ARTH 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: William Van Alen, Eliel Saarinen, Hugh Ferriss
6 Feb 2017
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Key points for today: chicago tribune competition, art deco skyscraper, modern architecture and moma, west coast deco, streamlined moderne. Chi(cid:272)ago daily tri(cid:271)u(cid:374)e, (cid:862)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of a(cid:374) ar(cid:272)hite(cid:272)ture co(cid:373)petitio(cid:374)(cid:863), (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1006: hallmark, going to be a centerpiece for the city. William skidmore, 1923: beaux arts classical, renaissance elements. Heinrich massdorf, 1923: caricature, somewhat of a joke, giving an icon to the building. Adolf loos, 1923: giant doric column and capital, tongue in cheek, no ornament as he was known for. Bruno taut, 1923: expressionist, glass, similar ideas to the glass pavilion. Hans luckhardt, 1923: stronger sense of horizontality. Gropius and meyer, 1923: leading up to construction of the bauhaus, asymmetrical forms, rectilinear, thinking around the program of the building, machine look. Howells and hood, 1923: winner, neo-gothic, english, perpendicular interpretation, associated with verticality, upward mobility, truth, morality gothic features and essence. Eliel saarinen, 1923: organic approach to the problem of the tall building, sullivan praises its organic form.
