Girard Estate garage:
http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/washw/images/E/E5b.jpg Charles Cushman said of this place in 1952: "The very last word in San Francisco dwellings. Washington at Maple [3800 West]." http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/ar...ull/P05884.jpg http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/ar...ull/P05885.jpg |
that PSFS penthouse just screams urban chic!
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Compare this:
http://phillyskyline.com/bldgs/psfs/psfs1_base.jpg to this: San Francisco's Moscone West Convention Center (building in the right foreground) http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...3/IMG_0290.jpg |
I'm not too clear on what makes something definitively bauhaus, but how about these San Francisco buildings:
http://www.skyscrapersunset.com/skys...0106-07/63.jpg http://www.pbase.com/image/73853989.jpg |
that first one I'd call more International Style, but I don't know what the distinction is either. I'd say that anything built after ~1950 doesn't count.
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Starrett-Lehigh building, 1931: This might not be bauhaus per se, but it's certainly built on bauhaus principles. I'm hesitant to call it deco because there's almost no decoration.
ARCHITECTS: this is what is meant by ribbon windows. If your structural columns are stuck against the glass, you're doing something wrong: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/...20Building.htm http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/008E.jpghttp://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/008D.jpg http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/008C.jpg http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/Pict0321.jpg http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/che-nomad10.jpg http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/008H.jpg http://www.lightningfield.com/2006_01.html http://www.lightningfield.com/06/01/231.jpg http://www.lightningfield.com/06/01/232.jpg http://www.lightningfield.com/06/01/233.jpg |
I've always heard the PSFS Building referred to as the first International Style skyscraper in the US. My understanding is that the Bauhaus begat the International Style.
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These are from the Art Deco! thread. Bauhaus or deco?
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Um, there are a few glaring errors on this page. Not much of it is true Bauhaus, for the Bauhaus was a small faction that only produced for a very brief pre-war period. Most of what is being shown is Art Moderne, or Deco. There are some really nice examples thought hat Ig uess could fallunder the larger umbrella of Bauhaus influence.
Personally I think that with a small group of exceptions such as Gropius' own residence in Mass. that the BH is limited to Germany. It kind of translates into the Int'l style once it leaves Germany. Heres Walters pad: http://www.cambridge2000.com/gallery.../P92516445.jpg http://www.cambridge2000.com/gallery.../P92516447.jpg |
And the Bauhaus itself:
http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/bhimages/bauhausluft.jpg Revolutionary for many reasons, one of which being it was one of the first buildings to actively engage the the street (in a time when cars were still somewhat rare). The structure spans the road leading to it, which was revolutionary for the time. |
there seems to be a fine line b/w some bauhaus, international, deco and moderne buildings, especially the shorter the building. eh, i'll post some examples later.
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If your looking for Bahaus go to Tel Aviv. According to Wikipedia over 4,000 of the buildings are either Bahaus or early International. Recently it was made a Unesco World Heritage Site.
http://www.holidayinisrael.com [/IMG] [/IMG] http://www.telecom-israel.com/travel.../whitecity.jpg [/IMG] |
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To me, "International Style" brings to mind the glass and steel, greater emphasis on pure forms and rationalism that came after 1950 or so, vs the more solid, eccentric geometries of earlier the earlier 1930s buildings. |
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this one caught my eye in that vintage Beiruit thread I made that everyone ignored
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/ar...ull/P14378.jpg |
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ArchLondon.jpg |
NYC's best example of Bauhaus architecture is a building in Hunter College designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, the same architects as the Empire State Building in 1940.
Unfortunately this is the best picture I could find of it, online: http://www.thecityreview.com/ues/parkave/hunterc.gif |
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