Ludvig Meis Van der Rohe

God is in details

Less is more

Mies
Rohe

Van

Der

Mies
was
a
german
architect and educator, is
widely acknowledged as
one of the 20th century's
greatest
architects.
By
emphasizing open space
and revealing the industrial
materials
used
in
construction, he helped
define
modern
architecture.
BORN- march 27,1886
august 17,1969
NATIONATIONALIYGerman (1886-1944)

Every
aspect
of
architecture,
from
overall concept to the
smallest detail, supports
his effort to express the
modern age.
He called his buildings
"skin
and
bones"
architecture.
He is often associated
with the aphorisms "less
is more" and "God is in
the details.
His mature buildings
made use of modern
materials
such
as
industrial steel and plate
glass to define interior
spaces.

The Barcelona Pavilion

1929

Located in Barcelona, Spain

Mies built the Barcelona Pavilion
for the Barcelona International
Exposition of 1929.
It
housed
the
ceremonial
reception space for German
industrial exhibits commissioned
by the German government.
Mies
united
sophisticated
materials with a fluid open plan,
which together endowed the
space with an unprecedented
modern elegance
Built from glass, travertine and
different kinds of marble, the
Pavilion
was
conceived
to
accommodate
the
official
reception presided over by King
Alphonso XIII of Spain along with
the German authorities.

Le
Corbusier

A house is a machine for living

in.
I prefer drawing to talking.
Drawing is faster, and leaves less
room for lies.
The home should be the treasure
chest of living.

Le
corbusier
charles-edouard
jeanneret, was born on october 6,
1887 in the town of
La chaux-de-fonds, switzerland.
Although born swiss, he lived
most of his
Life in france.
In 1900 charles-edouard jeanneret
started
His studies at the cole d'art in his
birth town.

Modulor
A system of quantity, used to
determine the proportions of units
in architecture and technology.

Pilotis Replacement of supporting walls by a grid ofreinforced concrete columnsthat

bears the structural load is the basis of the new aesthetic.

The free designing of the ground planthe absence of supporting wallsmeans the
house is unrestrained in its internal use.

The free design of thefaadeseparating the exterior of the building from its
structural functionsets the faade free from structural constraints.

The horizontal window, which cuts the faade along its entire length, lights rooms
equally.

Roof gardenson a flat roof can serve a domestic purpose while providing essential
protection to the concrete roof

Villa Savoye

Villa Savoyeis amodernistvillainPoissy,

in the outskirts ofParis,France. It was
designed
bySwiss
architectsLe
Corbusierand his cousin,Pierre Jeanneret,
and built between 1928 and 1931
usingreinforced concrete.
A manifesto of Le Corbusier's "five
points" of new architecture, the villa is
representative of the bases of modern
architecture, and is one of the most easily
recognizable and renowned examples of
theInternational style.
The house was originally built as a
country retreat on behest of the Savoye
family.

Louis Isadore Kahnwas an American architect, based inPhiladelphia

A great building must begin with the

unmeasurable, must go through
measurable means when it is being
designed and in the end must be
unmeasurable.
Design is not making beauty, beauty
emerges from selection, affinities,
integration, love.

Kimbell art museum at fort worth, texas, is considered the crown jewel of Louis Kahn.
The brief demanded for a modern building where natural light should play a vital role
and the form to be a work of art of modest scale not overwhelming the viewer and
the artwork.
The museum is composed of 16 parallel vaults that are each 100 feet (30.5 m) long, 20
feet (6 m) high and 23 feet (7 m) wide (internal measurements). The vaults are
grouped into three wings. The north and south wings each have six vaults, with the
western one open as a portico. The central space has four vaults, with the western one