brutalism hatred over. let's get some hatred going for the intarnational styles. babygirl you didn't have to make everything into a panel.
"We have developed the technology to create hanging facades, where buildings can be made using interior steel frames with panels hanging off the sides, instead of those gross old buildings where their sturdy exteriors walls supported the structure. This has allowed us to achieve the ultimate dream of architecture, the most beautiful representation of form and function we can possibly imagine: Big Box. All buildings for the next 50 years will now be Big Box. Everyone loves Big Box."
Behold, architecture.
is this minoru yamasakiâs fault
i would strongly disagree with that. Yes, he designed one of the most famous building ever in the international style, the world trade center, but that wasn't until well into the development and adoption of the style across the architectural world. If anything, the main motif of his career is his arches, and he used them liberally at a time when the arch was well fallen out of favor specifically because of modernist styles like the international style that were obsessed with the advantages of the kind of squared off shapes that could be achieved with steel beams, with the architectural world moving away from more traditional arches. He did a lot of really cool and interesting things with them. it's why the bottom of the WTC looked like that. The man loved an arch.
oh, for reference:
Rainier Tower - Seattle, Washington, USA
Northwestern National Life Building - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
St. Louis Lambert International Airport - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Dhahran International Airport (Now King Abdulaziz Air Base) - Saudi Arabia
Pacific Science Center / 1962 Worlds Fair - Seattle, Washington, USA
World Trade Center (Demolished) - Manhattan, New York, USA
(Demolished)
(Demolished)
Why'd they demolish it? Anyone know?
I understand there were a number of criticisms, for one it was in international style.
