ARCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Daniel Libeskind, Frank Gehry
29 Sep 2016
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The pritzker prize is the nobel prize of architecture. All of the following architects should be in your. A loose sort of person, who raises ordinary/domestic objects to a higher level (see chair in slideshow). 1977 builds his home in santa monica, with a sense of cubist assemblism. When he is 60, puts his all in the weisman museum. His sketchbook work consists of a free style of drawing, very textural. Methodology may seem non-pragmatic but is actually very practical. A californian architect in his way of design: east coast architecture more eurocentric vs. west coast architecture more intuitive, investigating future, with an unknown outcome, toyo ito. Nothing besides information on slide mentioned: daniel libeskind. A prime of example of the need for patience, completed first building at 52. Uses windows to create certain differing effects on the inside and the outside. Work can be disorienting, empty spaces used to create a power, left empty in an emotive way.
