INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE

1. MODERN
ARCHITECTURE

2. What is Modern Architecture?
• new architectural style that emerged in many Western countries in
the decade after World War I.
• Is an attempt to interprets one’s purpose through building in a style
independent of fix symmetries.
• It was based on the "rational" use of modern materials, the principles
of functionalist planning, and the rejection of historical precedent and
ornament.

3. Common themes of modern architecture include:
• the notion that "Form follows function", a dictum originally expressed by
Frank Lloyd Wright's early mentor Louis Sullivan, meaning that the result of
design should derive directly from its purpose
• simplicity and clarity of forms and elimination of "unnecessary detail"
• materials at 90 degrees to each other
• visual expression of structure (as opposed to the hiding of structural
elements)
• the related concept of "Truth to materials", meaning that the true nature
or natural appearance of a material ought to be seen rather than concealed
or altered to represent something else
• use of industrially-produced materials; adoption of the machine aesthetic
• particularly in International Style modernism, a visual emphasis on
horizontal and vertical lines

4. Materials commonly used
• Prestressed steel in tension
• High-pressure concrete
• Glass block
• Wood
• Metal
• Chromium
• Plastics
• Copper
• Cork
• Steel
• Gypsum lumber
• Real and artificial stone
• Synthetic and compressed materials
• Versatile plywood

5. • Strength is no longer synonymous with massiveness, for more
efficient new structural materials are used in vary forms, scientifically
calculated to avoid waste.

6. • The supporting function is created my light, cage like skeleton of steel
and reinforced concrete, which is faster and easier to build

7. Reinforce concrete is made by pouring concrete
over steel rods laid in temporary wooden moulds.

8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New
York City (1959), interior, by Frank Lloyd
Wright.
Architect Adrian Smith at SOM
Developer Emaar Properties
Structural engineerBill Baker at SOM

9. Absolute World
BURKA ARCHITECTS, MAD STUDIO
2010
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
914,930 SQ FT
BMW Welt
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
2007
MUNICH, GERMANY
785,765 SQ FT

10. The City of Arts and Sciences
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA AND FELIX CANDELA
2005
VALENCIA, SPAIN
3,767,369 SQ FT
Disney Concert Hall
FRANK GEHRY
2003
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
2,265 PEOPLE

11. National Center of the Performing Arts
PAUL ANDREU
2007
BEIJING, CHINA
2,361,600 SQ FT
Museum of Islamic Art
I. M. PEI
2008
DOHA, QATAR
484,376 SQ FT

12. PREPARED BY: MARVEN B. LAUDE
BSED-1
HUMANITIES 1