The document provides images and information about works by notable modern architects from the early 20th century. It includes images and descriptions of Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre in Paris from 1928-1932, as well as works by Richard Meier, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, Peter Eisenman, and John Hejduk. It also features the work of Hans Scharoun, including his Schminke House from 1932-1933, as well as biographies and quotes from influential architects Walter Gropius and Hans Scharoun.
7. “AN ALTERNATIVE TO POLITICAL ROMANCE IS TO BE
AN ARCHITECT, FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE
NECESSARY TALENT FOR ARCHITECTURE. THE YOUNG
MEN REPRESENTED HERE HAVE THAT TALENT (ALONG
WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE AND A CONSIDERABLE
AWARENESS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD
AROUND THEM) AND THEIR WORK MAKES A
MODEST CLAIM; IT IS ONLY ARCHITECTURE, NOT THE
SALVATION OF MAN AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE
EARTH. FOR THOSE WHO LIKE ARCHITECTURE THAT IS
NO MEAN THING.”
--ARTHUR DREXLER, MOMA CURATOR OF DESIGN AND
ARCHITECTURE, 1972, FIVE ARCHITECTS
8. “CAN AN ARCHITECTURE WHICH PROFESSES
AN OBJECTIVE OF CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENT
EVER BECOME CONGRUOUS WITH THE IDEAL OF
AN ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS TO BE POPULAR,
INTELLIGIBLE, AND PROFOUND?”
-COLIN ROWE, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE,
CORNELL UNIVERSITY,1972
9. THE NEW YORK FIVE
MEIER GWATHMEY GRAVES EISENMAN HEJDUK
57. JOHN HEJDUK WALLHOUSE #2 1973 GRONINGEN, NL VIEWS
58. JOHN HEJDUK WALLHOUSE #2 1973 GRONINGEN, NL VIEW
59. JOHN HEJDUK WALLHOUSE #2 1973 GRONINGEN, NL VIEW
60. JOHN HEJDUK WALLHOUSE #2 1973 GRONINGEN, NL VIEW
61. JOHN HEJDUK WALLHOUSE #2 1973 GRONINGEN, NL VIEW
62. JOHN HEJDUK WALLHOUSE #2 1973 GRONINGEN, NL VIEW
63. HANS SCHAROUN SCHMINKE HOUSE 1932 LOBAU, DE VIEW
64. HANS SCHAROUN SCHMINKE HOUSE 1932-33 LOBAU, DE VIEW
65. HANS SCHAROUN SCHMINKE HOUSE 1932-33 LOBAU, DE VIEW
66. HANS SCHAROUN 1893-1972
“MANKIND IS LINKED AND
INDEBTED TO THE CHANGING
TIME AND SPACE, SINCE WE
CREATE THEM AND ARE AT THE
SAME TIME DETERMINED BY
THEM; THUS THE SPACE WE
LIVE IN, IS-IN ITS MEANING AND
ESSENCE-NOT OF A STATIC, BUT
OF A DYNAMIC NAURE.”
“ONE WISHES TO SEE
SOMETHING OF THE BOLDNESS
OF MODER SHIP STRUCTURES
TRANSFERRED TO THE DESIGN
OF HOUSES AND THUS HOPES
TO OVERCOME THE PETTINESS
AND RESTRICTEDNESS OF
TODAY’S HOUSING.”-1928
“FUNCTION-NOT
REPRESENTATION”-1922
81. HANS SCHAROUN SCHMINKE HOUSE 1932-33 LOBAU, DE BEDS
82. WALTER GROPIUS 1883-1969
WE WANT TO CREATE BUILDINGS
AS CLEAR, ORGANIC BODIES,
NAKED AND RADIANT BY VIRTUE
OF THEIR OWN INHERENT LAWS,
FREE OF FALSEHOOD AND
EXTRAVAGANCIES, BUILDINGS
THAT AFFIRM A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR WORLD
OF MACHINES, CABLES AND
HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTATION,
THAT DISCLOSE THEIR SENSE
AND PURPOSE OF THEIR OWN
ACCORD AND THROUGH THE
TENSION CREATED BETWEEN THE
INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS OF THE
BUILDING MASS, WHILE REJECTING
EVERYTHING SUPERFLUOUS THAT
MIGHT OBSCURE THE ABSOLUTE
FORM OF ARCHITECTURE.”-IDEA
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE
BAUHAUS WEIMAR, 1923
