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Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
American inventor of the Geodesic Dome and the principle of
Synergetics, who influenced High Tech leaders, especially Norman
Foster
MORE WITH LESS a philosophy concerned with the efficient use of
materials and technology for energy and
cost-efficient designs, for the benefit of humanity.
Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)
Finnish architect noted for his highly expressionist work
reflected in the
sculptural forms of his buildings using reinforced concrete
studied architecture and sculpture influenced by Mies van der
Rohe and Antonio Gaudi
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Buck Fuller, DYMAXION HOUSE,
Wichita, Kansas, 1946
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Buck Fuller,
U.S. PAVILION - 1967 Exposition,
Montreal, Canada
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Eero Saarinen, M.I.T. AUDITORIUM,
Massachussets, 1962
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Eero Saarinen,
T.W.A. TERMINAL, J.F.K. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
New York, 1962
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Eero Saarinen, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
Washington, 1962
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Philip Johnson (1906- )
controversial architect who worked in the modern and, later, in
the postmodern style
together with Henry Russell-Hitchcock, curated an exhibition
entitled Modern Architecture: An International Exhibition from
which the International Style came from
for his masters thesis, built the Glass House whose concept was
borrowed from van der RohesFarnsworth House
worked with Mies van der Rohe and together theydesigned the
Seagram Building
designed the AT& T Headquarters, considered as the first
postmodern skyscraper
The only cardinal sin in building is boredom.- JOHNSON
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Philip Johnson,
(above) THE GLASS HOUSE,
Connecticut, 1949
(left) THE SEAGRAM BUILDING,
New York, 1958
(with Mies van der Rohe)
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Philip Johnson,
AT&T HEADQUARTERS,
New York, 1979
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Michael Graves (1934- )
one of the New York Five or The Five Whites, together
withRichard Meier, Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey and
John Hejduk, known for their white, modernist designs
in the mid-70s, abandoned modernism and became afamous figure in
the postmodern camp
successfully brought the postmodern style from the academe to
the public through the design of the
controversial Portland Building in 1983.
diverted architecture from modernist abstraction torestore
literacy to readers and users of the building
I believe that people make natural associations with form,
color, and the composition of elements while decoration
and detailing help communicate a buildings purpose.-GRAVES
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Michael Graves,
HANSELMANN HOUSE,
Indiana, 1967
Michael Graves,
SNYDERMAN HOUSE,
Indiana, 1972
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Michael Graves,
PLOCEK HOUSE, 1982
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Michael Graves,
PORTLAND BUILDING,
Oregon, 1983
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Michael Graves,
WORLD TRADE EXCHANGE BLDG.,
Binondo, Manila
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Arquitectonica
Miami-based firm composed of Bernardo Fort- Bresciaand Laurinda
Spears
works are influenced by both Modernism and Postmodernism
pursued the style of an unconventional modernism, both abstract
and romantic, playful as well as dramatic
and forceful
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Arquitectonica,
THE PINK HOUSE,
Miami, Florida
Arquitectonica,
ATLANTIS CONDOMINIUM,
Miami, 1982
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Arquitectonica,
ATLANTIS CONDOMINIUM,
Miami, 1982
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Arquitectonica,
BANCO DE CREDITO,
Peru, 1988
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Arquitectonica,
PACIFIC PLAZA TOWERS,
Fort Bonifacio Global City,
Philippines
