Modern Architecture

4. Which ones
belong to modern
architecture?

5. While-reading

6. Words and phrases:
• style
• go against
• concrete
• equal
• impress
• act as
• despite
• as if
• fill up… with

7. time
materials
characteristics
architects
examples
Careful reading:

8. Why are buildings ,streets, squares
and parks in different styles?
Para 1:
Because every great culture has its own ideas
of beauty expressed in art and architecture.

9. What idea did the architects want
to express in the buildings?
Para 2:
They wanted to change society with buildings
that went against people’s feeling of beauty.

10. After
…
When was modernism invented?

11. Para 3: Traditional architecture materials
and modern ones
steel
wood
glass
brick
stone
cement

12. What are the features of
modern architecture?
What two words do
you use to describe
modern buildings?
hard, unfriendly
Para 4:
The buildings look like boxes with flat roofs,
sharp corners and glass walls that act as mirrors.

13. Taihe Dian
The temple of Heaven
Cathedrals
have no straight lines
Stand much closer to nature
What are the features of
ancient architecture?
Para 5:

14. ---- a Spanish architect
----an American architect

15. No sharp corners in his works
Use natural materials
Antonio Gaudi
How was Gaudi
inspired by nature?
Para 6:

16. Balconies look like _____.
Other parts look like _____.
Walls seem to be covered
with the _____ of a _____.
The roof looks like the
____ of a _______.
eyes
bones
skin fish
back dragon
Para 6:

17. Guggenheim
Museum,
New York
Hills/DeCaro
House
Fallingwater
House,
Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd
Wright

18. His
works
What’s the characteristics
of his architecture ?
Antonio Gaudi

19. Inspired by
Japanese
seashells
How was Frank Wright
inspired by nature?
Para 7:
Frank Lloyd Wright

20. What do you think it looks like?
Para 7:
The Opera House in Sydney

21. The new Olympic Stadium
in Beijing
What do you think
the architect wants
to express?
Para 8
What does it look like?

22. the Opera
House
the new
Olympic
Stadium
the Bird’s Nest
seashell
How …look
like?
Why…called?

24. Antonio Gaudi
(b. Reus, Spain 1852; d. Barcelona, Spain 1926)
The son of a coppersmith, Antonio Gaudi was born
in Reus, Spain in 1852. He studied at the
Escola Superiord‘ Arquitectura in Barcelona and
designed his first major commission for the Casa
Vincens in Barcelona using a Gothic Revival style
that set a precedent for his future work. Over the
course of his career, Gaudi developed a sensuous,
curving, almost surreal design style which
established him as the innovative leader of the
Spanish Art Nouveau movement.

25. Casa Battle
(1904-1906)
Its balconies look like eyes,
other parts look like bones,
the walls seem to be covered
with the skin of a fish, while
the roof looks like the back
of a dragon.

26. Casa Mila
Sagrada Familia Church
Colonia Guell

27. （Casa Mila）

28. （Sagrada Familia）
1898

29. FrankLloydWright (1867-1959) A famous American architect
waterfall

31. The main ideas of each paragraph
1.Architecture and culture
2.The idea of modernism
3.Materials of architecture
4.Modern architecture looks hard and unfriendly
5.Ancient architecture stands much closer to nature
6.Antonio Gaudi and his works
7.Six other modern architects and architecture
8.The new Olympic Stadium in Beijing

32. Modern buildings are more beautiful than
ancient ones.
Wright was inspired by Japanese seashells
when designing a museum.
Ancient architecture stands much closer to
nature.

33. 1. Buildings, streets, squares and parks are
in different styles because_____. ( Para 1)
A. they were all designed by different architects
B. different ideas of beauty are expressed in them
C. they are part of the man-made living
environment
D. they are built out of modern building
materials

34. 2. Which of the following is NOT true about
modernism? (Para2&3)
A. It has existed for 80 years or so
B. Steel, glass and concrete are used as modern
architecture material
C. All the buildings in developing countries
belong to modernism.
D. Sometimes traditional materials are used in
modern architecture.

35. 3. According to the text, most people
think modern buildings are __ (Para 4)
A. huge B. beautiful
C. friendly D. welcoming

36. 4. Which of the following will NOT
probably make people think about nature ?
(Para 6&7&8)
A. The Opera House in Sydney.
B. All the art museums in New York.
C. The 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing
D. Most of Gaudi’s works in and around
Barcelona

37. 5. Which of the following best expresses
the main idea of this passage?
A. Ancient architecture is popular.
B. Modern architecture is popular.
C. Ancient buildings look more beautiful than
modern ones.
D. Different times, different styles of
architecture.

38. 6. From Passage we can infer that Antonio Gaudi
_____.
A. was a traditional architect
B. Invented modernism in order to change
society
C. Preferred steel, glass and concrete to
natural materials
D. knew that there aren’t any straight lines
in nature

39. What do the words in bold refer to ?
them
that
his
it
refers to the buildings that look like boxes with
flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls that
act as mirrors.
refers to the idea that nature doesn’t have
any straight lines.
refers to Antonio Gaudi.
refers to the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing.

40. 1 . Every great culture in the past had its own ideas of
beauty expressed in art and architecture. (para.1)
2 Modernism was invented in the 1920s by a group of
architects who wanted to change society with buildings
that went against people’s feeling of beauty. (para.2)

41. 3 Developing countries want to build the most modern-
looking buildings as the first step towards becoming a
modern country. (para.3)
4 The last paragraph
The 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing is another design that
makes us think about nature.
Seen from the top, it looks as if the stadium is covered by a gray net
of steel, and it looks just like a bird’s nest made of tree branches.

42. Birds fill up the spaces between the branches of their nests
with soft materials.
Just so, the spaces in the structure of the stadium will be
filled with huge plastic bags full of air.
Although the stadium was made of concrete and steel,
the flowing lines and round shapes make the building
look warm and friendly.

43. Thanks for your
attention
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