PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Le Corbusier, Garden City Movement, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
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Founding member and last director of bauhaus. German pavillion for the barcelona exposition (1929) Illinois institute of technology campus, chicago (1940"s) Bauhaus started in germany until hitler kicked them out, moved to england and then. Defined architecture in the united states from the fifties to the seventies. Moment he came to the united states he was an architectural star. Simple architecture compared to architecture of the time. Van der rohe was anything but consistent in his architecture. Apartment buildings with lots of window, vertical beams to show height. Buildings are cantilevered and lobby are glass so you can see right through them. Traditional architecture of the time venetian style, adapted to high rise architecture, art deco themes started to emerge as venetian applied to north america. Concrete major element, less steel and windows than bauhaus. As time goes on architecture began to get simpler. 1916 zoning regulations in new york required setbacks.
