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20th Century Architecture

Residential Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright

Other Prairie School

W. B. Griffin: Carter House, 
Evanston, Il, 1911

Purcell & Elmslie: Bradley 
("Airplane") House
Wood's Hole, MA, 1912
Purcell & Elmslie: Bradley 
("Airplane") House
Wood's Hole, MA, 1912
Purcell & Elmslie: Bradley 
("Airplane") House
Wood's Hole, MA, 1912

  1. Carter House, Evanston, IL, 1911. Walter Burley Griffin, architect.
  2. Bradley ("Airplane") House, Wood's Hole, MA, 1912. Purcell and Elmslie, architects.
  3. Bradley ("Airplane") House, Wood's Hole, MA, 1912. Purcell and Elmslie, architects.
  4. Bradley ("Airplane") House, Wood's Hole, MA, 1912. Purcell and Elmslie, architects.
Arts and Crafts Bungalow

Greene and Greene:  Gamble House, Pasadena, CA, 1908.

Greene and Greene:  Gamble 
House, Pasadena, CA, 1908.

Greene and Greene:  Gamble 
House, Pasadena, CA, 1908.

International Style

Walter Gropius: Gropius Residence, Lincoln, MA, 1938.

Gropius House
Gropius House
Gropius House

Gropius House
Gropius House

  1. Walter Gropius Residence, Lincoln, MA, 1938. Walter Gropius, architect.
  2. Walter Gropius Residence, Lincoln, MA, 1938. Walter Gropius, architect.
  3. Walter Gropius Residence, Lincoln, MA, 1938. Walter Gropius, architect.
  4. Walter Gropius Residence, Lincoln, MA, 1938. Walter Gropius, architect.
  5. Walter Gropius Residence, Lincoln, MA, 1938. Walter Gropius, architect.
Rudolph Schindler: Lovell Beach House, 1926

R. Schindler: Lovell Beach 
House, Newport Beach, 
CA, 1926.
(Slide courtesy Lauren Soth)
  1. R. Schindler: Lovell Beach House, Newport Beach, CA, 1926. (Slide courtesy Lauren Soth)


Alternatives to the International Style:

Alvar Aalto: Baker House Dormitory, MIT, 1947.

Aalto: Baker House, 
MIT, 1947

Aalto: Baker House, 
MIT, 1947

Aalto: Baker House, 
MIT, 1947

Aalto: Baker House, 
MIT, 1947

  1. Baker House Dormitory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1947. Alvar Aalto, architect.
  2. Baker House Dormitory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1947. Alvar Aalto, architect.
  3. Baker House Dormitory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1947. Alvar Aalto, architect.
  4. Baker House Dormitory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1947. Alvar Aalto, architect.
Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, CT, 1949

Philip Johnson: Town House,
NYC, 1950

Philip Johnson: Town house, NYC, 1950

Philip Johnson: Glass House,
New Canaan, CT, 1949
Photo courtesy Louis J Slovinsky (1998)

Philip Johnson: Glass House,
New Canaan, CT, 1949
Photo courtesy Louis J Slovinsky (1998)

 

Habitat, Montreal, 1967

Moishe Safdie: Habitat, 
Montreal, 1967

Post-Modern
Frank Gehry: Arnoldi Triplex, Venice, CA, 1981
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Gehry: Arnoldi Triplex, 
Venice, 1981.
(Slide courtesy Lauren Soth)
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Gehry: Arnoldi Triplex, 
Venice, CA, 1981
(Slide courtesy Lauren Soth)

  1. Arnoldi Triplex, Venice, California, 1981. Frank Gehry, architect. (Slide courtesy Lauren Soth)
  2. Arnoldi Triplex, Venice, California, 1981. Frank Gehry, architect. (Slide courtesy Lauren Soth)

Comparison: LeCorbusier's Villa Savoye, France, 1929-30

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