EBENEZER HOWARD effect [three of 3]

SECTION THREE: THE DENSITY PROGRESSION

[A] The New Town Legislation
Several government sponsored reports in the 1930's endorsed the idea of "Satellite Towns" to bring about the decentralisation of London. (e.g.. Chamberlain Report; Marley Report 1934; Barlow Royal Commission 1937)

EBENEZER HOWARD effect [two of 3]

SECTION TWO:THE RESIDENTIAL PLANNING 

[A] Analysis of Garden City Housing
At Letchworth and as set down in Unwin's book, the standard Garden City cottage, obviously more "perfect" than a typical speculator's dwelling of the same period, consists of 3 bedrooms with fireplaces in two of them, with a bath in the scullery and a covered way to the external w.c. There were no fitted cupboards, but a fuel store and larder were provided. The actual constituents contained in the house are not very dissimilar to those in a standard town-house terrace. The main difference is the distance, uncovered from the scullery door to the w.c. while as far as the aesthetic additions are concerned, above the plain social requirements, every Garden City cottage, or terrace had two gardens, front and rear and even in the smallest, marvellous interior design with intimate fireplace alcoves in the living room, wooden ceiling beams, window seats and French windows opening out onto terraces in the garden.

EBENEZER HOWARD effect [one of 3]

The Effect of Sir Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City Movement on Twentieth Century Town Planning

The now well discussed event that initiated practical town-planning in Great Britain and in many parts of the world was the publication in 1898 of the book, "To-morrow: A peaceful path to Real Reform," by Sir Ebenezer Howard. Ironically, concerning the book, The Times wrote "an ingenious and rather entertaining attempt - the only difficulty is to create it." (October 19th. 1898.)

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17 agustus 2011

ART nouveau

Introduction

Art Nouveau was an innovative international style of modern art that became fashionable from about 1890 to the First World War. Arising as a reaction to 19th-century designs dominated by historicism in general and neoclassicism in particular, it promulgated the idea of art as part of everyday life. Henceforth artists should not overlook any everyday object, no matter how functional it might be. This aesthetic was considered to be quite revolutionary and new, hence its name - New Art - or Art Nouveau.

just in my MIND

do YOU know................

the DEATH of ARCHITECTURE

Unless you're a 'starchitect', chances are you'll end up creating mediocre glass-clad hangars, says Jay Merrick. Does the problem lie with the profession, or the politicians in charge of our towns and cities?

DANIEL LIBESKIND

his BIOGRAPHY

From a very young age, Daniel Libeskind (pronounced LEE-buhskinned) exhibited a sharp intellect and extraordinary talents. As a child in Poland, he discovered that he had considerable musical talents; he appeared on live Polish television at the age of six, playing the accordion. 

DECONSTRUCTION in ARCHITECTURE

In the 1980's a new tendency was born: the deconstruction, which was also called "new modern architecture" in its beginning. It was meant to replace post modern architecture. A very significant difference of this style is that it started rather from an intellectual movement than from a significant building marking it's beginning. The new slogan was "form follows fantasy" analogous to the tradition formula pronounced by Sullivan "form follows function". In 1988 Philip Johnson organized an exposition called "Deconstructive Architecture" which finally brought these ideas to a larger audience. Those ideas even had a philosophical base developed by Jacques Derrida.

TADAO ANDO

his BIOGRAPHY

Birth Date: September 13, 1941
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Nationality: Japanese Gender: Male
Occupations: architect