POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE Modern architecture or modernist
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POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE
MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE • Modern architecture, or modernist architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction • particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete; • the idea that form should follow function (→functionalism); • an embrace of minimalism; • and a rejection of ornament.
MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE Ennis House in Los Angeles, by Frank Lloyd Wright (1924) Long Beach Main Post Office (1933– 34)
MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE United Nations Headquarters in New York, by Wallace Harrison with Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier (1952) The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, by Eero Saarinen (1956– 62)
POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE • Primary emphasis to the façade, • Incorporating historical elements, • Subtle use of unusual materials and historical allusions, • The use of fragmentation and modulations to make the building interesting
POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE 550 Madison Avenue (Formerly AT&T Building) in Manhattan, New York City, by Philip Johnson (1982) Bank of America Center in Houston, Texas by Philip Johnson (1983)
POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Philip Johnson (1979– 84) Humor. Binoculars Building in Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles by Frank Gehry and sculptor Claes Oldenberg (1991 -2001)
POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE Dancing House in Prague (1996) Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain (1997)
