Essays on Le Corbusier

Introduction

Architecture as a discipline has evolved over time, with architects from different periods adopting unique approaches to architecture. In the 1950’s, the architectural world saw the introduction of the theory of the postmodern architecture . This came hot on the heels of the famous modernist approach to architecture, which had the support of various classical scholars and architects. The primary argument in this paper is the fact that the post-modernist approach to architecture was a representation of the effort by architecture to establish a voice of its own. This is built on the realization that architecture is a dynamic ...

Richard Buchanan - Design Discourse

Design Within Reach is a modernist studio based in Pasadena in a building that is very reminiscent of a Bauhaus styled building. However, the focus of the business is on the replication of Modernist furniture. The work that is being sold here are manufactured replicas of the many designers of the Modernist period. Some of them include Eero Saarinen, Le Corbusier, and a number of other prominent Modernist designers. This allows the designs to be as authentic as possible. In light of this background, it would be interesting to analyze, and critique one of these designs ...

Abstract

The paper investigates state and international policies on e-waste and on so called “planned obsolescence”. But first it explores the personal emotional story behind the most important and meaningful electronic device in the author’s life. Keywords: favorite personal electronic device, international policies on e-waste, planned obsolescence problem

My favorite device

My favorite and really meaningful for my whole life electronic device now is the Seagate Fast HDD Portable Drive which can store up to 4 terabytes of files and documents of any nature. It looks like a black cigarette package with attached to it a short 40 cm cable with the ...

The advancement of the modern day society leads to the assumption that the field of architecture has also developed accordingly. However, there are differing views in this respect, with some scholars supporting this view while others view a lack of a fresh perspective to the field. According to Le-Corbusier, architects are usually limited in the extent to which they can adopt new ways of thinking (92). According to him, there is a sense of conformity in the approaches that architects employ in their trade. This sense of limitation is brought about by the insistence on customary approaches to architecture. ...

Bauhaus and Vkhutemas: The Two Schools of Radical Design

The Modern period began in in the late 1900s with the spur of rapid industrialization that continued to swept West from its traditional labor force to a giant super power economy fueled by capitalist merchants who popularized the use of machines in order to produce more goods for the public. The term modernization has been coined throughout history to mark the beginning of the society's grand transition into highly globalized economy providing equal opportunities for the people. In this age, the Modern artists tried to create new architectural styles that abandoned the traditional notion of hierarchy especially the favor ...

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Le Corbusier was well-known architect mainly for his modern building designs. His creative way began at his childhood when he earned the respect of his professor who noticed his talent. Little Le Corbusier was talented in painting and sketching, most of his works were brown and grey and were devoted to beautiful Swiss forests. He skillfully produced copies of real things and depicted nature, he noticed everything in the environment and even things that cannot be seen by the eye. Le Corbusier designed his first building in 1905, the process took nearly 24 months and the ...

It is important for architecture students to understand the meaning of representation especially if their attempts to try out a new design they invented. Graves’ article explains that the concept of representation adds the gist to what the structure is all about. It gives the visual meaning to the audiences as to what the architect intends to explain through the use of his design. And yet, this important aspect of architecture has been frequently overlooked that sometimes people tend confuse its meaning and end up lost in thought. In simpler terms, representing meant that doing a design similar to ...

What is Modernism? How and why this style gained popularity amongst the nations around the world? What does Modernism emphasized that other art movements lacked? One of the pioneers of the Modernist movement was the French architect Le Corbusier when he designed buildings that mimic the simplistic classical Greco-Roman architecture whose colors were limited to monochrome pigments (Goldhagen 145). In his book, Towards New Architecture, he argued that structures such as buildings and houses were meant to shelter as well as to protect the people living inside. Using this fundamental principle, Le Corbusier attacked the lavish and non-functional designs ...

Designed by Gerhard M. Kallmann, Noel Michael McKinnell and Edward F. Knowles, Boston City Hall, City Hall Plaza, is one of Boston’s landmarks with a futuristic and permanence architectural form depicted by the thick poured concrete and hard blocks which combine to produce a strong blocky structure. Built in the 1960’s, it is one of the architectural structures that combine elements of imagery to the public and formal elements without leaving out the historical allusion. The design of this structure depicts the attempt to create a lively city plaza and a building form that would represent: both in visual design and the ...