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The Woolworth Building: Gothic, yet Modern - Architecture Archives The Woolworth Building: Gothic, yet Modern - Cass Gilbert spent two years, drawing thirty different proposals, for the New York office building commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth, owner of the dime store chain. Soaring 792 feet high, the Woolworth Bu
The Woolworth Building: Gothic, yet Modern Cass Gilbert spent two years, drawing thirty different proposals, for the New York office building commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth, owner of the dime store chain. Soaring 792 feet high, the Woolworth Building was the world's tallest until the Chry
Antoni Gaudí - Spanish Architect Your starting place for exploring the life and works of Antoni Gaudí, known for his archictural style which is a mix of Gothicism, Modernism, Surrealism, and Oriental styles.
The Woolworth Building and the Seagram Building - Quick Vote Two New York City skyscrapers: The Woolworth Building, lavished with Gothic details, and the sleek, modernist Seagram Building. What's your favorite? Look at the photos, follow the links, and post your vote.
Architecture History Time Line - Historic Periods and Styles From Prehistoric to Post-modern, a quick history of architecture in the Western world, from prehistoric megaliths to modernist skyscrapers. Follow the links to find articles and photos for each period and style.
Was there a George VI style? Now that the story of British architecture and design in the twentieth century is less often distorted by over-emphasis on
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SOME BUILDINGS make you wonder. Consider the four-story brick-and-concrete schoolhouse that was completed recently on Pico near Doheny. The building ......(Continue Reading)Architecture and the car: as the automobile evolved in tandem with modern architecture, it created myths, legends and new building types
Gabriel Voison (1880-1973) gave up architectural studies to fly, and then to build aircraft for the French air force. After the First World War, Voison ......(Continue Reading)Structure/ornament and the modern figuration of architecture
In architectural writings from about 1830 to the present a great many buildings are consistently described as divided between structures that represent ......(Continue Reading)The curse of Palladio: as the Raymond Erith exhibition at the Soane Museum makes clear, the interesting question is not 'classical or modern?' but 'good
Raymond Erith--some of whose exquisite drawings are currently on display in a centenary exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum--has long been the most ......(Continue Reading)
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