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The History of Modern Architecture
“Modern architecture is not a style, it is an attitude” MArcel Breuer Introduction In short, modern architecture is a style of building that emphasises heavily on function. It usually involves sharp, clean lines that strays away from the styles of Victorian, Queen Anne, and Gothic Revival. Modern architects work in ways that focus more on a building’s functionality and utility, rather than its beauty. It is unsentimental, unlike revivalist style, and instead, bears innovation and minimalisms. Origins The dawn of modern architecture came at a time where revolutions in technology, engineering and building materials were taking place. When hand-laboured craftsmanship was being replaced by machineries and industrialisation. It emerged at the…
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The Vitruvian Triad – How It Established The Foundations Of Good Architecture
‘Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other’ Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ‘De Architectura,’ deemed as the only treatise on architecture to have completely survived the holocaust of antiquity date to around 27 BCE. By Roman architect Vitruvius, this multi-volume work is regarded as “the first book on architectural theory” (iDesginWiki, 2019), whose popular regard is substantiated with the content itself: a myriad of subjects on architecture from aesthetics to materials to building adequates. Through his work, Vitruvius identified three principles of architecture known as the Vitruvian Triad: firmitas – firmness, utilitas…