1. Welcome

2. Temple of Heaven Potala Palace the Louvre Opera House in Sydney
Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower
the Louvre
Opera House in Sydney

3. Famous buildings in the world:
Jinmao Tower
The World Trade Center
Empire State Building

4. Some words about a house
roof
skylight
eaves
balcony
foundations

5. Can you think out other words that can be useful when talking about architecture?
stone wood glass brick plastic paint steel concrete earth reeds
Materials:
Shape and color:
Style:
round square curving high flat huge small dark light warm cold
modern traditional ancient

6. Unit 3 Modern Architecture

7. Reading Task1 Skimming 1. When was Modernism invented?
2. What are the names of architects mentioned in the text? Are they modern architects or traditional ones?
In the 1920s
Antonio Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright
modern architects

8. Task2 Careful-reading 1.What can be expressed in art and architecture?
2.Who invented Modernism? Why and how?
3.What materials are used in traditional architecture? And what in modern architecture?
ideas of beauty in every culture
Modernism was invented by a group of architects
who wanted to change society with buildings that
went against people’s feeling of beauty.
Traditional—earth, stone, brick, wood,
Modern– steel, glass , concrete,

9. 4.What modern buildings impress us? And what they look like?
Can you find two words that best describe modern architecture?
huge
look like boxes with flat roofs ,sharp corners and
glass walls that act as mirrors
hard and unfriendly

10. In what ways does modern architecture differ from traditional architecture ?

11. ways
modern
traditional
material
steel glass concrete
earth stone brick wood
shape
huge flat sharp
Near to nature
feeling
box
near to nature
style

12. Stands much closer to nature
ancient architecture
Stands much closer to nature

14. 5.How was Gaudi inspired by nature to design buildings?
6.Are there other buildings designed by architects
getting inspiration of nature?
Nature does not have any straight lines. / not any sharp corners or straight lines. / only wanted natural materials. Some parts of his buildings look like things we find in nature.幻灯片 24
Frank Lloyd Wright , an art museum in New York
inspired by Japanese seashells
the opera house in Sydney
inspired by seashells, ship sails
the 2008 Olympic stadium in Beijing
inspired by a bird’s nest

15. Post-reading
Task1. Describe Gaudi’s works and the Bird’s Nest in the text

16. V.S.
Debate
Which one do you prefer to live in?

17. Good-bye!
Thank you!

18. the Bird’s Nest

19. Sydney Opera House

20. An art museum in New York

21. An American architect
Was inspired by nature

22. Spanish modern architect
Nature doesn’t have any straight light.

23. Balcony look like eyes,. Walls look like the skin of dragon.
natural things