What is/ was Modern Architecture?

In other words, are we still today in the era

of Modern Architecture, or is it over,

having been replaced by some

form of "Post-Modernism"?
 Where do we locate
Modern Architecture?
• Gothic, about 1150 to 1350
• Renaissance, about 1400 to 1600
• Baroque, about 1600 to 1700
• Rococo, about 1700 to 1750
• Neo-Classicism, about 1700 to 1800
• 19 th Century, 1800 to 1900
• Modernism, about 1900 to ?
Design Environments before
the Industrial Revolution
(1) Neo-classicism
(2) Picturesque
(3) Gothic Revival
(1) NEO-CLASSICISMM
 Neo-classicism
Definition:
Neo-classical, or "new" classical, architectureitecture
describes buildings that are inspired byby thethe
classical architecture particularly off
ancientancient Greece and Rome.

A Neo-classical building is likely to have somee oror allall ofof

these features:
Symmetrical shape
Triangular pediment
Domed roof
The use of the Greek & Roman Orders
Tall columns/ orders that rise the full heightight
ofof thethe building
Osterley Park, Hounslow, London, Robert Adamm
 Neo-classicism
Neoclassicism represents simplification after
Baroque and Rococo:
straight lines are favored over curves,
volumes are less often contrasted,
adornments are fewer,
symmetry becomes a must
columns and lintels are more frequent than arches,
triangular pediments than semi-circular ones.
balustrades crown buildings.
 Neo-classicism
Origin
During the 1500s, the famous Renaissance architect
Andrea Palladio awakened an interest in the architecture
of ancient Greece and Rome.
Palladio's ideas became the model for architecture in
Europe for many centuries.
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the newly-formed
United States drew upon classical ideals to
construct grand government buildings as well as
smaller private homes.
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 17933--presentpresent
 Neo-classicism
The neoclassical movement that produced
Neoclassical architecture began in the mid-
18th century, (1750 -1850)
Reaction against both the surviving Baroque and
Rococo styles, and as a desire to return to:
the perceived "purity" of the arts of Rome,
to a lesser extent, 16th century Renaissance
Classicism.
the more vague perception ("ideal") of Ancient
Greek arts (where almost no Western artist
had actually be