Foreign: Philosophy and building

Alvar Aalto (Hugo Alvar Henrik)

"Architecture must create bldgs. Which are conceived as a total artistic expression."

- His bldg. Has always a touch of "EMOTION BEYOUND SENTIMENTALITY" & HUMAN BEYOND WHIMSY.

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Behrens, Peter - Germany

"When time comes for a change, the "outsider" is needed because it has preserved the freshness of vision required to see what changes are necessary, where as the specialist may prove to be too inflexible".

- He influence the works of ____ and ____.

Famous work: AEG Turbine Factory (Industrial Bldg)

• Mies Van Der Rohe

• Walter Gropius

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Luis Khan

Breuer Marcel - Hungary

Father of Furniture Architecture.

"A building has straight geometrical lines. Even when these lines are free, it must always be evident that they have been studdied and that they did not spring up simultaneously".

"Nature and Architecture are two different things".

"Architecture is a social art"

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Candela , Felix - Mexico

Famous for "THIN SHELL STRUCTURE"

He is one of the most conceete Engineer of the age.

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Coates, Well - England

"Simplicity and Functionality is the essence of design".

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Fuller, Buckminster - USA

"Invented the "Geodesic Dome" based in principle; space frame in many different materials like timber plywood, aluminu, paper board, prestressed concrete and even bamboo.

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Antonio Gaudi - Spain

"Function has today an increasing variety of forms to choose from".

When you limit architecture to aesthetic experiment, you're making technology an end instead of mean".

He is the "father of Fantastic Architecture".

He loves to use hyperboloids & paraboloids because he asserted that the straight line belings to man and the curved line belongs to God.

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Cass, Gilbert - U.S

He followed Beaux - Arts mode which refers to historical and eclectic design on a monumental decade"

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Walter Gropius - Germany

- he founded the Bauhaus.

- He assembled "The architectural Collaborate (TAC) which was made up of young architects, to put into effects his cherished concept of group practiced.

"Art and Architecture, the New Unity".

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Victor, Horta

- His career reflects the movement of Art Nouveau

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