50 Architects You Should Know was another useful book that I based my contextual research on. The architects that I was most inspired by are listed below.
- Nicolas Ledoux created an 'Ideal Town' (The Saline do Roi). Only part of the concept (picture below) was realised but his idea of Utopianism was the close proximity of work and living. The workshops were grouped in a semi-circle around the houses and public buildings:
- Mies Van Der Rohe founded Purism and the International Style. The Barcelona Pavillion displays the way he would reduce architecture to the barest minimum:
- I particularly like the work of Gerrit Rietveld because before working in architecture, he was a furniture and interior designer and was most known for his vibrant use of colour. The Schroder House stood out to me, not only because of it's multi-faceted appearance on the outside but the use of vibrant colour on the inside:
- Phillip Johnson worked with Mies van der Rohe to create the Seagram building. In 1988, he curated the Denconstructivist Architecture exhibition at the MOMA in New York City. The architects that were featured were: Coop Himmelb(l)au, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Bernard Tschumi and Zaha Hadid.
- I.M.Pei is known for his minimalist buildings, including the glass pyramids at the Louvre. My favourite building by him is the Extension to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Like many of his buildings, the plan is based on triangles - three gignatic intersections that give the entrance the appearance of an H. I also like the clean look of the wheat-coloured bricks:
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