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Villa Savoye (French pronunciation:) is a modernist villa and gatelodge in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, France.It was designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete.
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [2] [3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale.
Villa Shodhan (or Shodhan House) is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1956. [1] [2] Building on his previous projects whilst integrating the traditional features of Ahmedabad design, the villa symbolizes Le Corbusier's domestic architecture. [3]
The Villa Cook (Maison Cook) is recognized as one of Le Corbusier's first projects that canonically demonstrated his Five Points of Modern Architecture. [16] Located in Boulogne-sur-Seine , it was built in 1926 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; and commissioned by American journalist William Cook and his French wife, Jeanne.
Japanese minimalist interior living room, 19th century. In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room (Australian English [1]), lounge (British English [2]), sitting room (British English [3]), or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment.
In the 2024 “State of the Air” report by the American Lung Association, despite decades of progress cleaning up air pollution, 39% of people living in America (131.2 million people) still live ...
A tsunami warning was issued Thursday morning following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in Humboldt County, 7 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, Calif., the National Weather Service said in ...
Thus the house is a direct break from Modern architecture, designed in order to disrupt and contradict formal Modernist aesthetics. [14] More simply, Venturi demonstrated his intentions by figuratively giving the finger to the Modernist establishment. [15] The site of the house is flat, with a long driveway connecting it to the street.