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...
Reading Summaries: What is Modern Architecture? -Le Corbusier lost the commission for the Palae of the League of Nations in 1928 and was deemed a “barbarian” -Modern architecture exhibits an intimate bond with the new forces and character of modernity...
“What is Modern Architecture?” by Mark Crinson In this article, Mark Crinson begins his discussion of modern architecture with an anecdote about Le Corbusier’s protest following the rejection of his design for the Palace of the League of Nations in...
Week 2 Reading Summaries What is Modern Architecture? Mark Crinson The early notions of modern architecture were heavily criticized by those in academia; however, practitioners such as Le Corbusier began a movement for the redemption of modern architecture at its...
Adam Martin Reading Summaries “What is Modern Architecture?” by Mark Crinson In this article, the author uses several anecdotes to poke holes in the 20th century European conception of “modern architecture. Modern architecture, as understood in this...
