architecture
Articles from this Tag
Brutal Breuer
March 15, 2016
As mentioned in a previous post, Marcel Breuer’s Saint Francis de Sales Church in Norton Shores, Michigan was my introduction to true Brutalist architecture. Since that pivotal day, I’ve become infatuated with the style and have been itching to return to the building that started it all. The weather in Michigan is becoming more Spring-like […]
New Formalism
March 3, 2016
Since its inception, “Modern” architecture has held a reputation for cold and sterile designs among its critics. Regardless of the validity of this argument, a number of great architects sought to soften the perception of the era’s most in vogue style; one of those great architects was Minoru Yamasaki. Around the time he started his own […]
Detroit’s Metabolism
February 25, 2016
The Metabolism movement arose in Japan in response to a lack of cohesive city planning efforts after the first World War. The self-proclaimed Metabolists introduced their manifesto to the world in 1960 at an international design conference held in Japan. The philosophy was centered around the idea of “organic growth,” which was applied to buildings as well as entire cities. […]
