ADDITIONAL INFO
PHILOSOPHIES/PHILOSOPHERS
Andres Duany
“The urban Transect based on historic arrangements of cities,
towns, and countryside. The transect is the natural gradient
from urban to rural to natural landscapes that can be observed
in settlement pattern all over the world”
Norman Foster’s
Philosophy (The 30 St.
Mary Axe)
“The location of our residential and work place have great
influence on people. Urban places are decisive factors in our
standard of living”
Filarete’s Book
Tratto d’Architettura (Treatise of Architecture)
Futurism - A cult of the machine age and even a glorification of war and violence were
among the themes of this movement
Constructivism - Architectural style after 1917 Russian war where new architecture is a
remedy for Russian social discontentment
Art Noveau - Whiplash lines, Flowing Endril-like lines, Feminine
Art Deco - Curvaceous, Metallic, Chevron
GDR (German Democratic Republic) — postwar reconstruction, influenced by the political
ideology of socialism which private property ownership is banned and housing is for all
Architects’ Characteristics
Frank Gehry
Paul Rudolf
Eero Saarinen
I.M. Pei
Santiago Calatrava
Fragmentation,
Manipulation of
surface,
non-rectilinear
dislocation
Integrity of
materials
Simple, Sweeping,
Curves/Machine-l
ike rationalism
Large abstract forms, Sharp
geometric, Glass-clad and
trad. combining with
modern elements
Biotecture
defined as
architecture using
organic materials (e.g.
plants, minerals,
organisms)