Baur’s Pharmacy was a household name in Terre Haute for nearly a century. It was founded by John Jacob Baur‚ an emigrant from Zurich‚ Switzerland in 1866. The original business was located on the southeast corner of 7th and Wabash. It was a handsome three-story brick structure‚ 50’ x 120’‚ beautifully furnished and widely considered as one of the most attractive in Western Indiana. Especially noteworthy was Mr. Baur’s work ethic. In 1880‚ Samuel Barnes Gookins‚ journalist‚ lawyer‚ politician and
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Alvaro Siza designed great contextual architecture that is responsive to topography‚ light and the basic resources of the region with a strong deference towards local material and would create simplistic forms which were grounded in i the form of specific topographies. Siza commonly stuck to the roots of tradition of the Portuguese style and wished to explore an archaic and timeless sense of space‚ which had nothing to do with modernism at all‚ but which relied on ii geometrical schemata
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Ana Mihajloska History of Architecture And Modern Interior Design Fall 2010 Gio Ponti and Italian modernism "Love architecture‚ be it ancient or modern. Love it for its fantastic‚ adventurous and solemn creations; for its inventions; for the abstract‚ allusive and figurative forms that enchant our spirit and enrapture our thoughts. Love architecture‚ the stage and support of our lives." These are the words of one of the most
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The title‚ “Graphic design” is just as complex as it is ubiquitous to all those in arts department. With such variety of use‚ it can be meet the needs required both personal and public‚ embraces concerns both economic and ergonomic‚ and is informed by many disciplines‚ touching base into English‚ science‚ and mathematics. Graphic design surrounds us‚ “touching everything that we do‚ everything we see‚ everything we buy:” from the billboards to the Bibles‚ on paperback books and on websites‚ on the
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Max Dupain – Hasting Deering Service Building Built in 1938 by architects Samuel Lipson and Peter Kaad‚ the ‘Hasting Deering service building’ was a new corporate headquarters for Hasting Deering Ltd however is now known as City Ford‚ a showroom for Ford cars. The name‚ identical with the motor industry and Ford vehicle sales‚ serviced for over 60 years. The architecture of the building is interesting as the elevators were simple horizontal bands of walls and steel framed glazing‚ and the rounded
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Painting and architecture are so intimately combined that it is sometimes difficult to perceive where one begins and the other ends. There are literally no frames to confine or define the painting form the architecture Architectural painting (also Architecture painting) is a form of genre painting where the predominant focus lies on architecture‚ both outdoors views and interiors. While architecture was present in many of the earliest paintings and illuminations‚ it was mainly used as background
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There are many influential studies about modern architecture in the extended field of the architectural history. Lately‚ architectural history studies shifted their center from conventional concerns to media and its side products. One of them - the focus point of this review- is Beatriz Colomina’s book (which was winner of the 1995 International Architecture Book Award sponsored by the American Institute of Architects) that examines the relationship of media and architecture. This paper will examine
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park was designed by Louis Kahn in October 17‚ 2012 to celebrate the four freedoms articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. The architecture attracts me during the lecture because of its materials‚ such as the granite that fits in the skyline and the river nearby. The granite also creates mass to provide the occupants a feeling of stability although the architecture is on the island surrounded by water. The massive structure also connotate how important
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Brutalist architecture is like an overbearing‚ person of authority. It’s oppressive‚ totalitarian style is a “no nonsense” attempt to bring wealth‚ efficiency and strong community living to areas. Although the initial intension was good‚ many structures are much too large and do not harmonize well with the area. Massive amounts of concrete were used to construct these unpolished fortresses‚ which is bad for the environment. This style of architecture was popular in the 1960’s and 1970’s and used
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‚Apollinaire and the Modern Mind.‛ Yale French Studies‚ No. 4‚ Literature and Ideas. 1949. Bohn‚ Willard. ‚From Surrealism to Surrealism: Apollinaire and Breton.‛ The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism‚ Vol. 36‚ No 2. 1977. Breton‚ Andre. ‚The Manifesto of Surrealism.‛ 1924. Available Online: http://www.exquisitecorpse.com/Manifesto_of_Surrealism.pdf Crafton‚ Donald. Before Mickey: The Animated Film 1898-1928. The MIT Press: Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. 1982. Crafton‚ Donald. Emile Cohl‚ Caricature
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