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  bauhaus-archiv museum of design - bauhaus 1919 - 1933 - architecture
In 1919, the Bauhaus manifesto proclaims that the ultimate aim of all creative activity is a building.
During the directorship of Walter Gropius, the work was mainly in his office, since the setting-up of an architecture class had been delayed.
Their very individual conception of building, however, cannot be jointly coined: quite on the contrary, they must be seen as exponents of strongly divergent architectural concepts.
www.bauhaus.de /english/bauhaus1919/architektur/index.htm   (247 words)

  
  history_uo architecture
It was the first school to adopt completely two basic elements of the "modern" movement in architectural education, an affiliation with the allied arts (painting, crafts and sculpture), rather than with engineering, and a non-competitive, individual approach to learning.
Willcox's theory of education included an underlying premise that architecture was, along with other arts, an expression of the values, aspirations and character of the society which produced it.
In 1919, the UO architecture program was accepted as a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, an early form of accreditation.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~archuo/about/about_history.htm   (970 words)

  
 From omnibus to ecobus, 1919-1938, 2nd page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
With permission granted in 1930 to extend the Piccadilly line both north and west, Pick and Holden were provided with an opportunity to develop a new type of station.
The 'classic' style of Underground architecture is characterised by exposed brickwork and concrete using clean, simple forms, such as cylinders, curves and rectangles.
Both Pick and Holden believed that all parts of a building should be harmonious, and all aspects of the exterior and interior were integrated into the design, including the lighting, platform seats, clocks, kiosks, ticket machines, and even the litter baskets.
www.ltmuseum.co.uk /learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/pg/1919a.htm   (1119 words)

  
 ArchitectureSchools.com - The Architecture School Directory
According to the BLS, architectural jobs are expected to grow at a rate of about 10 and 20 percent over the first decade of the new millennium.
An architecture degree candidate may be expected to take courses in art, design, history, math and the physical sciences as well as courses focusing on building construction and engineering.
In addition to a degree in architecture from an accredited school, an internship is required for the candidate, typically lasting for a period of three years.
www.architectureschools.com   (1602 words)

  
 American Architecture - Twentieth Century - 1910 to 1919 - Great Buildings Online
Horatio West Court, by Irving Gill, at Santa Monica, California, 1919.
New York Racquet Club, by McKim, Mead, and White, at New York, New York, 1916 to 1919.
Park Guell, by Antoni Gaudi, at Montana Pelada, Barcelona, Spain, 1900 to 1914.
www.greatbuildings.com /types/usa/usa_1910-1919.html   (337 words)

  
 Architectural Internship: A Chronology
Building Community: A New Future for Architectural Education and Practice, by the late Dr. Ernest Boyer and Lee Mitgang, is published by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The Collateral Summit on Architectural Internship is held in Shaker Village, Ky., April 12-14.
The 2002 National Summit on Architectural Internship, organized by ArchVoices and hosted by the College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, is held.
www.aia.org /nwsltr_aiaj.cfm?pagename=aiaj_a_0903_chronology   (557 words)

  
 Architectural Resources on Cleveland, Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Architectural research today includes a vast array of topics, from building styles, style identification and history, to the history of specific buildings, to the determination of sources of design and detail.
Architectural and building information can be gleaned often from annual reports, as well as the trade catalogs housed in the department.
Architecture and allied arts of the Cleveland Public Library landmark main building.
web.ulib.csuohio.edu /architecture   (1711 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Bauhaus-Architecture/Bauhaus-Architektur: 1919-1933: Books: Hans Engels,Ulf Meyer
Now available in a flexi-cover edition, this outstanding collection of photographs by the renowned architectural photographer Hans Engels provides a detailed survey of surviving Bauhaus architecture in Europe.
Engels’ photographs show many buildings in their newly restored conditions and reflect the full range of Bauhaus architecture, one of the most influential schools of architecture in the twentieth century.
Although active for a short period of time, the Bauhaus is widely seen as one of the most important 20th- century schools of architecture, design, and art.
www.amazon.com /Bauhaus-Architecture-Bauhaus-Architektur-1919-1933-Hans-Engels/dp/3791325353   (468 words)

  
 bauhaus-archiv museum of design - bauhaus 1919 - 1933 - architecture
In 1919, the Bauhaus manifesto proclaims that the ultimate aim of all creative activity is a building.
During the directorship of Walter Gropius, the work was mainly in his office, since the setting-up of an architecture class had been delayed.
Their very individual conception of building, however, cannot be jointly coined: quite on the contrary, they must be seen as exponents of strongly divergent architectural concepts.
www.bauhaus-archiv.de /english/bauhaus1919/architektur/index.htm   (247 words)

  
 ArchitectureWeek New Books Listing   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shepheard weaves together three stories into one: the assertion that machines are the sculptures of today; ways that architecture reflects the desires of those who make it; and how individuals experience their lives in the context of architecture.
In the 1970s, architecture and interior design was at an important turning point: postwar modernism was giving way to a sense of adventure, indulgence in new technologies and gadgetry, and a renewed interest in historical style and the ecological.
Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya shows how Italian authorities used the contradictory forces of tradition and modernity to both legitimize their colonial enterprise and construct a vital tourist industry.
www.architectureweek.com /new_books.html   (11486 words)

  
 Digital Librarian: Architecture and Historic Preservation
Among the subjects are the Grand Hôtel Gauquié in Oostduinkerke (demolished in November 2000), Le Valdor, a hospital in Liege and "Le Hasard", a coal mine in Cheratte.
Architecture Links on the Web is an extensive categorized list of more than 2000 websites from around the world.
Australian Architecture - 78 examples of twentieth century architecture in Melbourne, Victoria, from the turn of the century to 1980.
www.digital-librarian.com /architecture.html   (5453 words)

  
 Architecture in Christian Spain
The history of Spanish architecture, like many cultural evolutions, is marked by the repeated coming together of distinct groups, each of whom bring their own traditions and conventions to the juncture.
The architecture of San Salvador is interesting in that it combines many of the elements that we have looked at thus far.
It is possible that "Mozarab" influence brought not an assimilation of Islamic architectural forms, but rather a better familiarity with the Visigothic past which they then integrated in their new homeland.
medspains.stanford.edu /demo/themes/art_and_architecture/arch_christian_spain/index.html   (3331 words)

  
 Open Directory - Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Architecture Center Vienna: Architektur Zentrum Wien (AZW) - Platform for reflections on the international development of architecture and urban planning in relation to contemporary Austrian and Viennese architecture.
Architecture Foundation - Program of exhibitions and events, promoting contemporary architecture and issues of the urban environment.
Latvian Museum of Architecture - Collection of material on the history of the national architecture, with emphasis on the 20th century located in Riga.
dmoz.org /Reference/Museums/Arts_and_Entertainment/Architecture   (815 words)

  
 Architronic v5n3.03l
Thurston envisioned her cathedral in spring 1919 and Murphy designed his Ginling bird's eye drawings as symbols of educational purpose soon thereafter.
On 4 May 1919 Chinese students protested in front of the Forbidden City's Gate of Heavenly Peace, angry at one of the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty which gave de facto control of Germany's colonial possessions in Shandong Province to Japan.
The earliest published commentary about how architecture in China should relate to the protests begun on 4 May 1919 was written in summer 1919 by a relatively unknown Cantonese architect, trained at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, who used the anglicized name William H. Chaund.
architronic.saed.kent.edu /v5n3/v5n3.03l.html   (546 words)

  
 A R T M a r g i n s
Regardless of the social conditions that condemned modern architecture in Belgrade to the status of “undeveloped” or “incomplete modernism,” this book (supported by an exceptionally rich visual material) convincingly refers to many exemplary works of architecture we walk by today only to notice their bad shape due to careless maintenance and inadequate support.
The book departs from existing surveys of Serbian architecture: it develops a specific discursive practice embraced not so much by Serbian academia as by independent educational institutions, particularly the School of History and Theory of Art, where some of the ideas from this book were first introduced.
The significance of the book far surpasses a limited interest in the history of architecture as it raises key questions of the process of modernization of Serbian society and the overall societal resistance to a thorough implementation of the process.
www.artmargins.com /content/review/dimitrijevic.htm   (1197 words)

  
 Bauhaus Architecture
This architectural style is so prevalent in Tel Aviv that it almost seems as though it were a local style, but it is not.
Bauhaus architecture was concerned with the social aspects of design and with the creation of a new form of social housing for workers.
Some of the key elements of Bauhaus architecture had to be adapted to the local environment, primarily because of the climate.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/Architecture/Bauhaus.html   (1484 words)

  
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One of this century's most influential art and architectural historians and museum administrators, Kimball will be the subject of a symposium at the School of Architecture Nov. 19.
He headed the U.Va. architecture program from 1919 to 1923 and then served as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art until his death in 1955.
Memorial Gym is one of the most direct references at U.Va. to the architecture of ancient Rome, with its arched windows and vaulted spaces, reminiscent of the Roman baths, according to Mr.
www.virginia.edu /insideuva/textonlyarchive/95-11-10/5.txt   (382 words)

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