ASSIGNMENT Le Corbusier designed the Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine (Fig. 32-40) to be a prototype for a modern home. What elements of this design have become familiar in our modern architecture? Would you want to live in this house? Why or why not?
Prepare a summary on Otto Wagner’s Modern Architecture including what constitutes a “modern” style and the role of the architect in facilitating it (found in “Style”).
Summary: Otto Wagner’s Modern ArchitectureRead the brief chapters on “The Architect” (pp. 61-72) and “Style” (pp. 73-80) from:Otto Wagner, Modern Architecture: A Guidebook for His Students to This Field of Art, third edition of 1902, translated by Harry Francis Mallgrave (Santa Monica, CA: The Getty Center, 1988). These excerpted chapters are posted in a single […]