JAV132H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jacobus Oud, Frank Lloyd Wright, Formal Language
2 Dec 2016
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Thomas dumand"s art pieces is architecture intertwined with media shown through his bathroom work. Architect (venture, scott-brown) says that the american city is best experienced through the windshield of car. Buildings that have been taken down live through images that get circulated (eg. photograph of. Taken down and then had a life of its own through images after the building no longer existed due to media. Occupied an important place in history of architecture (not the building itself, but its images) After the building had gained its importance against through images, the building was rebuilt according to the original. Representing things vs. making things: how they appear vs. how they"re made. Claims that modern architecture has ridden ornament. Adamant about white exteriors of houses (contrasted the rich textures of the interior) The house doesn"t have to tell all its richness and must be manifested by a white exterior.
