Architectural Case Studies

Zaha Hadid- Critical Representation Although the assignment is to analyze the representational effectiveness of two projects, I ...

On the Implications of Convention in Architecture There are, I would argue, two major threats to the individuality and creativit...

Theater Interaction To consider the common modern theater is to consider antisocialism. Often the edifice is a jumbled maze of ...

On the Significance of Seeing and Being Seen Consider the modern theater; there are two distinct types, those of the movies and those f...

Angkor – Failed Pre-industrial urbanism, low density Some may say that high density urbanism may fail, but low-density urbanism would succee...

George Hellmuth and Minoru Yamasaki - Pruitt-Igoe Completed in 1956, St. Louis's Pruitt-Igoe housing complex is perhaps the biggest exam...

Le Corbusier – The Radiant City The Radiant City is composed of pre-fabricated apartment houses (les unites) available for up to 2,700 inhab...

Urbanism is the evolution in our recent history from solitary buildings scattered across the landscape to a condensed collection of infrastr...

The Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, began his career as a civil eng...

On the Creation of Imperfect Symmetry through Simple Forms Kahn’s coworker, Marshall Meyers, once said in an attempt to explain Kahn’s ...

On the Distinction of Service vs. Space Although the exposure of internal mechanics is generally considered a modernist architectural c...

My Architect Born in Saarama, Estonia in 1901, Louis Kahn’s family emigrated to the U.S. in 1905. At the age of three, he placed a glowi...

The Fountainhead The Fountainhead opens with Howard Roak maintaining a small firm by himself, with out a few successfully completed proj...

National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) Demonstrated System: Rigid Frame Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG, Arup Sport and the China A...

National Grand Theater Demonstrated System: Domes Architect: Paul Andreu Location: Beijing, China Date: 2001-2005 The National Grand Theatre...

Sydney Maritime Museum Demonstrated System: Steel Trusses Architect: Philip Cox, Richardson and Taylor Location: Darling Harbor, Sydney, Aus...

The Eden Project Demonstrated System: Geodesic Dome Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw Location: St. Austell, Cornwall, England Date: 1996 The st...

On the Impropriety of Modern Architecture – A Manifesto by Raymond Chow      The growing trend amongst new architects and architecture stude...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh      Charles Rennie Mackintosh, born on June 7th, 1868, and dying on December 10th of 1928 after having his tongue...

Continental Train Platform Demonstrated System: Arches Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners Location: Waterloo Station, London Date: 19...

Tokyo International Forum Demonstrated System: Steel Trusses Architect: Rafael Vinoly Location: Tokyo, Japan Date: 1989 competition, complet...

Gund Hall Demonstrated System: Steel Trusses Architect: John Andrews Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Date: 1968 to 1972 Gund Hall is the ...

Central Railroad Station Demonstrated System: Arches Architect: John Dobson Location: Newcastle-on-Tyne, England Date: 1846 to 1855 Newcastl...

Louisiana Superdome Demonstrated System: Dome Architect: Curtis & Davis and Associated Architects Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Date:...

Rose Center for Earth & Space Demonstrated System: Skeleton Framing Architect: James Stewart Polshek Location: New York, New York Date: ...