Casa Batillo
Antoni Guadi
Barcelona, Spain 1905-1910
Castel Beranger
Hector Guimard
Paris, France 1890
Horta House
Victor Horta
Brussels, Belgium 1895-1898
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Sezession House
J.M. Obrich
Vienna, Austria 1986
When researching various styles of architecture for this particular piece, I was first intrigued by the ideology paired with the art nouveau style. Artists working within this style upheld the belief that artistic and design values should be evident in seemingly insignificant, every day objects. The delicate leaf-like and tendril motifs often found in art nouveau style buildings were immediately appealing to me. I found that the forms constructing these pieces were fluid and organic in nature, which rendered these edifices both beautiful and inviting.
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Modern Architecture:
Fennel Residence
Robert Oshatz
Portland, Oregon 2001
RTA Studio: Iron Bank
Richard Naish/ Tim Melville
Auchland, New Zealand 2009
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Daewon Park Observatory
Changki Yun
Seongnam, Korea 2009
Despite the fact that I found the art nouveau style of architecture so ascetically appealing with its delicate, organic forms, I also found that these pieces could appear a bit cluttered with such a large amount of detail present. This observation lead me to the modern style of architecture in which clean lines and open spaces are key. Some pieces feature highly geometric forms, while others display curving, organic forms, as with the Daewon Park Observatory. These simplistic, more organic forms stood out to me in that way that these types of forms would be very complimentary when paired with some art nouveau style delicate detailing.
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