Ornamentation and Crime Summary: In 1908, Adolf Loos, an Austrian architect, described in Ornament and Crime how ornamentation is not fitting for the modern world. He believes that we must remove ornamentation from functional objects for society to evolve. There are a...
Summary of “Ornament and Crime” In this horrendously racist and sexist article, Adolf Loos argues that to be modern is to do away with ornamentation entirely. To support this argument, he claims that the true “modern man” (read: white intellectual) is...
Athfield House and Office contemporary Sir Ian Charles Athfield 99A, 105-107A Amritsar Street; 3 Onslow Road, Khandallah, Wellingon, New Zealand 1968 The Athfield house and office flows down a hillside where it serves as the home of the architect and occupant Sir Ian...
French Embassy Modernity Kim Joong Eop and Kim Swoo Geun Seoul, Korea 1961 This embassy was designed for the French peoples during an unstable and interesting time in South Korean history. To expand, Korea was reexamining its economic and industrial situation...
USSR 1937 Paris pavilion Modernism Boris Iofan and Vera Mukhina Paris, France 1937 Description The 1937 Paris Pavilion was one of the most contradicting exhibits of the World’s fairs because both German Fascism and Soviet Communism were located across from each...
