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	Modern Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Modern architecture was almost born in late nineteenth-century Chicago, particularly in the buildings of Louis Henry Sullivan.
		The roots of the modern architecture of the later twentieth century are found more in France and Germany than in Wright, however.
		The Seagram Building is the logical conclusion of a set of architectural forces that had their roots in the mid-nineteenth century, but at the same time it is an arbitrary creation of an individual artist.
	www.pitt.edu /~tokerism/0040/syl/src1204.html (526 words)

	modern architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		new architectural style that emerged in many Western countries in the decade after World War I. It was based on the “rational” use of modern materials, the principles of functionalist planning, and the rejection of historical precedent and ornament.
		The visual aesthetic of modern architecture was largely inspired by the machine and by abstract painting and sculpture.
		Increasingly, during the 1950s, modern architecture was criticized for its sterility, its “institutional” anonymity, and its disregard for regional building traditions.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mo/modarch.html (1020 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1927
		See also: 1926 in music, other events of 1927, 1928 in music and the list of years in music.
		This is a list of aviation-related events from 1927: Events January January 7 - Imperial Airways commences a regular service from Basra to Cairo via Baghdad, the first of its Empire trunk routes January 15 - Boeing Air Transport is formed, to carry airmail between Chicago and San Francisco.
		See also: List of state leaders in 1927 List of colonial governors in 1927 1926 religious leaders - Events of 1927 - 1928 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year // Catholic Roman Catholic Church-Pope Pius XI (1922-February 1939) Catholic not in communion with Rome Mariavite Church - Archbishop Kowalski (1921-1935) Philippine...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1927 (6700 words)

	Architecture \| TutorGig.co.uk Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Futuristic architecture was an early 20th century form of architecture, characterized by long horizontal lines.
		See also 1848 in architecture, 1849 other events of 1849, 1850 in architecture and the architecture timeline.
		See also 1937 in architecture, 1938 other events of 1938, 1939 in architecture and the architecture timeline.
	www.tutorgig.co.uk /encyclopedia/sencyclo.jsp?keywords=Architecture (397 words)

	Domain of Culture - Cultural Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		International New Architecture (1927-2002) is the title of the exhibition and discussion event organized from April 8 until May 18 at the exhibition hall of Megalo Arsenali in Chania.The exhibition features work- proposals by important architects of the 20's that are still considered to be quite important.
		The exhibition is co-organized by the Goethe Institute of Athens in collaboration with the Center of Mediterranean Architecture of Chania, the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations of Stuttgart and the Center of Goethe in Chania.
		The movement of the New Architecture was born in the decade of 1920 and developed as a common effort by European and Russian architects with a great impact in USA, Latin America and Middle East.
	www.cultureguide.gr /events/details.jsp?Event_id=63195&catA=6 (361 words)

	Goethe-Institut - Architecture - Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Architecture was and remains an art form determined primarily by functions and technologies.
		Lampugnani, who was Director of the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt for many years and has been Professor of the History of Urbanism at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich for a number of years, is certainly one of the best-known experts on the history of modern architectural theory.
		Architectural Theory of the Twentieth Century), published in 1999, he does not reprint any original sources at all and instead presents a differentiated survey of the construction of theories and actual building.
	www.goethe.de /kue/arc/thm/en387185.htm (796 words)

	Architecture
		The new architecture demonstrated its virtues in new Siedlungen (low-cost housing) in Berlin and Frankfurt.
		The building’s architectural devices, such as the use of allusion in its Renaissance detail and Chippendale-style pediment, make it a symbol of postmodern architecture.
		Closely related to the postmodernist interest in historical styles was the historic preservation movement, which during the 1970s and ‘80s led to the renovation of many landmark older buildings and to a tendency to resist new architecture that seemed to threaten the scale or stylistic integrity of existing structures.
	cs.clark.edu /~hum101/Humanities_101/architecture.htm (1776 words)

	Architecture
		Architecture is one of the most challenging areas of human creativity and industry.
		Founded in 1927, the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes is one of the largest architecture schools in the UK, with around 500 students and 60 staff.
		In 2005 Oxford students won prizes in the Copper in Architecture Awards and the Spectrum Student Awards and a student from Oxford Brookes was named by Building Design magazine as one of the 'Diploma Students of the Year' for 2005.
	www.brookes.ac.uk /schools/be/architecture! (683 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia â“ Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
		In 1908, Le Corbusier worked with Auguste Perret, a pioneer in the architectural use of reinforced concrete.
		In 1915 a series of architectural sketches made evident his new and radical approach to the technical and aesthetic problems of building.
		His competition-winning design (1927) for the palace of the League of Nations was later rejected on a technicality.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:LeCorbus (429 words)

	National Park Service: Rustic Architecture 1916-1942
		“The style of architecture which has been most widely used in our forested National Parks, and other wilderness parks, is generally referred to as "rustic.” It is, or should be, something more than the worn and misused term implies.
		This monograph grew out of a survey of historically and architecturally significant structures in the areas of the Western Region of the National Park Service (California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii).
		The goal was to develop a history of the NPS rustic architecture movement, delineating its development.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/rusticarch/introduction.htm (799 words)

	The Art Institute of Chicago: Chicago Architects Oral History Project: Mary Ann Elizabeth Crawford
		When she graduated in 1930 from the Massachusets Institute of Technology with both a B.A. and an M.A. in architecture, jobs were scarce, but Crawford found work with the Works Progress Administration, Historic American Buildings Survey, and with the Century of Progress International Exhibition, held in Chicago in 1933-34.
		In 1941 she obtained a license in architecture and in 1943 she was also licensed in engineering.
		Architectural drawings may be consulted by appointment in the Department of Architecture.
	www.artic.edu /aic/libraries/caohp/crawford.html (413 words)

	University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture. An Inventory of the Collection, 1911-ongoing, undated(bulk ...
		The Department of Architectural Engineering was associated with the Department of Architecture from its inception in 1928 until 1951, when it was granted autonomy.
		The Advisory Council of the School of Architecture was formed in 1970, and the Dean's Council was formed in 1974.
		The School of Architecture Archives is an artificial collection of materials relating to or created by school offices, faculty members, students, and alumni of the School of Architecture.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utaaa/00081/00081-P.html (2504 words)

	Collection Development Policy - Architecture Library - LEARN - The University of Auckland Library
		The Architecture library was established by the donation of a collection of books from Professor C. Knight, the first Professor of Architecture, in 1927.
		The Architecture material covers the following aspects: history, practice and theory, design and construction of buildings, development of the profession and architectural education, the built environment, new technologies, works by and about architects.
		Archival material and architectural drawings are sought from architects who have practised in the greater Auckland region.
	www.library.auckland.ac.nz /about/biblio/cdp/cdparch.htm (591 words)

	LCHS \| House History
		Houses from the Reservoirs of Memory: G. Edwin Brumbaugh and the Restoration of Early American Architecture.
		Kauffman, Henry J. Architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 1700 – 1900.
		Kocher, Alfred L. “The Early Architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania”.
	www.lancasterhistory.org /education/house/biblio_architecture.html (398 words)

	FUNCTIONALISM... - THE ARCHITECTS
		The basis for the new architectural movement of the 1920s was the development of new structural and material technologies, which enabled not only a proper visual and functional realization of the Modernist ideas and ideals, but also made the designs suitable for mass-production and international adaptation around the world, hence the term "Internationalism".
		It was perhaps Le Corbusier's "Five Points of a New Architecture" of 1926 that, along with his works, had the greatest effect on new Modernist projects.
		In 1927 he and Erik Bryggman presented the first Finnish design with Functionalist themes, the competition entry for the Vaasan Kauppiaiden Oy office building.
	www.greatgridlock.net /Viipuri/archi.html (1445 words)

	Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture -- Contributors
		Department of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
		Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, China.
		College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University contributed to the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture: Vincent Scully (United States).
	www.routledge-ny.com /ref/architecture/contributors.html (5497 words)

	Architecture
		We feel God's presence in this space and appreciate the symbolism of his geometric shape of the pentagon, but Wesley was more than an architect of one building.
		He could be dramatic and glamorous as in the opulent Pearl Palace which he designed for the sister of the Shah of Iran or intimate and warm as in many modestly scaled private homes.
		He was recognized throughout the architectural community, and in 1963 received the Missouri Association of Registered Architects Award.
	www.ascensionparadisevalley.org /Architecture.htm (1046 words)

	William Bell Dinsmoor
		After working in an architectural firm, he joined the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in 1908 and in 1912 became the School's Architect.
		His assumptions regarding the original construction were verified by the construction, which took roughly the same number of years as the orginal.
		The Architecture of Ancient Greece: an Account of its Historic Development, being the First Part of the Architecture of Greece and Rome.
	www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org /dinsmoorw.htm (700 words)

	Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
		The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art.
		Nearly every important development in the modern architectural movement began with the proclamation of these convictions in the form of a program or manifesto.
		Taken together, they constitute a subjective history of modern architecture; compared with one another, their great diversity of style reveals in many cases the basic differences of attitude and temperament that produced a corresponding divergence in architectural style.
	www.booklounge.com /content/view/full/2414 (551 words)

	► Architecture Adfunk Internet Solutions Article
		The earliest architectural monument of Islam that retains most of its original form is the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah) in Jerusalem, constructed in 691-92.
		The culture of Islamic Spain reached its apogee in Moorish art and architecture, Faï¿½ence and lacy pierced-stone screens are the hallmarks of its decoration.
		In India a distinct style, preserved mainly in architecture, developed after the Delhi Sultanate was established (1192).
	www.geocities.com /architect_freak/articlearchitecture.htm (668 words)

	New York Architecture Images- THE BUSH TOWER
		The building site is only 15 m wide and 27.5 m deep, and the architects remarked that they wanted to make the building "a model for the tall, narrow building in the center of a city block." And it was regarded as such for the next decade of feverish urban construction.
		Although never the tallest building in New York, it was for years one of the most admired by critics.
		Writing in Architecture in 1927, he noted that Corbett's grand gesture was compromised by his own promotion of urban density; covered by a new building to the west, the Bush Building "no longer has its original aesthetic importance." Mumford questioned the basic premise of skyscrapers: "Congestion on the scale that Mr.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /MID/MID137.htm (1038 words)

	Classical Resources for Architecture, UM Libraries
		Contains long entries for architecture and a map section.
		An annual international bibliography of the architecture, archaeology, religion, iconography, and cultural history of the ancient world.
		An invaluable source for architectural views, plans, sections, and elevations in c.
	www.lib.umd.edu /ARCH/guides/classical.html (445 words)

	Dept. of Architecture: Faculty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ball State University's architecture faculty are part of a team of more than 50 full-time professors, instructors, and visiting scholars in the College of Architecture and Planning who are committed to teaching, research, practice, and public service.
		The architecture faculty represent a wide spectrum of expertise.
		Chairperson of the Department of Architecture Professor of Architecture
	www.bsu.edu /architecture/faculty (189 words)

	Herbert Beckwith, 94, key figure in modern architecture in U.S. - MIT News Office
		Herbert L. Beckwith, 94, an MIT professor and architect who was a key figure in modern architecture in the United States, died June 3 at his home in Kingston, MA.
		"Herbert Beckwith was a key figure in the introduction of modern architecture to the United States, and to MIT in particular.
		He received his SB in architecture in 1926, and taught at MIT from then until his retirement in 1968, except for a 2-1/2 year leave of absence during World War II.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1997/beckwith.html (643 words)

	Amazon.com Books: 1927- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Butler, queen of the Mystic Club in 1927, is wearing a gown reputed to cost $15,000.
		See more references to 1927- in this book.
		Heavenly Fugitive, The, repack: 1927 (House of Winslow) by Gilbert Morris (Paperback - Oct 2006)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&index=books&field-keywords=1927-&page=1 (329 words)

	Campbell Hall (School of Architecture) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The School of Architecture, offering degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, architectural history, and urban and environmental planning, can be found in Campbell Hall, completed in 1970.
		The building is named for Edmund S. Campbell, director of the architecture program from 1927-50.
		The second phase will create an addition on the building's east side with a public gathering place for the architecture school and an entrance to the new Arts Precinct.
	www.virginia.edu /webmap/popPages/15-campbellhall.html (98 words)

	modern architecture
		modern architecture, new architectural style that emerged in many Western countries in the decade after World War I. It was based on the “rational” use of modern materials, the principles of functionalist planning, and the rejection of historical precedent and ornament.
		modern architecture: Form and Materials - Form and Materials By 1920 there was an increasingly wide understanding that building forms must be...
		modern architecture: The Style Evolves - The Style Evolves Increasingly, during the 1950s, modern architecture was criticized for its...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0833538.html (158 words)

	architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		We can focus on the way the buildings and landscaping address the river in accordance with Burnham’s plan and with recent attitudes toward and uses of the river as a place of beauty and recreation rather than (and sometimes in addition to) a vehicle of commerce and industry.
		A theme of the Fork might be “layers”: layers of history, from the fork as a trade, transportation and commercial center to a living and office-working center today; layers of geography, from river level to street level, to sky-walk level, each with its own perspective on the architecture of the area.
		She is sometimes available to give tours (free of charge) to small college classes -- especially those interested in the intersection of geography and architecture (river tours); those interested in commercial architecture and the development of the skyscraper (downtown tours and Streeterville), and those interested in Victorian housing styles (Wicker Park).
	orion.it.luc.edu /~jgolden/architecture.html (2350 words)

	Dallas Gas Company - Architecture in Downtown Dallas
		In 1924, Dallas Gas Company constructed a four story building at the corner of Wood and Harwood in downtown.
		It was designed by the Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell.
		In 1927, Lone Star Gas Company purchased the Dallas Gas Company.
	www.dallasarchitecture.info /dallasgas.htm (256 words)

	Le Corbusier
		a pioneer in the architectural use of reinforced concrete.
		International style, in architecture - International style, in architecture, the phase of the modern movement that emerged in Europe and...
		Corbu in Ahmadabad: half a century after Le Corbusier built a villa for an Indian family, the house's architectural and artistic legacy......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0829206.html (507 words)

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