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The Rufer House ( Vienna, Austria ) 1922       The Rufer house was designed by architect Adolf loos. He was an Austrian and Czech architect and influential theorist. The house was designed for Josef and Mar ie   Rufer.   Josef Rufer was an Austrian musicologist.  This house was considered to be the first example of   Raumplan   which is a planning method based on discreet rooms. The house is considered like a cube with internal space of 10m by 10m. The exterior walls are load bearing which leaves the interior walls to partition space. A column runs through the whole house hiding the plumbing and also acts as framing for the second floor.  This system allows structural minimize   internal dividing walls, being replaced by thin walls.      The main entrance of the house is on ground level, slightly elevated above the natural ground level, giving access to the hall. The upper floors are   access ed   b...

Petit Trianon (Versailles, France); 1768   The Petit Trianon was   bui lt between 1762 and 1768 during the   reign   of Louis XV, it’s a small manor located in Versailles, France which is now known as   the Grand Trianon.   The   park of the Grand Trianon includes the Petit Trianon. The whole site was built of a botanical garden developed about a decade earlier by Louis XV. It was designed by Ange- Jacques Gabriel, he was the most prominent F rench   architect of his generation. Louis XV wanted this manor built for his   long- term   mistress, Madame de Pompadour. She died four years before its completion and her successor Madame du Barry occupied it.   Around 1774, Louis XV gave the manor and its surrounding park to his   19-year-old   Queen Marie Antoinette for her use and enjoyment.   Marie Antionette would go the manor, to escape court life, but also to get away from her royal responsibilities. At the...