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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