Modernism in Architecture - Iconic Buildings.

By William Van Zyl

The 3 iconic architects and their iconic buildings - Le Corbusier (Villa Savoye), Phillip Johnson (The Glass House) & Mies Van De Rohe (House Farnsworth) - will feature in this article. They embody, circumvent, and encapsulate Modernism in an Architectural context. 

For scholars, it includes the in-depth comparison and contrast of these renowned buildings. Very valuable to students, artists, sculptures, architects, and designers with specific reference to a Modernist approach.

 

This article could interest students and teachers of art, sculpture, architecture, and other art forms. Modernism is an exciting and very important Design Era to understand! 

 

The author has more than 20 years of experience in teaching Spatial Design in a High School context - Design and Visual Communication.

 

CITATION: Van Zyl, W. (2023). Modernism in Architecture - Iconic Buildings. Five House Publishing. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Five House Publishing
• Release date: Nov 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223688563

William Van Zyl

The author had an interesting and unique childhood. Not travelling abroad - as you would expect - but venturing into the fields, bushes, tools sheds and mysterious underground tunnels around his neighbourhood. His happy place was - and still is - tinkering with ideas, science, and new possibilities. Many times while cycling he will get new ideas; he brings the unexpected, the unique, the creative in a flurry on a page or in a sketch. To this day he dreams of vicious wars and sophisticated weaponry in an innocent child's scout cave. He loves diagrams, timelines, cross sections, sketches, and details of sinister and hidden concepts and ideas; always looking for a new mystery to decode and to encode. He investigates and explores extravagant thoughts which he includes in children's books, stories and articles; he loves to include philosopher’s perspectives, articles,  intriguing stories, and poetry in his writing. Academic and research work are also his forte. He always offers a simple but practical explanation within an engaging context. Not your ordinary thinker! A lifelong scholar and teacher. 

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