Author Archives: Shiham Khader

Postmodernism is an eclectic, colorful style of architecture and decorative art that emerged from the late 1970s and continues in some form today. It emerged as a reaction to modernism and the modern movement, as well as the beliefs associated with it. Post modernist architecture has bright color, it is playful and it has varietyContinue reading “Postmodernism: Charles Jencks and Robert Venturi”

The structuralism came into being as a concept in which social structures and interactions are perceived as fixed and invariant and certainly not changeable. Michel Foucault (1926–1984) Michel Foucault was a major figure in two successive waves of 20th century French thought–the structuralist wave of the 1960s and then the post structuralist wave. By theContinue reading “Structuralism”

Politics makes major influence to Architecture of the place. We get to witness major change in Architecture once we cross the border of two countries of same ethnic people and similar geographical condition. this happens because of change in governance. Times when major European powers colonized the world, they have carried their style of architectureContinue reading “Architecture and Politics”

“The Communist Manifesto,” published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in 1848, is regarded as the pivotal moment in people beginning to use the terms “capitalism,” “socialism” and “communism” as descriptions of various political concepts. It should be noted that as the existing political system, capitalism had a bad reputation from the outset,Continue reading “Capitalism, Socialism or Communism”

Eero Saarinen, an American Architect, was one of Experimental Architecture’s founders. Through his uncle, Eliel Saarinen, who was also a famous artist, he established his reputation as an architect, but as soon as he was freed from his father’s hands, he took the opportunity to build worlds focused on his principles. Kenzo Tange, Pritzker ArchitectureContinue reading “Modernism: Eero Saarinen and Kenzō Tange”

Eric Mendelsohn, a German architect, known for the Potsdam-based Einstein Tower, one of the leading examples of German Architectural Expressionism. Earlier in his line of work, there was no historical reference of any kind and he used completely modern construction methods and materials to bring his thoughts forward, suggesting that the value of the materialsContinue reading “Modernism: Erich Mendelsohn and Richard Neutra”

Otto Wagner was born in the 19th century as an Austrian architect and urban planner. He gained fame because of his active involvement in the architecture and Art Nouveau movement in the Vienna Secession. Adolf Loos was another 19th century Austrian architect and an important figure of the modern architecture period. He was remembered for his architectural style, which lacked any sort of ornamentation. His very first Villa Karma house, Switzerland, was remarkable for its simplicity in geometry. His residence was favoured as the first fully modern residenceContinue reading “Modernism: Otto Wanger and Adolf Loos”

Quatremère de Quincy was a French Archaeologist, Architectural theorist. His famous was book ‘Dictionnaire historique d’architecture’. ‘De l’Architecture Égyptienne’, was an essay written by Quatremère de Quincy for a competition s in 1785. It was later published in the year 1803. According to Quatremère de Quincy principles are nothing but simple truths from which rulesContinue reading “Neoclassicism and Revivalism: Quatremère de Quincy and Gottfried Semper”

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux was a prominent Parisian architect of neoclassical era. His works were mostly funded by french government. Other then domestic architecture he was also known for town planing for the government of France. His notable work, Saline Royale d’Arc-et-Senans Saline Royale is historical building at Arc-et-Senans. This place was headquarter for salt production. ItContinue reading “Neoclassicism: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux”