ARCH 214bg Study Guide - Adolf Loos, Josephine Baker, Japanese Architecture
Document Summary
Mackintosh, and the arts and crafts movement, was highly respected by people in. Codified the arts and crafts movement and wrote modern architecture . Use the latest material and techniques available in buildings similar to renaissance and gothic. You can always tell the architect"s principle by the way they built. White facades and flat roofs, very simplistic. People in vienna were upset about this building cuz it has no historical background. Means the post office, revelatory building of wagner"s style. Post office is like a social center where people hang out. Bolts outside that are made of marble (similar to government buildings) Clearly describe how the building"s built on the building"s facade. No hiding, honesty arts and crafts idea, the spiritual idea. Facade is built by brick attached to marble. Bossing - little bumps (from renaissance; compared to rustication) Glass canopy as ceiling suspended by wires. Thin columns made out of aluminum - use of latest materials.
