1 of 3

The Epic of the Movements That Changed Architecture

Name: The Epic of the Movements That Changed Architecture
Author: Imad Darouich

ملحمة المدارس التي غيّرت وجه العمارة

When the twentieth-century architect began to ask why he builds, each movement gave its answer: Art Nouveau, the Chicago and Prairie schools, Constructivism, the Bauhaus, Modernism, Functionalism, the International Style, Art Deco, organic architecture, Postmodernism, Deconstructivism, Parametricism and sustainable design.

Format: PDF ebook
Languages: Arabic and English
Collection: Ideas & Philosophy

Open the Epic… Let the Story Carry You Beyond.

Own This Epic: Just $5.

One payment. Download it right away, no account needed. PDF · 49 pages.

Or unlock the entire library with your subscription: download every book and discover new epics added each week.

Subscribe from $9 a Month.

Already a member? Sign in to download.

About This Book

Architecture begins as a wall that protects people, becomes a temple and a palace, and then, in the twentieth century, starts to ask why it builds at all. Each movement answers in its turn: Art Nouveau frees the line from the ruler, the Chicago School teaches the building to rise, Wright's Prairie School returns the house to the earth, Constructivism wants art to build a revolution, Gropius's Bauhaus joins hammer and brush, and Modernism sheds the clothes of the past. The International Style, Art Deco, organic architecture, Postmodernism, Deconstructivism and Parametricism follow, then sustainable and human-centred design and artificial intelligence. The book ends by naming what each movement left behind and the next age waiting behind the door.

In the beginning, architecture was a wall that protected humanity.

Architecture is not merely a beautiful image.

Another age begins behind the door.

From the book