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1- COSE STUDY HOUSE LOS ANGES

Built: 1948-49 Architect: Charles and Ray Eames Where: Pacific Palisades

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2- LOUIS KAHN KIMBELL ART MUSEM Architect Location Fort

Louis I. Kahn Worth, Texas

Date : 1967 to 1972 Building Type art museum Construction System: reinforced concrete Style Modern

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3- THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY The text of Aldo Rossi has been a study of 'city' considering the urban form as a

Aldo Rossi Born Died Nationality Alma mater Awards Buildings

whole. This book is concerned with an abstract theoretical Idea where the city is

May 3, 1931 Milan, Italy September 4, 1997 (aged 66) Italian Politecnico di Milano Pritzker Prize (1990) Teatro Carlo Felice

conceived as a physical phenomenon, which Is an instrument for man's delight through the realm of aesthetic potential of it$ form. The context of the problem was the twentieth century town planning approaches which had been generated some cities as machines. Here the author refers to the historical methods to get rid of the present day's modernist concepts. However, Ross's method is much more academic. His new construct begins as a critique of nineteenth century functionalism. From this he proposes the city as the ultimate and verifiable data and as an autonomous structure.

He also Identified some of the key element$ of the

Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, Is also one of the most influential theorists writing:

evolution and transformation of cities. Rossi assigns particular Importance to Institutions as truly constant element$ of historical life and to the intricate relationship between myth and institution.

today. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and

Moreover, Rossi conceived the duty as an archaeological artifact. To him history was

urban theory.

analogous to a 'skeleton' whose condition serves as a measure of time and In turn, is measured by time. His object of analysis, the city, is measured by the instrument of 'typology'. Rossi analyzed the city. as a whole constructed by it$ parts. His inspiration was perceive a lack of any rational approach to cincturing knowledge of the dty. In

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response the study undertaken is analytical and Inductive, and firmly set within the

1- Introduction

domain of architecture. It was however not intended 'as a confirmation of results' for

2- Chapter 1 : The structure of urban Artifacts.

Rossi wished to encourage more necessary theoretical development and research on

the city.

3- Chapter 2 : Primary Element$ and the concept of Area

This book presents a protest against functionalism and the Modem Movement. At the

4- Chapter 3 : The Individually of urban Artifacts ; Architecture

same time it attempts to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid

5- Chapter 4 : The Evolution of urban Artifacts

object of architectural study. Besides it analyses the rules and forms of the city's construction. Therefore, it has become Immensely popular among architects and urban designers.

4- EGERSTORM RESIDENCE AND STABLES Architect LUIS BARRAGAN Location Fort Mexico City Date ,

1968

work Las Arboledas / North of Mexico City (1955–1961) House for the architect / Barraging House, Mexico City (1947–48) Jardines del Pedregal Subdivision, Mexico City (1945–53) Tlalpan Chapel, Tlalpan, Mexico City (1954–60) Galvez House, Mexico City (1955) Jardines del Bosque Subdivision, Guadalajara (1955–58) Torres de Satélite, Mexico City (1957–58), in collaboration with Mathias Goeritz Cuadra San Cristobel, Los Clubes, Mexico City (1966–68) Gilardi House, Mexico City (1975–77)

5-CHICAGO TNIBUNE TOWER COMETITION ENTRY Architect ADOLF LOOS Location Fort chicago Date ,

1922

One of the most significant events in the history of modern architecture was the Tribune Tower international competition in 1922 when the Chicago Tribune, the city's oldest and most important newspaper, offered a $50,000 prize for the winning design of "the most beautiful and distinctive office building of the world".

More than 263 architects from three continents responded with a broad constellation of designs ranging from Byzantine to Bauhaus. The List of contemporary european architects contains Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, Ludwig Karl Hilbersheimer, Bruno Taut, Hans and Wassili Luckhardt and many more.

6-ROBERT VENTURI VANNA VENTURI HOUSE Architect Robert Venturi Location Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date 1962 timeline Building Type house Style Post-Modern

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7-The New York Five Charles Gwathmey

Kreuzberg Tower and Wings

(June 19, 1938 – August 3, 2009)

John Quentin Hejduk (June 19, 1938 – August 3, 2009)

John Quentin Hejduk (born July 9, 1934) is an American architect

Humana Building in Louisville, Kentucky

condominium tower

Charles Gwathmey

Peter Eisenman (born July 9, 1934) is an American architect

Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934) is an American architect

Wexner Center for the Arts

Peter Eisenman

Getty Center, Los Angeles

Richard Meier

8-CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC Christian de Portzamparc Born : May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco French architect and urbanist.

2001-2009 HergĂŠ museum, Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium

2003-2008 Hotel Renaissance Wagram in Paris

1984-1995 The City of Music in Paris

2001-2004 Headquarters for the press group Le Monde in Paris

9- BAVINGER HOUSE Architect Bruce Goff Location Norman, Oklahoma Date 1950 to 1955 Building Typ house

Climate Context Style Modern

temperate rural Organic Expressionist