MODERN ARCHITECTURE

1. MODERN
ARCHITECTURE
STYLE
By- Nikhaar Mehra
B.Arch sem2 B

2. WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE?
Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings.
Architectural works are often thought of as cultural and
political symbols and as works of art.
Historical civilizations are
often identified with their
surviving architectural
achievements.

3. MODERN ARCHITECTURE
• Modern architecture is a term applied to an period in
architectural history during the 20th century, with its exact
definition and scope varying widely.
• Modern architecture began at the turn of the 20th century
with advancement and the modernization of efforts to
reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with
rapid technological society.
• When compared to that which preceded it, modernism in
architecture is broadly characterized by simplification of
form and subtraction of ornament from the structure and
theme of the building.

4. Architectural Styles

5. ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE
Organic architecture is a philosophy
of architecture which promotes harmony
between human habitation and the natural
world.
The term “Organic architecture” was first
created by the great American architect
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), who is
still the most famous designer to work in
this style.

6. Fallingwater – Mill Run, Pennsylvania – Frank Lloyd Wright - 1937

7. ART DECO
Art Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style that
began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally
throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. Art deco's
linear symmetry was a distinct departure from the flowing
asymmetrical organic curves of its predecessor style Art
Nouveau. It was influenced by many different styles of the
early twentieth century, and also drew inspiration from
ancient Egyptian and Aztec buildings.

8. INTERNATIONAL STYLE
The International style was a major architectural
style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s. It is
more focused on efficiency than on decoration.
While the International style is not popular with
many critics, it has become so common today that
many people think of it as no style at all.
Skyscrapers in the International style have a
square or rectangular footprint, are covered with
glass windows on the outside, and have faces at
90-degree angles.

9. MID-CENTURY MODERN
Mid-Century modern is an architectural, style
taken from mid-20th century developments in
modern design from roughly 1933 to 1965.
This style combines many elements of the
earlier styles, like the Art Deco, with curved
lines and symmetry, and combines them with
some of the simplicity of the International
style.

10. Palácio da Alvorada – Brasília, Brazil - Oscar Niemeyer – 1958

11. POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE
Postmodern architecture began as an international
style the first examples of which are generally cited as
being from the 1950s, but did not become a
movement until the late 1970s.
In Postmodern architecture, the simple,
functional shapes of the modernist style are replaced
by diverse aesthetics: styles collide, form is adopted
for its own sake, and new ways of viewing familiar
styles are found.

12. Empire State
Building
New York, NY - William F.
Lamb - 1931
Burj Khalifa
Construction started:
January,2004
Completed: 2010
Cost$1.5 billion
Height: 829.84 m (2,723 ft)
163 habitable floors
46 maintenance levels
Space Needle
Seattle, Washington