Sentences with phrase «bauhaus modernist architecture»

Every urban reform movement of the past 200 years — from England's Hygiene Acts to America's City Beautiful Movement to modern zoning laws to modernist architecture to the creation of public housing and the rise of environmentalism and historic preservation — has been a response to the social and cultural problems created by industrialism.

After all, one might never be able to convince Prince Charles of the merits of modernist architecture, but developers who are prepared to communicate at an early stage can reap the benefits of simply taking the time to talk.

«[W] e were very drawn to classic Modernist architecture,» the previous owner told the New York Times.

The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories, went to «Columbus,» the debut feature film of director Kogonada, which was set and shot in the southern Indiana city noted for its Modernist architecture.

As perfect as indies get, this intimate drama — set in an Indiana town known for its striking modernist architecture — showcased the year's most exquisite flirtation, between two intellectuals (John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson) stuck at life's turning points.

The politics of Bond — a Tory creation, the alpha male forever fighting megalomaniacs, traitors, and modernist architecture — were never this literal or important.

So he does exactly that, using countless features taking place (or shot) in Los Angeles to show the development of the city, as well as how decisions on and off the screen impact each other (one of my favourite parts: when Andersen explains how the city's modernist architecture was devalued by having the movies always associate the look with antagonists).

The types of school buildings that can be described as «historic» are similarly wide - ranging — from several hundred year old buildings that remain in use as schools to modernist architecture built in the post war period.

Our flights will take you to this special part of Spain, where iconic modernist architecture blends with outlandish Catalan Gothic style to create a surreal yet beautiful environment.

Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is a mix of Soviet modernist architecture and beautiful medieval buildings.

Barcelona's modernist architecture, much of it designed by Antoni Gaudi, is world famous and some appear to be sculptures rather than buildings.

Palm Springs itself can feel like a museum of Modernist architecture, so it makes perfect aesthetic sense that the California desert city has welcomed the Palm Springs Art Museum's new Architecture and Design Center.

A jewel of modernist architecture in Barcelona, the building was designed by the influential Catalan architect, Lluís Domenech i Montaner, and the name Casa Fuster translates into the House of the Carpenter.

This hotel is a premier example of 20th - century modernist architecture and a Catalan cultural heritage site.

The airy modernist architecture boasts vaulted ceilings, handcrafted doors, craftsman cabinetry, and elegant wood detailing throughout.

For more Modernist architecture, be sure to visit the Can Prunera, a beautiful home - turned - museum displaying beautiful spiral staircases, lamps, glass partitioning and woodwork.

Wander around the uneven streets of the historic centre of Roses, where you will see fine examples of modernist architecture, the Santa Maria church, plenty of little shops and restaurants, and all of this running parallel to the seaside.

Brainchild of designer - founder Melanie Hall whose portfolio is greatly influenced by her father's modernist architecture, the rooms at Luna2 are named after their five different colour schemes, namely green, orange, purple, red and yellow — applied either to the décor, wallpaper, art pieces, furniture and linens.

Conveniently situated within Barcelona's modern Eixample district, along the bustling Passieg de Gracia, Casa Mila or La Pedrera as it is also known showcases some truly exceptional modernist architecture.

It's worth visiting Gdynia on a weekend trip to Gdansk, it's only half an hour away by train and you can see modernist architecture, maritime attractions or go hiking in the local Nature Reserve.

He captures the sunny, laid - back personality of this region by portraying modernist architecture, street food culture and strong Mexican influences, and his work is filled with plenty of character.

A founding member of Anarchitecture, a group that criticized the excesses of architecture, Matta - Clark's work frequently critiqued the historical destruction caused by modernist architecture as an outgrowth of capitalism.

The large drawings delineate a series of futuristic architectural fantasies that reimagine the modernist architecture of our urban landscape, bringing into play the visible and invisible systems of daily life.

The finished artwork questions the position of personal and social memory, in relation to the tradition of socialist, modernist architecture.

Personal memory and public history sit comfortably next to cross-references to Dutch masters and iconic modernist architecture.

Opie's narrative is specific to Los Angeles as it focuses on L.A.'s rich history of modernist architecture as well as the recent onslaught of political and natural disasters, such as fires and floods that have dominated the news.

The International Center for Photography is currently presenting a large exhibition of Latin American photography, the Museum of Modern Art has devoted its main exhibition space to Brazil's Lygia Clark, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts is looking at the legacy of modernist architecture in Latin American cities.

When, influenced by Joseph Beuys, he mocks modernist architecture, it explodes.

The modernist architecture of Mies Van Der Rohe and Zaha Hadid — and their open - ended, problem - solving approach to refined «architectonic form» — provided a framework that resonated with Ball's artistic practice.

Lee Bul, who will be the summer exhibition, is really fascinated by modernist architecture and by utopian architecture and she loves this building.

Enhanced by elements of surrealism and abstraction, her oeuvre responds to past forms of conceptualism, current art trends, interior design, and modernist architecture.

Thirty years after graduating from the School of Art + Design, Julie presents a new series of works that reflect on how the modernist architecture of the campus and its utopian ideals influenced her artistic practice.

Modernist architecture is featured in other images; here, the human hand, the slight presence of humanity, is seen amidst the reflective surfaces of glass and steel construction.

Having engaged subjects as diverse as the civil rights movement, southern rock music and modernist architecture, my work reproduces familiar visual signs, arranging them into new conceptually layered pieces.

The landscape of southern California serves as a catalyst for fantasy, from its modernist architecture to its otherworldly rock formations, trees, coastline, mountains, and hills from which twinkling towns and cities can be viewed in the valleys below.

Robert Orchardson's work draws on a range of sources from modernist architecture and futuristic design, including utopian manifestos, stage sets and details from science fiction films.

He has been testing the limits of his medium for more than two decades, producing photographs in series with subjects that range from domestic interiors to the planets, from modernist architecture to abstract psychedelia, from specific portraits to generic internet pornography.

Croatian artist David Maljkovic's disarming photographic montage continues his exploration into the ongoing legacy of modernist architecture in the former Yugoslavian state.

The exhibition will feature a new stainless steel vitrine that pays homage to the modernist architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe who was born in Aachen in 1886.

This year's shortlist consists of Knut Henriksen, whose dominating sculptures reference modernist architecture, utopian ideals and pragmatic solutions with dazzling visceral results; Vibeke Tandberg who has filled a room with among other things, 119 plaster casts of freezer doors as a comment on recycling; Lars Lauman who has crammed a room with ephemera from an era that seemed chemically obsessed, including E.T dolls and archival science material on acid attacks; while Mattias Härenstam has set up a pulley that drags a birch tree branch around the exterior of a room, blocking people from entering or exiting the doorway.

The structure borrows ideas from Modernist architecture — open plan interiors, clean and horizontal lines — which Hartley has left vulnerable to the elements.

As the museum sets its sights on showcasing its expanding outdoor space, Portals will serve as a natural transition from the museum's modernist architecture to the quietude of the forest.

Having a vivid interest in color, structure and volumetric line drawing, the artist's iconography is drawn from modernist architecture, Christian religious fervor, and the adolescent imagination that glamorizes one's own beliefs.

Drawing on modernist architecture, Israeli Kibbutzim, the plays of Bertolt Brecht, and Constructivist set design as influences, Meromi will create a series of sculptural environments that are continually altered through off - hours «rehearsals» that will take place in the gallery.

... In the context of the large building of an architectural firm, the clichés about work appear in parallel with the clichés of modernist architecture.

Artist Heidrun Holzfeind, designer and artist Damon Rich, and writer Niko Vicario consider the legacy of modernist architecture, urban redevelopment, and self - determination in Newark, New Jersey, in an exhibition of new cross-disciplinary works produced on and around the 58 - acre urban renewal site of Mies van der Rohe's Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments.

He juxtaposes modernist architecture with structures common in Latin America — favela shacks, adobe and vernacular buildings — and he incorporates aspects of the do - it - yourself economy to find practical solutions when resources are scarce.

Living Modern Heidrun Holzfeind, Damon Rich, Niko Vicario Curator: Laura Barlow Artist Heidrun Holzfeind, designer and artist Damon Rich, and writer Niko Vicario consider the legacy of modernist architecture, urban redevelopment, and self - determination in Newark, New Jersey, in an exhibition of new cross-disciplinary works produced on and around the 58 - acre urban renewal site of Mies van der Rohe's Colonnade and Pavilion Apartments.

New works conceived for this exhibition consider how the formal designs of modernist architecture and planning, and the aggressive, deeply politicized modernization of Newark, have impacted the everyday lives of residents and their communities.

Many of the forms and compositions recall mid-century Minimalism, Hard - edge painting, and modernist architecture with its utopian ideals of living.