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11,600 BCE
The First architectural buildings were build un the Prehistoric Times!!
Prehistoric architecture is mostly about monumental structures such as Stonehenge, cliff dwellings in the Americas, and thatch and mud structures lost to time.
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Expressionism and Neo-expressionism
Built in 1920, The Einstein Tower (German: Einsteinturm) is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn. It was built to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich to support experiments and observations.
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Constructivism
During the 1920s and early 1930s, a group of avant-garde architects in Russia launched a movement to design buildings for a new socialist regime. They called themselves constructivists, they believed that designing buildings began with construction. Their buildings emphasized abstract geometric shapes and functional machine parts.
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The Bauhaus
In 1919, the economy in Germany was collapsing after a crushing war. Architect Walter Gropius was appointed to head a new institution that would help rebuild the country and form a new social order. Called the Bauhaus, the Bauhaus is a German expression meaning house for building, or, literally, Construction House.
https://savingplaces.org/stories/a-brief-history-of-bauhaus-architecture#:~:text=The%20German%20design%20school%20is,arts%2C%20crafts%2C%20and%20industry. -
De Stijl
In 1924 Rietveld built this house in Utrecht for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder, who embraced a flexible home designed with no interior walls.
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Functionalism
Functionalism means that the design is above all orientated towards the practical, utilitarian use of a building or everyday object, so that purpose and functionality take priority over aesthetic principles.
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Minimalism
The style of minimalism is a design approach that is characterized by austerity and laconism in decoration. It is mainly achieved through the use of functional furniture and interior objects, geometric shapes and a combination of usually not more than two basic colors.
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The International Style
The International Style is a term often used to describe Bauhaus-like architecture in the United States. One of the most famous examples of the International Style is the United Nations Secretariat building. Designed by an international team of architects including Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, and Wallace Harrison, it was completed in 1952.
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The Deserted or Mid Century Modern Style
Desert Modernism was a mid-20th century approach to modernism. That capitalized on the sunny skies and warm climate of Southern California and the American Southwest. With expansive glass and streamlined styling, Desert Modernism was a regional approach to International Style architecture.
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Structuralism
Structuralism is the idea that all things are built from a system of signs and these signs are made up of opposites: male/female, hot/cold, old/young, etc.
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Metabolism
Metabolism is a type of organic architecture characterized by recycling and prefabrication; expansion and contraction based on need; modular, replaceable units (cells or pods) attached to a core infrastructure; and sustainability.
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Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is an approach to building design that attempts to view architecture in bits and pieces. The basic elements of architecture are dismantled. Deconstructivist buildings may seem to have no visual logic.
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High-Tech!
High-tech buildings are often called machine-like. Steel, aluminum, and glass combine with brightly colored braces, girders, and beams. Many of the building parts are prefabricated in a factory and assembled on site.
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Brutalism
Rugged reinforced concrete construction lead to an approach popularly known as Brutalism. Brutalism grew out of the Bauhaus Movement and the béton brut buildings by Le Corbusier and his followers.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is about combining new ideas with traditional forms, postmodernist buildings may startle, surprise, and even amuse. Postmodern architecture evolved from the modernist movement
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The 21st Century Parametricism
Parametricism is an architectural style based on computer technology. The concept became more known through time from the digital animation techniques of the mid-1990s.
https://www.thoughtco.com/modernism-picture-dictionary-4065245
