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The fame of the new movement, which became known as the Vienna Secession spread beyond Austria. Josef Hoffmann, a student of Wagner, constructed a landmark of early modernist architecture, the Stoclet Palace, in Brussels, in 1906–1911. This residence, built of brick covered with Norwegian marble, was composed of geometric blocks, wings, and a ...
Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. [1]
Constructivist architecture; Danish Functionalism 1960s AD Denmark; Deconstructivism 1982–present; Decorated Period c. 1290 – c. 1350; Dragestil 1880s–1910s, Norway; Dutch Colonial 1615–1674 (Treaty of Westminster) New England; Dutch Colonial Revival c. 1900 New England; Dzong Architecture Tibet and Bhutan; Early English Period c. 1190 ...
118–28 – Pantheon, Rome is completed, an early full dome. [4] 113 – Trajan's Column in Rome dedicated. 104–6 – Alcántara Bridge, a Roman multiple arched bridge over the Tagus River in Spain. 82 – Arch of Titus in Rome an artifact from the 'Temple Period' and the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora. 100s – Pantheon, Rome is completed.
A typical example is the development of so-called Place de Ville, a conglomeration of three glass skyscrapers in downtown Ottawa, where the plans of the property developer Robert Campeau in the mid-1960s and early 1970s—in the words of historian Robert W. Collier, were "forceful and abrasive[;] he was not well-loved at City Hall"—had no ...
1960s architecture in New Zealand (29 P) U. 1960s architecture in the United States (64 P) Pages in category "1960s architecture" The following 23 pages are in this ...
May 1 – Charles Holden, English architect best known for London Underground stations (born 1875) May 19 – Marcello Piacentini , Italian architect and urban theorist (born 1881 ) August 22 – Tage William-Olsson , Swedish architect and town planning architect of Gothenburg (born 1888 )
An international functionalist architecture movement emerged in the wake of World War I, as part of the wave of Modernism. Its ideas were largely inspired by a desire to build a new and better world for the people, as broadly and strongly expressed by the social and political movements of Europe after the extremely devastating world war.