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Sulaiman  Bin Ahmed   Villa Schwob   Villa Schwob is located in 167 Rue du Doubs City La Chaux-de- Fonds , in the Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland.    The building was one of the most famous work of Charles Edouard Jeanneret who later assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier after relocating to France. Villa Schwob is also known as the “Villa Turkish” and the house was designed for a watch-maker named Anatole Schwob in 1916. Construction costs were found higher than the initial estimates of the architect Le Corbusier, he had to go to Paris after being sued by his client, not coming to see the house completed until two years after its completion in the year 1919. The Turkish Villa is the only one of his first houses considered worthy of publication in “ L’Esprit  Nouveau”.    The Villa Schwob appears larger and more complex than some of the later buildings Le Corbusier designed, this showed that he was still experimenting with methods to best...

Sulaiman  Bin Ahmed   Villa  Fallet       Villa  Fallet  was built between the year 1906-1907 in La Chaux-de- Fonds , Switzerland. It was designed by the famous Swiss-born architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who would later change his name to Le Corbusier. The idea of the house came from a humbler device i.e. the wristwatch. Earlier, Le Corbusier followed his father career path who enameled and engraved watch faces. Louis-Edouard  Fallet  was a professor in the school Le Corbusier attended, the professor had special interest in Le Corbusier and will take him on nature hikes up the Swiss Alps, showcasing the panorama below and making declarations such as "we will build a monument dedicated to nature."    The professor decided to   build an elegant home in the woods in resemblance to his colleague  L'Eplattenier , he recommended Le Corbusier to his colleague Charles  L'Eplattenier  and asked Le Corb...

Emilia Kightley-Sutter The TWA Flight Center in John F. Kennedy Airport in Jamaica Queens, New York was designed by Eero Saarinen was opened in May 1962 just a year after Saarinen died of a brain tumor. The flight center is an example of what post-second world war two tools we had to accomplish mid-twentieth century modern architecture.The client wanted this building to show the spirit of flight and for people who are running to catch a flight to have a strict path of beautiful views within the promenade architectural.  The organic shapes of the flight center were in magnificent scale and the hints of modernism influenced the social atmosphere of the users. Throughout the plan some stylistic features are marble steps, mosaic tiling and thought out furniture design and layout for the travelers. Although the building seemed to be a great win for architecture it was critiqued for its style, size, and function. However the interior and exterior were names a New York City landmark ...

Emilia Kightley-Sutter In 1840 a small town in Germany called Bad Blackenburg took the first steps into forming what is now known as kindergarten. Kindergarten was founded and also designed architecturally by a man named Friedrich Frobel. Although the original building is not functioning as a kindergarten anymore it has been transformed into a museum dedicated to Frobels life. Frobel studied architecture at the Frankfurt University in Frankfurt, Germany. His main concept in inventing kindergarten was to protect and shield children from the misery at the beginning of industrialization. He wanted to protect, educate, and prevent them from horrid working conditions for young people. The original design of the building has been completely renovated but the message of educating children has not been dissolved. The architecture and layout of this kindergarten has a huge role on how the children would behave, adapt, and grow. “ Froebel thought existing construction toys, with their realis...

TWA Terminal The TWA Terminal, designed by Eero Saarinen was more than just a terminal, it was a testament to aviation at the time. The building itself was designed and built of concrete after the Second World War. In his attempt of the terminal, “Eero Saarinen sought to capture the sensation of flight in all aspects of the building, from a fluid open interior, to the wing-like concrete shell of the roof” (Archdaily). It was after the Second World War that commercial air travel had become available to more than just the higher class people. The design of the terminal came from the Port of New York Authority’s request for a terminal city. This terminal city would require each major airline to operate an individual terminal. Through Port Authority’s request, TWA approached Eero Saarinen as the architect for this project. TWA wanted a terminal that would “provide TWA with advertising, publicity, and attention”, and Saarinen took the public attention very seriously considering the site w...

Emilia Kightley-Sutter After Armour Institute and Lewis Institute merged in 1940, Mies van der Rohe was commissioned to create the new master plan for the future Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago. This master plan was a very large job for Mies, so large he developed the plan for 20 years. This plot of land holds 20 of Mies’ work, making it the biggest concentration of his work in the world. One of these works featured on the campus is the famous Crown Hall which is home to the Illinois Institute of Technology’s college of architecture. Mies’ master plan was formally based on a 24’ by 24’ grid by which he used to determine where building columns would be located, in other words the grid was the structural module. After figuring out the dimensions and square footage of the spaces needed for the campus such as room sizes, drafting rooms, laboratories, and classrooms, the grid length and width was set. This master plan was approached in an unusual way, furniture suc...

La Tourette (Rue de Lyon, France) 1960   La Tourette also known as Sante Marie de la Tourette is a Dominican Order   prior y , located on a hillside. He was drawn to the steeping slope with powerful views.   The   monastery was designed by the architect Le C orbusier. It was his most important and final building. The building design began in May 1952 and was completed in 1961.     The committee that decided the creation of the building, wanted the primary duty of the monastery to be for the spiritual awakening of   the people. It was built to be a self-contained world for a community of silent monks and to accommodate the unique lifestyle of the monks. Le C orbusier intention was to give monks what men today need most "silence and peace." Even though this was somewhat achieved, there   were   still issues with the size of   cells and   with soundproofing.   Maintenance   issues are still common today for the mona...