Week 2 Reading

Summary What is Modern Architecture?  Mark Crinson posits that asking the question “What is modern architecture?” has all kinds of answers depending on the worldview you approach it with. He adds the context of different definitions from mostly Le Corbusier and other...

Week 2 Reading

“What is Modern Architecture?” Modern architecture is widely examined and thus considered in several different ways. This development in architecture was seen by many architects as a design approach focused on functionality and usability. Instead of...

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Summaries What is Modern Architecture? Modern architecture is comprised of function, abstraction, modern technology, space and form, but it has many definitions. Spaces like the International Architecture Exhibit in the Museum of Modern Art in New York view each...

“What is Modern Architecture or Does it Even Matter?”

READING #1 SUMMARY Modern Architecture was proposed as a new equitable architecture for a rapidly changing and connected world. With technology and science at the forefront it was intended to be honest, transparent, and moral. For the people of means or the lay...
Week 2 Readings

Week 2 Readings

Summaries What is Modern Architecture? by Crinson The article argues that definition of modern architecture is complex to answer. It supports this claim by three brief cases such as the Vienna Method in 1933, the structurally and ornamentally expressive forms of Crown...