Modern Architecture
Modern Architecture
Modern Architecture
the notion that "Form follows function", a dictum originally expressed by Frank Lloyd Wright's
early mentor Louis Sullivan, meaning that the result of design should derive directly from its purpose
the related concept of "Truth to materials", meaning that the true nature or natural appearance of
a material ought to be seen rather than concealed or altered to represent something else
particularly in International Style modernism, a visual emphasis on horizontal and vertical lines
Modern architecture
The Crystal Palace, 1851, was one of the first buildings to have vast
amounts of glass supported by structural metal, foreshadowing
trends in Modernist architecture.
The Bau
Illinois.
Gropius
The Seagram Building, New York City, 1958, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is
regarded as one of the finest examples of the functionalist aesthetic and a
masterpiece of corporate modernism.