FAH272H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Lina Bo Bardi, United States Capitol
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International style exhibition (museum of modern art, 1932) Glass house, s o paulo (lina bo bardi, 1951) corporate modernism. Lever house, new york (skidmore, owings & merrill, 1950 2) Le corbusier"s contemporary city (city for 3 million) Clear division between residential and commercial areas. Increased height of apartment blocks - more ground for parks. Urban planning projects in the 1930s glori ed the nation-state (germany & ussr) Avant-garde architecture - lots of abstraction and political propaganda. Germany and soviet union - big in the 1920s. 1930s, ussr focused on socialist realism (classical architecture/planning to communicate the empowerment of the masses) Chapter 25: the modern movement in the americas. The building itself is a form of advertising. Trolley built into the structure to go all the way around the building. Creates a space of quality for workers (natural light) Great hall , berlin (albert speer, 1937-40) Huge domed building that was very monumental and oversized.
