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Modern architecture, utilizing the steel frame, enabled space partitioning without any practical limits, transparent walls of architectural glass enable visual journeys into the boundless world behind them. At the same time modern materials reduced the contrast between the space and mass, primarily through the reduced mass of the walls.
Architectural elastomeric urethane form liners were pioneered in 1968 at RECKLI GmbH, Herne Germany. [3] The inception of form liners began with fairly simple images for concrete, including cut-out shapes and silhouettes resting on a background texture.
It is the largest architecture firm in the world by revenue and number of architects. [3] In 2022, Gensler generated $1.785 billion in revenue, the most of any architecture firm in the U.S. [4] As of late 2023, Gensler operated offices in 53 cities in 17 countries worldwide, [5] working for clients in over 100 countries. [6]
Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. This is achieved through design approaches that aim to be sympathetic and well-integrated with a site, so buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition.
Deconstructivism came to public notice with the 1982 Parc de la Villette architectural design competition, in particular the entry from Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman [3] and the winning entry by Bernard Tschumi, as well as the Museum of Modern Art’s 1988 Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition in New York, organized by Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley.
Morphology in architecture is the study of the evolution of form within the built environment. Often used in reference to a particular vernacular language of building, this concept describes changes in the formal syntax of buildings and cities as their relationship to people evolves and changes.
Architecture is variously defined in conflicting ways, highlighting the difficulty of describing the scope of the subject precisely: [1] [2] [3] A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures – although not all buildings are generally considered to be architecture, and infrastructure (bridges, roads etc.) is civil engineering, not architecture.
Edward Durrell Stone's New Delhi American Embassy (1954), which blended the architecture of the east with modern western concepts, is considered to be the symbolic start of New Formalism architecture. [2] Common features of the New Formalism style include: