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Born May 18: Walter Gropius German architect Walter Gropius was born on May 18 in 1883. Gropius believed that all design should be both functional and aesthetically-pleasing. His theories became the foundation for Bauhaus architecture, which transformed building design in the t
Born on June 30: Dominikus Zimmerman German architect Dominikus Zimmerman (1685 - 1766) spent his life designing rural churches in the exuberant Bavarian style. Zimmerman's masterpeice is the towering Wies Pilgrimage Church (Wieskirche), which he created with his brother Johann Baptist,
Wolf Hilbertz - Sea-cretion Wolf Hilbertz - German architect and inventor is of sea-cretion - the electrolytic deposition of sea-shell-like minerals from seawater that creates a construction material.
Bauhaus Architecture and the International Style Bauhaus architects rejected "bourgeois" details such as cornices, eaves and decorative details. They wanted to use principles of Classical architecture in their most pure form: without ornamentation of any kind. Find facts and photos for BAUHAUS ARCH
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Modern Architect Your starting place for exploring the life and works of modern architect Mies van der Rohe, famous for his statement that "Less is more."
The promised land: Israeli town planners hoped to entice people to "instant cities" in the desert hills, but instead created militarised outposts.
A fundamental ambiguity lies at the heart of all programmes of colonial settlement: settlers claim to be civilising the abandoned wilderness, yet they ......(Continue Reading) Becoming Corbusier: a recent exhibition traced the development of this seminal 20th-century figure from provincial designer to modern architectural master
"He lives in the extraordinary world of the acrobat" was how Le Corbusier referred to himself, describing his profession of architecture in My Work (published in 1960, five years before his death)....(Continue Reading)The German Century - exhibition of twentieth-century German architecture opens at Frankfurt's DAM
A major exhibition of twentieth-century German architecture opened at Frankfurt's DAM, the latest in the series devoted to European architecture. How to appreciate architecture without experienci...(Continue Reading)Figuring the new Germany: close on the heels of Leipzig native Neo Rauch, younger artists from the eastern German city are garnering critical attention.
A first glance at press releases and public relations materials for two recent overlapping exhibitions at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art ......(Continue Reading)Emerging architecture: work celebrated in the ar+d awards this year comes from all inhabited continents and represents a very wide diversity of building
This is the sixth annual celebration of the ar+d awards, and a suitable moment for reviewing their history and present state. From the first, we were ......(Continue Reading)
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