MODEN PERIOD ARCHITECTS..

1. MODERN
PERIOD ARCHITECTS
S U B . B Y - A N U J K U M A R M A U R Y A ( B . A R C H . 8 TH S E M )

2. Walter Gropius
German-American architect
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and
founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely
regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He
is a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar.
Bauhaus architecture's characteristics include functional shapes,
abstract shapes used sparingly for décor, simple color schemes, holistic
design, and basic industrial materials like concrete, steel, and glass.
Bauhaus Dessau building, Gropius House (1938) The Alan I W Frank House Aluminum City Terrace (1944)

3. Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect. He was
commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le
Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is regarded as one
of the pioneers of modernist architecture.
Widely regarded as Mies van Der Rohe's masterpiece, Crown Hall in
Chicago is one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th
Century Modernist movement.
one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, known for his
role in the development of the most enduring architectural style of the
era: modernism.
German-American architect
Fransworth House Neue Nationalgalerie Deflat Kleitburg

4. Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, designer, writer, and
educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of
70 years.
What is Frank Lloyd Wright best known for? Frank Lloyd Wright was a great
originator and a highly productive architect. He designed some 800 buildings,
of which 380 were actually built. UNESCO designated eight of them—
including Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum, and Unity Temple—as
World Heritage sites in 2019.
Wright’s home (1889) The Walter gale House Winslow House (1893)
American architect

5. Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French
architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of
what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland
and became a French citizen in 1930.
He designed a series of villas and began to theorize on the use of reinforced
concrete as a structural frame, a thoroughly modern technique. Le
Corbusier began to envisage buildings designed from these concepts as
affordable prefabricated housing that would help rebuild cities after World
War I came to an end.
The "Maison Blanche" The villa favre
"Maison Blanche" (1912)
Swiss- French architect

6. Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work
includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures
and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and
sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture.“
As a designer he is celebrated as the inventor of bent plywood furniture.
The Alvar Aalto Museum, designed by Aalto himself, is located in what is
regarded as his home city Jyväskylä. Aalto, famous for his bent plywood
furniture, began designing furniture in the early 1930s.
Alvar Aalto Studio, Helsinki (1954–56) Alvar Aalto Studio, Helsinki (1954–55) Villa Mairea
Finnish architect

7. Giuseppe Terragni
Giuseppe Terragni was an Italian architect who worked primarily
under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the
Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism.
Casa del Fascio which sits in front of Como Cathedral is the work
of the Italian Fascist architect Giuseppe Terragni. Built as the
headquarters of the local Fascist Party, it was renamed Casa del
Popolo after the war and has since served a number of civic
agencies, including a Caribinieri station and a tax office.
the Casa del Fascio Danteum Novocom
Italian architect

8. Louis Kahn
Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in
Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in
Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935.
Louis Kahn (February 20th 1901 – March 17th 1974) was one of the
United States' greatest 20th century architects, known for combining
Modernism with the weight and dignity of ancient monuments.
Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, (1966–1972) Louis Kahn Memorial Park,
Estonian-American architect