Monday, May 30, 2011

Architectural Styles

Deconstructivism
- architectural style wherein the idea is to deconstruct a shape, and then construct it again but differently. The structures turned out to be distorted in shape or more likely shattered. here are some examples:
Daniel libeskind's Imperial War Museum North in Manchester

Seattle Central Library by Rem Koolhas

Blob Architecture
-an architectural style wherein structures that are Fluid, have an amoeba or jellyfish-like shape. (whenever i see pictures of Blob Architecture, I hear the sound of something jumpy or squishy, like the sound in finding nemo when Dory jumped up and down the jellyfish. *boing* lol.)
Here are some examples of Blob Architecture:
The Sage Gateshead by Norman Foster in Gateshead Quays, UK

Kunsthaus Graz by Peter Cook in Graz Austria

Minimalism
-An architectural style where you would find clean straight lines, and no other ornamentation. here are some examples:
Garden and Seahouse by Takao Shiotsuka in Japan

House in Minami Boso, Japan by Kiyonobu Nakagame

High tech/ Robotic Architecture
- Architectural style wherein the structure looks like it was turned inside out. Tubes or metals where maybe water flows can be seen from the exterior pespective.
Center Pompidou by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers in Paris

Lloyd's of London By Richard Rogers

Modernism
-no ornamentation, formal.
The Lever House in New York by Gordon Bunshaft.

The Bauhaus in Dessau Germany by Walter Gropius

Brutalism
-The extreme use of concrete
The Salk Institute for biological studies in California by Louis Khan

The Philippine International Convention Center by Leandro Locsin

Post Modern
St. Coletta School in Washington D.C. by Michael Graves

Denver Public Library in Denver Colorado also by Michael Graves

Critical Regionalism
The San Miguel Corporation Building in Philippines by Francisco Manosa

EDITT(Ecological Design In The Tropics Tower) in Singapore by Ken Yeang

Ecological/Green Architecture
Falling Water in Pennsylvania by Frank Lloyd Wright
Organic
The HSB Turning Torso by Santiago Calatrava in Sweden

World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York also by Santiago Calatrava


Another structure by Santiago Calatrava, The Concert Hall in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.




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