ARCHITECTURE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY

Architecture in the first half modern façade Cubism, De Stijl and New conceptions of space

The International Style in Architecture Rietveld

Cubism De Stijl and New Conceptions of Space

Team:

García de León Espinoza Marco AntonioMacias Nuñez Jennifer Paulina

Serrano Ayala José Eduardo

Group 7 Semester 4

Understanding of Architectural Documents in English

Faculty of Architecture

UAS

Text 2 - Architecture in the First Half of The

Twentieth Century

ArchitectureIs both the process and the product of planning, designing and constructing buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works ok arts.

CUBISM DE STIJL AND NEW CONCEPTIONS OF SPACEThis contrast of bright color was a set against the white and black surfaces to accent the structure of the building.The upper level of the building was designed to be a “universal space” for all the occupants of the building, living spaces by sliding panels.The Schroder House best demonstrated the international style of architecture.This building, is regarded the best example of De Stijl Architecture.Schroder House colors were chose to strengthen the plasticity of the facades: surfaces in with and shades of grey, black window and doorframes, and a number of linear elements in primary colors.Flexible Partitions: with a system of sliding and revolving panels, Rietveld achieved that flexibility.The Red Blue Chair vas a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld. These colors are associated to the paintings of Piet Mondrian, when Rietveld came into contact whit the artist en 1918.

In 1918, the architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld designed a chair that affected not only furniture design, but the history of architecture. Rietveld's "Red and Blue" chair is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and it is a chair I love.

Red and Blue chair - Rietveld

Thiss chair, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld between 1932 and 1934, can be interpreted as a response to the economic downturn of the time, by the simplicity of its design and use of a single materialUsing only four elements together with a simple system of triangular hinge joints that maintain rigidity, visual simplicity that appears to have a complex construction process is maintained.

Chair Zig Zag

Table De Stijl de Rietveld

Designed by one of the greatest exponents of the De Stijl movement, Thomas Rietveld, is an auxiliary table, created under the influence of the flat abstraction that led to De Stijl. The table was made specifically for the Schröder House (1922). Designed as a whole interleaved flat out foot, consisting of three painted in black, white and red pieces. The other De Stijl colors (yellow and blue) appears in the table on the board. Schröder table combines functionality with design, becoming an authentic sculpture to brag. Currently it is produced by the Italian company Cassina, making it extremely easy to get with a, yes, their price as often happens with this type of furniture is high, approximately about 1500 €.

DLa Steltman chair

Is one of the latest designs of Gerrit Rietveld. I think for the Rietveld Steltman jewelry at The Hague in 1963. Its free and asymmetrical shape, gives a privileged place within the European avant-garde of the early twentieth century. The chair consists of seven pieces of wood stacked oak, like a child's construction set in question. The piece stands formally opposed by the continuous horizontal and vertical volumes, reminding the first design De Stijl Rietveld.

Use Steiner Author: Adolf Loos Year: 1904-1906 Location: Vienna, Austria Destination 

Adolf Loos, one of the most important Austrian architects of European Modern Architecture. Hugo Steiner´s house it has been adopted in the stories of contemporary architecture as an example of the transition and anticipation of Rationalism.Adolf Loos believed that a true style would be discovered when ornament was done away with, and essential underlining qualities of form, proportion, clarity and measure were allowed to emerge unadorned.

The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. At 1,046 feet (319 m),the structure was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.[8] It is still the tallest brick building in the world, albeit with an internal steel skeleton.

The Chrysler Building

”Speed” would be the best word to describe the Art Deco. Art Deco was influenced by the modern art movements, cubism, futurism, and constructivism. Art Deco is all in geometrical order simple formats.Art Deco was manifest between the 1920 and 1939. Furniture, sculpture, clothing, jewelry and graphic design were all influenced by the Art Deco style.

Art Deco

After the destruction of the World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City until December 2007, when the spire was raised on the 1,200-foot (365.8 m) Bank of America Tower, pushing the Chrysler Building into third position. In addition, The New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level with the Chrysler Building in height.Both buildings were then pushed into 4th position, when the under construction One World Trade Center surpassed their height.

The Chrysler Building