Architecture. Current trends

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New ways of life have brought about changes in the forms of settlement and have manifested themselves, above all, in the development of cities. With the gradual concentration of industry and the increase in the number of inhabitants, the structural change in the basic functions of cities takes place. The era of classicism came at a very important time in European urban planning. At that time, not only residential units, but also non-residential objects and public places requiring architectural design were being laid in masses: hospitals, museums, schools, parks, etc...

The most pressing issue is the issue of high-rise buildings in the world and the scale of skyscrapers construction is expanding. The history of high-rise construction in New York begins at the end of the 19th century, in the period when the center of high-rise buildings construction from Chicago passed. During this period the time of formation is formed, when the main schemes of skyscraper construction are revealed. The Chicago school made a great contribution to the development of high-rise construction...

The preconditions for the architecture of high-rise buildings in New York were the development of industrial production and its concentration as a complex control system. This has resulted in the creation of a new level of business buildings. Creation and implementation of the concept of high-rise buildings, as well as the emergence and use of the term "skyscraper" began with the construction of the New York World Building in 1890. At that time, it was the first building to exceed the height and meet the requirements of the concept of "skyscraper"...

The urban centers of medieval cities had common features, typical of all European cities, which, however, did not exclude a huge variety of architectural and spatial solutions. In the center of the city there was a square, the architectural design of which was made up of closed rows of houses with forceps roofs and contrasting monumental volumes of city churches and town hall. This gave the square a closed character, as well as a variety of compartments. The dominating position in the square and in the city as a whole has always been occupied by the city cathedral...

The term refers to a set of artistic currents: (Jungenstyl in Germany, Austria, Secessionism, Freedom in Italy, Modern Style in England), which evolved from the end of '80 to the beginning of '90, various movements associated with Japanese art, neo-Gothic and even post-impressionism in order to create a new official language, linear and elegant for use in various fields, from decoration to architecture, from illustrations to furniture. In Germany and Austria, artists organize themselves in the form of secessions, as opposed to academic art...

Thanks to the ingenuity of many designers in different European countries, art Nouveau has found its brightest expression in architecture. Belgium. Perhaps because of cultural ties between England and Belgium is in Brussels, the art Nouveau is identified with the works of two architects: Victor Horta and Van de Velde, especially in the field of hotel construction, that is, private residences for a large business bourgeoisie. These are buildings in which a surplus of rooms and spaces still had to reflect the ancient principle of conformity between noble splendor and social prestige...

Born in America in June 1869 as the son of a Baptist shepherd, Wright spent his childhood in full contact with nature, which had a huge impact on his future artistic work. Wright came into contact with modern architecture, studying materials and their application in practice. However, he has a completely different vision of the relationship between nature and construction, and so he lays the foundation for the theory of organic architecture. Architecture, compared to a living being, must be designed...

It's creator is Frank Lode Wright, an American tradition overtaking the European one: Villa. A neoclassical American building is imposed only in rare cases of large representation (the Capitol), most often a villa (the White House). Approval of the concept of democratization-republican, referred to the house. Pioneer houses. The pioneers moved to endless meadows and built modest wooden houses, as well as more luxurious residences, churches and public buildings. There is always a very close contact with nature in the form of freedom of form Skyscrapers...

Organic architecture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is a type of architecture that is considered part of nature. An architecture that must be integrated with the surrounding nature. The details of the architecture are made of natural materials: wood, stone and reinforced concrete. It is confused with nature. Explicit integration of anthropogenic and environmental factors. Not economic. By order of rich people. Houses on the prairie are small houses that develop on one floor. For example, the Kaufmann House, a house on a waterfall...

The term "modern movement" refers to the architecture that developed in the United States and Europe during the world wars. The main characters of this movement were architects and engineers who wanted to distance themselves from academic styles, drawing inspiration from modernity (although they later rejected its decorative aspect). Important was the so-called Chicago School, which made a decisive contribution to the development of a new typology of skyscrapers operating in a city such as Chicago,...

The church of Jesus the Redeemer, inaugurated in May 2008, was designed by the Milanese architect Mauro Galantino, winner of the national competition organized by the Italian Episcopal Conference to qualify religious architecture. The project, designed between 2001 and 2005, has given rise to a structure, an example of the minimalist expression of contemporary Italian architecture, which can now offer the parish - about 14,000 inhabitants - and the city the largest church in the diocese of Modena...