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Cor van Eesteren Cor van Eesteren
Eesteren, Cor(nelis) van (1897–1988). Dutch architect much influenced by Bauhaus ideas and by van Doesburg, with whom he drew up the architectural principles of Neo-Plasticism and the manifesto Vers une construction collective (Towards a Collective Construction—1924—also... Read more
Norman Robert Lord Foster of Thames Bank Foster Norman Robert Lord Foster of Thames Bank Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank 1935-, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A., 1962). Foster and three other architects formed the influential Team 4, working from 1963 to 1967, when he established... Read more
Kunio Maekawa Kunio Maekawa
Kunio Maekawa Prominent among modern Japanese architects, Kunio Maekawa (1905-1986) served an apprenticeship in France during the 1930s. Well-known for his use of architectural concrete, his post-World War II contributions included designs for prefabricated structures and high-rise... Read more
Coney Island Coney Island
Coney Island , beach resort, amusement center, and neighborhood of S Brooklyn borough of New York City, SE N.Y., on the Atlantic Ocean. The tidal creek that once separated the island from the mainland has been filled in, making the area a peninsula. A seaside resort from the middle of the 19th... Read more
Barbican Centre (London England) Barbican Centre (London England)
Barbican the complex of high-rise buildings around the Barbican Centre in the City of London. A barbican is the outer defence of a city or castle, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge; it is recorded from the 17th century as being retained as the name of a street in London. Recorded... Read more
urbanism urbanism
urbanism. 1. Term much used in the 1980s, based on Le Corbusier's ideas concerning town-planning.2. Urban way of life compared with life in the country.3. Approach to urban design taking into account the need to respond with sensitivity to urban morphologies: the Kriers have been in the vanguard... Read more
Le Corbusier Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier , pseud. of Charles Édouard Jeanneret , 1887-1965, French architect, b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Often known simply as "Corbu," he was one of the most influential architects of the 20th cent. and his buildings and writings had a revolutionary effect on the... Read more
Amedee Ozenfant Amedee Ozenfant
Ozenfant, Amédée (1886–1966). French painter, writer, and teacher. He was born in St Quentin, where he studied at the municipal drawing school before moving to Paris in 1905 to study architecture and painting. In 1918 he met Le Corbusier, with whom he founded Purism. Until 1926 he... Read more
International style International style
International style in architecture, the phase of the modern movement that emerged in Europe and the United States during the 1920s. The term was first used by Philip Johnson in connection with a 1932 architectural exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Architects working in... Read more
Max Bill Max Bill
Bill, Max (1908–1994). Swiss painter, sculptor, architect, designer, teacher, and writer, born in Winterthur. He trained as a silversmith at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts, 1924–7, but after hearing a lecture by Le Corbusier he decided to turn to architecture. From 1927 to 1929... Read more

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