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   Bass Residence       The Bass Residence was located in Fort Worth Texas, and commissioned to be designed by Paul Rudolph in 1970. Construction was completed in 1976, and this structure was said to be one of Rudolph’s most ambitious residential projects based on size and scope. The Bass Residence is an example of his experimental ideas, attempting to bridge the styles of new and old architectural styles “whose richness came not from applied ornament but from spatial complexities developed from structure and the three dimensional elaboration of the program”. This is similar to the manifesto of Adolf Loos, “Ornament and Crime”, although this particular project was said to be heavily influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Waters, as well as Mies van Der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. The spatial diversity and complexity of the Bass Residence surpasses that of the aforementioned projects, however. The layout of t...

Rear Façade Front Façade Villa Tugendhat The Villa Tugendhat was built in 1930, and designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. It is a three floor Villa situated on a slope, with a concrete wall supporting the street side.   It is made of  steel frame construction, a concrete foundation, reinforced concrete ceilings and floors, and a stucco façade and brick masonry. Steel frame construction was not common for homes at the time, but it allowed for the development of a free plan layout, and varying floor plans for each individual level. The cross-shape profile of the columns were subtle in appearance, placed five meters apart, but held up all the upper levels, by being anchored into the concrete floor and ceiling slabs. Meis’ functionalist concept of iron framework enabled the structure  to be built without load bearing walls,  creating more open and light spaces. Grete & Fritz Tugenhat met Mies in Berlin in 1927, and were a...

VILLA SAVOYE       Designed by Le Corbusier and constructed in 1931, Villa Savoye combined all of his “5 points”. The house has a structural system based on pilotis,   free façade, ribbon windows, a flat roof terrace, and open plan. The opportunity for him to materialize his manifesto in this building transformed Corbusier’s career, and the principles of international style. He describes his view on the function of the home with the phrase “The house is a Machine for Living”. The inspiration for the home was based on the motor car, which he deemed to be technological magic. The movement of the car is interpreted radically for the time, where it arrives under the house, as oppose to an outdoor space. The façade of Villa Savoye is comprised of reinforced concrete and exposed structural supporting pilotis. This combination of materials enabled Corbusier to design the home with a sense of freedom of form, additionally allowing him ...