Architecture in the age of the machine.
What should design look like?
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Vanbrugh: Blenheim Palace 18th Century
Architecture at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution
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Brighton PalaceJohn Nash
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Indian influence Chinese influence
The Crystal Palace, London 1851
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John Paxton 1851Built for the Great Exhibition
Pre-fabricated in a factory.
Labrouste, Bibliotheque Nationale 1849-1851
Gaudi, Casa Mila 1905Art Nouveau
Gamble House, Greene and Greene 1909Arts and Crafts
Gropius, Bauhaus Building 1925
Rietveld, the Schroeder House 1924De Stijl-- Mondrian
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon1931 New York
Strauss, Golden Gate Bridge 1937
Wright, Falling Water1936
"Every great architect is—necessarily—a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age."
Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haute, 1950
Wright, The Guggenheim Museum New York 1956
Graves, 1980Portland, Ore.
Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain 1997
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Frank Gehry 2008 Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles