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1 ARCH 304 History of Architecture II MODERNISM in the mid and late 20th century Sofia Sebastian

2 DE-CONSTRUCTION Frank Gehry House, California (1978) Frank O Gehry
Often preferred buildings in an incomplete state of construction Ribbed metal siding Unpainted wood Confusing architecture Looks like an active construction site rather than an occupied structure . .

3 DE-CONSTRUCTION Winton Guest House, Minnesotta (1978) Frank O Gehry
Awkardly and powerfully arranged a set of very sculptural forms – one vault like, one a shed roofed box, the other boxes with flat roofs around a central truncated pyramid Architecture should be with humor, mystery and fantasy . .

4 DE-CONSTRUCTION Team Disneyland Administration Building, Minnesotta (1996) Frank O Gehry Similar to Alvar Aalto’s Baker House Quilted sheet metal façade Canopies equally disfigured Regularity broken by slight offsets in the stacking of windows Mottled colour scheme . .


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