City Library and Liverpool Cathedral. Focusing on the new...
Rudolf Schindler and Richard Neutra were Austrian-born architects who emigrated to the USA and worked as assistants to Frank Lloyd Wright. Examines Schindler’s Lovell Beach House at Newport Beach,...
Looks at some of the architecture and interior design of the mammoth turn-of-the-century Universal International Exhibition in Paris, and shows that, far from being dominated by Art Nouveau, the...
The Weissenhof ‘Siedlung’ built in Stuttgart in 1927 was intended as a ‘manifesto’ demonstration of Modern Movement architects’ abilities in the field of housing. Looks at work by Behrens, Gropius,...
Geoffrey Baker uses the house he designed for himself near Newcastle upon Tyne, to explain some of the practical constraints and architect faces in the design of any building and to suggest the role played...
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