1. Architectural History ACT 322 Doris Kemp
Modern Architecture
Architectural History
ACT 322
Doris Kemp

2. Topics
Neo-Modernist Extremes
High Tech
Deconstructivism

3. Neo-Modernist Extremes
The late twentieth century continued in important sectors the modern preoccupation with architectural essentialism
The meaning of architecture has been redefined many times and contemporary architecture is no exception

4. Neo-Modernist Extremes
High Tech
Generally seen in a trio of architects
Norman Foster
Richard Rogers
Renzo Piano

5. Neo-Modernist Extremes
Norman Foster
Important contemporary architect whose Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank is considered a manifesto of the High Tech movement

6. Neo-Modernist Extremes
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
Headquarters of the dominant financial institution in Hong Kong
Foster rejected the standard format of the office tower
Employs a novel structure of large-span components
Giant masts are gathered into groups of four to form huge pylons

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9. Neo-Modernist Extremes
Richard Rogers
His Lloyds Building in London is often paired with Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank

10. Neo-Modernist Extremes
Lloyds Building
Located in London, England
Interior forms a unitary, multistoried space
Exterior is designed to look as complex as possible
Dispersed around the building are towers of tubes, ducts, shafts, glass, and metal boxes

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13. Neo-Modernist Extremes
Renzo Piano
Designed the Kansai Airport in Japan

14. Neo-Modernist Extremes
Kansai Airport
1988 – 1994
Intended to revitalize Japan’s second most populous region
Located on the largest artificial island ever built
Five miles off of Osaka

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18. Neo-Modernist Oppositions
Deconstructivism
Realization that a building could never ne made completely perfect
The very look of imperfection could be a virtue in itself

19. Neo-Modernist Oppositions
Rooftop Office
Located in Vienna, Austria
1983 – 1988
Considered a Deconstructivist jewel
Baffled critics who struggled to describe the structure

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22. Neo-Modernist Oppositions
Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus, Ohio
Designed by the American architect Peter Eisenman
In the form of a slanting spine

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24. Neo-Modernist Oppositions
Parc de la Villete
Located in Paris, France
Designed by Bernard Tschumi
Features an array of oddly shaped pavilions

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28. References Sullivan, Mary; http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/
Trachtenburg/Hyman; Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity
Wodehouse/Moffett; A History of Western Architecture

29. Architectural History ACT 322 Doris Kemp
Modern Architecture
Architectural History
ACT 322
Doris Kemp