ARCH 5605-391
TTU/COA - fall 2006
01.00 honorific research
due: 08/28/06
8/30/06 beginning of studio
Research and Documentation: collect of an image and textual file for one unique pair of buildings from
the list below, include:
1. all plans, sections, elevations and projections (axos or isos)
2. relevant photographs, sketches, images
3. primary critical texts
4. drawings of historical and typological precedents;
5. painting, sculpture and objects of the period of the buildings.
6. Note all bibliographic references for anything you find (include author, title, publisher, page numbers)
Be prepared to present and discuss what you have found to the entire class.
Bring books, and xeroxes of information to class.
Beginning Sources:
Global Architecture Series
Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton.
Modern Architecture by Leonardo Benevolo
Theory of Design in the First Machine Age by Reyner Banham
The Heroic Age of Modern Architecture by Allison & Peter Smithson
Mies van der Rohe (over 90 listed in library search)
Le Corbusier Complete works (7-volume set)
Le Corbusier, Paris-Chandigarh by Laus-Peter Gast
Use the Avery Index and its supplements to research in periodicals. The Avery Index is the most comprehensive source for worldwide periodical references. Look for articles written around the time of construction and more recent documentation of each project. Where the Avery index is not available use the Architectural Periodical Index (API). This index is less complete because it was started later and only covers
current major periodicals.
Le Corbusier
Mies van der Rohe
House of the Painter Ozenfant, Paris 1922
Project: Brick Country House (Brick Villa), 1922
Villa at Vaucresson, 1922
Project: Concrete Country House, 1923
Maison LaRoche-Jeanneret, Paris, 1923
Wolf House: Guben, Germany, 1926
Maison Cook, Boulogne sur Seine, 1926
Hermann Lange House: Krefeld, Germany, 1928
Villa Stein: Garches, France 1927
Barcelona Pavilion, 1929
Eileen Gray (E1027) House at Roquebrune, 1926-29
Tugendhat House: Brno, Czech Republic, 1930
Maisons Jaoul: Paris, France,1952
House, Berlin Building Exposition, 1931
Villa Savoye: Poissy, France,1929
Project: house with three courts and court-house with
garage, 1934, 1934
La Maison du Docteur Currutchet, La Plata, 1949
Farnsworth House: Plano, Illinois, 1950
Bennett Neiman, Associate Professor
a building which exhibits itself