ARCH 2401 Chapter : Arch 823
Document Summary
Wrote an outline of european architecture in 1943. Said a shed is a building and a cathedral is architecture. Trained craftsman, a member of a guild, not a scholar. Privileged scholar of the arts, philosophy, and mathematics, not a. Rather than the commercialization of style, the architect should respond to. Architects should evoke the excitement born of the instability and apparent. Architecture is a poisonous mixture of power and impotence. I believe in the individual architect, in a singular signature. The machine age inspires the architect to create beautiful architecture. In the midst of our corporate world, it is people, not capital, who really. Architects should find interest in commodification and the commercial. Le corbusier swiss/french 1887 ce-1965 ce (machine aesthetic) suitable for modern needs. Frank loyd wright american 1867 ce-1959 ce (craft of elevating humanity) the democratic intent and geographical particularities of the american context.
