Architizer

MARCH 7, 2024

In literature and the visual arts — the representational arts, let’s say — modernism was an attempt to find new forms of artistic expression to meet the needs of a rapidly changing world where old certainties and trust in institutions were falling away. Counterintuitive as it might seem, they wanted to bring art closer to life.

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Modern Architecture Art Windows 113

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Granted, not all buildings should have a book devoted to them, but definitely more than have been given the case-study treatment. Excerpts in the description of house there quote Shinohara: "Unless it attains the status of a work of art, a house has no reason for being."

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Housing Restoration Deconstruction Diagram 102

Architecture Quote

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Bauhaus can probably be considered the most influential art school in history. This German school has had a great impact on all art and design styles, amongst which architecture. It rethought all concepts there were on the arts industry, and it placed the fine arts that were initially higher in rank equal to the functional crafts.

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Architecture Exterior Structure Deconstruction 52

Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Square House is best described as subtly deconstructive. She is also a co-founder of the nonprofit Urban Arts Collective (UAC) and is currently Executive Director at NOMA National — all while pursuing licensure as an architect. In this formulation, art, both contemporary and historical, serves as an indispensable touchstone.

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Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101