194x-9/11:
American Architects
   and the City
     Max Mueller
The exhibition traces an arc from the euphoria of
the 1940s to the critiques of the 1960s and 1970s
 to the threshold of today’s vibrant debates over
urban (and suburban) form and life stimulated by
   the rebuilding of Ground Zero… [Taken from
                      exhibit]
• Events such as WWII and 9/ll caused resurgence the
  field of architecture.
• Architects were called on to design a future world.
  (Post-war).
Architecture in Art



                      Richard Serra
                      Junction/ Cycle
Art in Architecture



                   <->




M.C. Escher
Relatitity
1953
Art:
  The conscious use of skill and creative
imagination especially in the production of
            aesthetic objects.
          [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]
Architecture:
The art or science of building; specifically : the
   art or practice of designing and building
  structures and especially habitable ones.
            [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]
Post-WWII
Post 9/11
Mueller
Mueller

Mueller

  • 1.
    194x-9/11: American Architects and the City Max Mueller
  • 2.
    The exhibition tracesan arc from the euphoria of the 1940s to the critiques of the 1960s and 1970s to the threshold of today’s vibrant debates over urban (and suburban) form and life stimulated by the rebuilding of Ground Zero… [Taken from exhibit]
  • 3.
    • Events suchas WWII and 9/ll caused resurgence the field of architecture. • Architects were called on to design a future world. (Post-war).
  • 4.
    Architecture in Art Richard Serra Junction/ Cycle
  • 5.
    Art in Architecture <-> M.C. Escher Relatitity 1953
  • 6.
    Art: Theconscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects. [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]
  • 7.
    Architecture: The art orscience of building; specifically : the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones. [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]
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  • 10.

Editor's Notes

  • #3 The exhibition traces an arc from the euphoria of the 1940’s to the critiques of the 1960s and 1970s to the threshold of today’s vibrant debates over urban (and suburban) form and life stimulated by the rebuilding of Ground Zero… [Taken from exhibit]