In architectural terms, style is something that defines a building. Modernism, Post-modernism, Contemporary, Art Deco, etcetera were the styles wholly defined by societies and practiced in terms of eras. Artists,…
Contemporary Architecture: Breaking the Pattern Buildings with castellated roofs with pinnacles, arched windows with consoled pediments, vaulted arch pathways, and ionic columns with golden embellishments was the definition of beautiful…
Life in an architecture school is a unique journey. You finish off with high school and enter a new pedagogical system with a relatively more attractive environment. It exposes you…
The beginnings of architecture school prove to be strenuous, challenging, and quite exhaustive. Most students enter with little to no knowledge on the technical aspects of design, and face a…
Since its founding, the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) has been a Berlin museum focused on 20th-century art. The museum is located in the Kulturforum and is considered one of…
The concept of Minimalism originated in the 1960s and has been a prominent art movement and design trend. Minimalism has been one of the fastest growing movements in the United…
The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now is a book captivating readers with a visual guide on the Bauhaus movement or what the writer, William Smock, calls the Bauhaus ideal. The…
Architects design structures with a set of values and beliefs that guides the way they deliver their contribution to architecture. The core beliefs define their methods and processes which are…
The Seagram Building by Mies van der Rohe ought to be an appraised work of art like his other projects. The 157 mm tall tower was built in 1957 and…
The phrase “Form Follows Function” was first used by Louis Sullivan in one of his articles known as “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”. Here he used the term form…
After the wrath of World War I, cities and structures was in spoils. In the wake of World War II, a group of prominent architects gathered together to form Congrès…
Mies was a German-American architect. He was a director at Bauhaus. His architectural style drew inspiration from modern times while expressing the spirit of this era. He coined the phrase…