Architects' Design Philosophy
A House is a Machine for Living
LeCorbusier
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France. 1929
Modern (Modernsim)
Function of Unite d'Habitation in Marseille by LeCorbusier
Housing complex
The Jewish Museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind
Capturing the struggles of the Jewish people during the Holocaust
Les Follies at Parc de la Villette
Pavillions of different functions
Form Follows Function
Louis Sullivan
The architectural style of University of Virginia
Neoclassical
Function of the Forbidden City
an administrative complex and center of power
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann House), 1935–38, Bear Run, Pennsylvania
Organic Architecture that blends with nature
Pilotis
Buildings are raised on a set of reinforced pilots (or pillars) for ground floor circulation and to make room for cars or gardens.
Less is More
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Parc de la Villette
Deconstructivism
Function of Masdar City
A Zero Carbon city dedicated to energy efficiency and sustainability research
Claude-Nicholas Ledoux, Royal Saltworks of Chaux, Arc-et-Senans
Creating an architecture "parlante" that speaks for its function. Also, surveillance and hierarchy
Rustication
masonry technique with stone blocks extruded and deeply recessed joints with textured surface
Less is a Bore
Robert Venturi
Villa Katsura, Kyoto, Japan
Renaissance
Külliye of Süleyman the Magnificent by Mimar Sinan
a faculty with multiple program (mosque, schools, hospitals, bathhouse, shops, etc..)
Sadiyyat Island
A cultural venue for the world
Piano Nobile
AKA the noble floor of a classical Renaissance palazzo or large house, typically situated one floor above ground level. it features main reception rooms, and higher ceilings
Make no Small Plans, Make Big Plans
Daniel Burnham
Paul Rudolph, Yale Art + Architecture Building, New Haven
Brutalism
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, by Rem Koolhaas & Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Temporary Exhibition Space
Seattle Public Library by OMA (Rem Koolhaas)
Brise Soleil
Sun breakers that LeCorbusier introduced to some of his projects to accommodate for the sun penetration