architecture in the first half of the twentieh century

JHEEI Architecture

March 2014

Limited Edition Architect Magazine

Contents Adolf Loos Corrales Torres Estefany Bojórquez Parra Ivonne

The origins of the modern facade

The international Style

García Hisel Ochoa Bon Jahir Zazueta Núñez Esmeralda

The Schröder house Art deco 2

Adolf Loos (1870-1933) Hugo Steiner’s house is one of Loos’s most significant and well-known Works.

Adolf Loos was one of the most important and influential Austrian and Czechoslovak architects of European Modern architecture.

All these aspects are undoubtedly present in the work and, moreover, exerted an unquestionable influence on the stylistic revolution of the postwar tears.

In this view certain aspects have been stressed. Such as funtional coherence, the absence of ornaments, spatial economy and use of the float roof on the garden side.

The international style Inspiratioin: mechanical simplicity and structure.

Principies: Mondrian’s principles of dynamic equilibrium.

Color palette: basic black and White.

Structural elements: the Steel beams and rails painted in bright primary colors.

The interior of the International Style building was based on the use of boxes.

The upper level of the building was designed to be a “universal space” for all the occupants of the building, or it could be segmented and divided into a variety of living spaces simply by sliding panels out of a wall.

The Schröder House best demonstrated the International Style of architecture

The Bauhaus, created by Walter Gropius, incorporated this style into its design. 4

The Rietveld Schröder House The facades are a collage of planes and lines and each component has its own form, position and color. Gerrit Rietveld’s Schröder House looks like a painting by De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian come to life.

The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld.

The Red Blue Chairwas a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld and It represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions.

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Art Deco The period termed "art deco" manifested itself between 1920 to 1939. As with many other art movements, even work of today is still being influenced by the past. •During the Great Depression, a second Art Deco period, buildings usually have very little ornamentation and have a very flat, machine-like look�.

Art Deco was influenced by the modern art movements of Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism took some ideas from the ancient geometrical design styles. •The most important thing is that they are all in geometrical order, and simple formats.

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