History and Theory of Architecture

  1. Modern and Postmodern Architecture
    1. Early 20th-Century Modernism
      1. German Werkbund
        1. Integration of Art and Industry
          1. Peter Behrens
            1. AEG Turbine Factory
          2. Futurism
            1. Antonio Sant'Elia
              1. Emphasis on Speed and Technology
                1. Manifesto of Futurist Architecture
                2. Constructivism
                  1. Vladimir Tatlin
                    1. Monument to the Third International
                    2. Social and Political Ideals
                      1. El Lissitzky
                      2. De Stijl
                        1. Gerrit Rietveld
                          1. Schröder House
                          2. Abstraction and Primary Colors
                            1. Theo van Doesburg
                            2. Expressionism
                              1. Erich Mendelsohn
                                1. Einstein Tower
                                2. Bruno Taut
                                  1. Glass Pavilion
                              2. The International Style
                                1. The Bauhaus
                                  1. Walter Gropius
                                    1. Bauhaus Building Dessau
                                      1. Fagus Factory
                                      2. Mies van der Rohe
                                        1. Barcelona Pavilion
                                          1. Tugendhat House
                                          2. Unification of Arts and Crafts
                                            1. Rationalism and Functionalism
                                            2. Le Corbusier
                                              1. "Towards a New Architecture"
                                                1. Five Points of Architecture
                                                  1. Pilotis
                                                    1. Free Plan
                                                      1. Free Façade
                                                        1. Horizontal Windows
                                                          1. Roof Garden
                                                          2. Villa Savoye
                                                            1. Unité d'Habitation
                                                              1. Ronchamp Chapel
                                                              2. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
                                                                1. "Less is More"
                                                                  1. Seagram Building
                                                                    1. Farnsworth House
                                                                      1. Crown Hall
                                                                      2. Frank Lloyd Wright
                                                                        1. Prairie School
                                                                          1. Robie House
                                                                          2. Organic Architecture
                                                                            1. Fallingwater
                                                                              1. Guggenheim Museum
                                                                              2. Usonian Houses
                                                                                1. Affordable Housing Design
                                                                            2. Mid-Century Modernism and its Variants
                                                                              1. Post-War Reconstruction and Urbanism
                                                                                1. Housing Projects
                                                                                  1. Pruitt-Igoe
                                                                                  2. New Towns
                                                                                    1. Brasília
                                                                                      1. Chandigarh
                                                                                    2. Brutalism
                                                                                      1. Exposed Concrete (Béton Brut)
                                                                                        1. Monumental Forms
                                                                                          1. Denys Lasdun
                                                                                            1. National Theatre
                                                                                            2. Ernő Goldfinger
                                                                                              1. Trellick Tower
                                                                                            3. Metabolism
                                                                                              1. Modular and Flexible Structures
                                                                                                1. Japanese Urban Proposals
                                                                                                  1. Kisho Kurokawa
                                                                                                    1. Nakagin Capsule Tower
                                                                                                    2. Kenzo Tange
                                                                                                      1. Tokyo Bay Plan
                                                                                                    3. High-Tech Precursors
                                                                                                      1. Archigram
                                                                                                        1. Walking City
                                                                                                          1. Plug-in City
                                                                                                          2. Cedric Price
                                                                                                            1. Fun Palace
                                                                                                        2. Critique and Crisis of Modernism
                                                                                                          1. Jane Jacobs
                                                                                                            1. "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"
                                                                                                              1. Critique of Urban Renewal
                                                                                                                1. Importance of Street Life
                                                                                                                2. Robert Venturi
                                                                                                                  1. "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture"
                                                                                                                    1. Embrace of Ambiguity
                                                                                                                      1. "Learning from Las Vegas"
                                                                                                                      2. Christopher Alexander
                                                                                                                        1. "A Pattern Language"
                                                                                                                          1. Human-Centered Design
                                                                                                                          2. Team 10
                                                                                                                            1. Critique of CIAM
                                                                                                                              1. Alison and Peter Smithson
                                                                                                                            2. Postmodernism
                                                                                                                              1. Rejection of Modernist Orthodoxy
                                                                                                                                1. Return of History, Ornament, and Symbolism
                                                                                                                                  1. Irony and Pastiche
                                                                                                                                    1. Contextualism
                                                                                                                                      1. Key Figures
                                                                                                                                        1. Robert Venturi
                                                                                                                                          1. Vanna Venturi House
                                                                                                                                            1. Guild House
                                                                                                                                            2. Michael Graves
                                                                                                                                              1. Portland Building
                                                                                                                                                1. Disney Buildings
                                                                                                                                                2. Philip Johnson
                                                                                                                                                  1. AT&T Building
                                                                                                                                                    1. Postmodern Classicism
                                                                                                                                                    2. Charles Moore
                                                                                                                                                      1. Piazza d'Italia
                                                                                                                                                      2. James Stirling
                                                                                                                                                        1. Neue Staatsgalerie
                                                                                                                                                      3. Postmodern Urbanism
                                                                                                                                                        1. New Urbanism
                                                                                                                                                          1. Leon Krier
                                                                                                                                                            1. Seaside, Florida
                                                                                                                                                          2. Deconstructivism
                                                                                                                                                            1. Influence of Post-structuralist Philosophy
                                                                                                                                                              1. Jacques Derrida
                                                                                                                                                                1. Deconstruction Theory
                                                                                                                                                                2. Fragmentation and Dislocation of Form
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Anti-Geometric Composition
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Key Figures
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Peter Eisenman
                                                                                                                                                                        1. House VI
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Wexner Center
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Zaha Hadid
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Vitra Fire Station
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
                                                                                                                                                                              2. Frank Gehry
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Gehry Residence
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Walt Disney Concert Hall
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Daniel Libeskind
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Jewish Museum Berlin
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Bernard Tschumi
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Parc de la Villette
                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Coop Himmelb(l)au
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. UFA Cinema Center

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