I enjoyed this documentary a lot,🙏 thank you for sharing it. I wonder if this was a one time program about this style of architecture or if it was a series of shows explaining other styles as well 🙋 thanks
I enjoyed this documentary. I only wish that they had talked a little bit more about my favorite Arkansas architect, E. Fay Jones. He was an AIA award winning architect that designed some of the best mid century modern and post modern structures in Arkansas.
I don't think there are many truly beautiful skyscrapers of taller buildings. Once you are too far removed from the human scale they all look unnaturally gangly and alienate humans. I am not a huge fan of the international style and Le Corbusier for that matter. But Mid century modern homes (did anyone count how many times they used that phrase?) got it right.
Who ever heard of of any architect or project of note that came out of UA. I certainly didn't and I attended one of the top schools of architecture from 1954-1959 and was steeped in the international style and worked for Phillip Johnson.
Although they mid century modern architecture makes me feel sick and it looks dead, I definitely do absolutely love love the decor and furniture of this era
In other words, the international style was socialist architecture. I find it interesting how many famous architects and designers were socialists. Ex: Frank Lloyd Wright, Corbusier, and Norman Bel Geddes. Just to name a few.
SELF-RELIANCE and a STRONG COMMUNITY How is the international style socialist? New York is full of international styled buildings and its probablly the most known capitalist city.
what does the place that a building is in have to do with the style of the building being socialist conceptually or not? If the architect showed Socialistic tendencies and expressed those beliefs in his architecture, everything outside that building could still remain capitalistic. Although land prices have almost always been capitalistic except maybe for homesteading. Many modernist homes were built to provide affordable housing using off the shelf materials, simple designs without using unneeded materials which add cost just to be more ornate, and prototype designs that could be mass produced making them cheaper for the average joe. The Case Study homes are an example. I am not sure people use Socialist in a negative way all the time.
I watched this whole documentary hoping to better appreciate mid-century modern because, as they say here, it is kinda "hip" again. The major flaw with "function over form" is that you have ugly buildings that functioned really well when they were first built. However, as needs change you simply have an ugly building that's not as usable as it once was. Without an aesthetic appeal to warrant saving it, most will probably meet the wrecking ball.
@@ISCDESIGNAustralia Old brick and mortar building age like wine too. They remain beautiful even as ruins. When a modern building becomes a ruin. It becomes a mess of sharp edges, broken glass and rusted steel. It looks like a hostile environment before and after it becomes a ruin.
Mid century modernism gave way to the bland 70s and into the Post modern. The history and story of architecture continues naturally. As Architects we are forever questioning our position & principles to achieve an architecture that makes sense and responds to the EPOCH of our time.
This video goes to show you that just because someone is an architect or a professor of architecture doesn't necessarily mean they have any artistic vision or taste in the least. How anyone can defend such soulless structures is beyond me. Thanks to the modern architects we live much of our lives in a utilitarian environment devoid of warmth, soul, and beauty.
Modern architecture is completely gross and tasteless. People don't realize the importance of having beautiful buildings and perhaps most of us are unaffected because we've never seen great, truly amazing architecture before. Don't believe me? Next time you're in your city, pay close attention to what the surrounding buildings make you feel. Petty? Small? Foreign? Sick? Can you honestly say "wow, this makes me proud to be a human, what a work of art- a true feat of engineering"?
Your perspective is limited. Perhaps with time and knowledge you'll come to appreciate what the different subsets of modern architecture have to offer by way of freedom. There's a reason those to the right of the bell curve get these designs commissioned you know ;)
My city is very old, and has many old buildings, but was also hit by the modernist wave of the cold war :( It is among the old buildigns which are small and made of wood, and the cobblestone streets, where I feel peaceful and not tense, and where I grasp the fresh air and enjoy my surroundigns. I feel happiness. Modern architecture just gives me headaches.
27:09 I was trying to read more about a certain architect style, (I can’t spell the name so- riten?) But I can find anything on google. What should I be searching?
FYI, Frank Lloyd Wright didn't like the International style so how can you say he was a Socialist? He loved America and believed in a democracy and even developed and designed a new American architecture called the Prairie homes and Usonian homes for example. Obviously you are not well versed in FLLW. Hiwever, if I am wrong then may God strike me dead now. lol.
Wright was wrong. His designs were no more American than any other modern architect's. The home that embodied the real American style was, of course, the wigwam.
why do Americans look at socialism as a bad thing? and saying he believed in democracy not socialism, you have no clue what either socialism or democracy means. socialism is put simply caring about others.
American here. Socialism isn't caring about others. It's about forcefully taking other's private property under the guise of collectivist morality. It's authoritarianism with a smiley face. It's the complete opposite of freedom.
democracy is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, if you want freedom with no taxes you got to move to where there is no roads, public schools, hospitals or any form of help that is available for the public. real socialism want everybody to contribute with a fair share, capitalist want the working class to pay for it all. and if you get injured and unable to work, tough shit
IbrahimSiddiqConlon let's be honest if buildings where just meant to be functional architecture would just be a waste of time and resources. The people before us (ancestors) where wise and they drew their wisdom from the accumulated experience of the ones before them (tradition and culture). This endless experimentation that disregards such virtues are pointless. It stops being about living well and it becomes about a false sense of prestige inside an insular corporate group mentality. It is a cynical attitude to take and shouldn't be regarded as progress.
It is a reasonable point-to believe in the prototype that has gone before us; But what the modern sought to do was liberate space, create modular structures that can be factory =mass produced. Holding onto antiquity for its sake is not good for progress. And that word 'progress' is what summed and sums up our modernity. For if it were not for such, we would be still living in dark brick Edwardian boxes and not free to see the sky, feel the breeze or 'touch the earth lightly' as we have done post modernity.
FORM follows FUNCTION was a phrase 'originally' spoken and written by Le Corbusier! And, no other 'Architect' had conspeculated this idea, before 2019 and after!
Bharath Raj For your info, I'm not just a youtuber who corrected it because I wanted to, I studied Architecture in Europe! and Le Corbusier is the Father of Architecture, and the Father of Modern Architecture, and we know NO AMERICANS that was so!
Names like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Peter Behrens, and even, the Artist Henri Vandevelde were one of the PIONEERS of CUBISM and these movements: "Where your White House was still a PYRAMIDAL POINTED HOUSE and NOT A CUBE - house that you see in Europe! You tell me now, that I'm the "snotnose" of Architecture, and that your "pea brained SULLIVAN is bigger that LE CORBUSIER??? STUPID STINKING INDIAN??? FUCK OFF DEAR!!!! GO BACK WORSHIPPING YOUR STINKING COWS!!!
This is a wonderful brilliantly produced, you should be very proud of it. It's fascinating to watch and I have watched it many times.
This was a great film. Thank you for posting.
thankyou for watching and appreciating the 'story' of mid century modern
Great documentary, reminds me of many buildings and houses.
Only very few people understand the beauty, simplicity and elegance of modern/mid-century design...
Хуршед Рахмон hipsters
It's soulless.
Yes, a box is beautiful in it's own way but there are things infinitely more beautiful than a box.
Our ancestors are laughing at us
Is this a joke? It's mainstream for long fucking time.
Totally agree.
I enjoyed this documentary a lot,🙏 thank you for sharing it. I wonder if this was a one time program about this style of architecture or if it was a series of shows explaining other styles as well 🙋 thanks
thankyou for watching
I enjoyed this documentary. I only wish that they had talked a little bit more about my favorite Arkansas architect, E. Fay Jones. He was an AIA award winning architect that designed some of the best mid century modern and post modern structures in Arkansas.
Fantastic documentary. Thanks for sharing!
I don't think there are many truly beautiful skyscrapers of taller buildings. Once you are too far removed from the human scale they all look unnaturally gangly and alienate humans. I am not a huge fan of the international style and Le Corbusier for that matter. But Mid century modern homes (did anyone count how many times they used that phrase?) got it right.
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Congratulations you have been joyously disproven.
Who ever heard of of any architect or project of note that came out of UA. I certainly didn't and I attended one of the top schools of architecture from 1954-1959 and was steeped in the international style and worked for Phillip Johnson.
wonderful . really> you worked with Philip. I would like to hear more
Many people that have lived in such modern buildings went back to living in a normal colonial-type house with open spaces but also closed bedrooms
Yes the concept of 'privacy' is one that needs constant understanding
@BenkethePirate Yes but even McMansions are preferable.
Although they mid century modern architecture makes me feel sick and it looks dead, I definitely do absolutely love love the decor and furniture of this era
In other words, the international style was socialist architecture. I find it interesting how many famous architects and designers were socialists. Ex: Frank Lloyd Wright, Corbusier, and Norman Bel Geddes. Just to name a few.
SELF-RuELIANCE and a STRONG COMMUNITY ever Kuty
SELF-RELIANCE and a STRONG COMMUNITY How is the international style socialist? New York is full of international styled buildings and its probablly the most known capitalist city.
what does the place that a building is in have to do with the style of the building being socialist conceptually or not? If the architect showed Socialistic tendencies and expressed those beliefs in his architecture, everything outside that building could still remain capitalistic. Although land prices have almost always been capitalistic except maybe for homesteading. Many modernist homes were built to provide affordable housing using off the shelf materials, simple designs without using unneeded materials which add cost just to be more ornate, and prototype designs that could be mass produced making them cheaper for the average joe. The Case Study homes are an example. I am not sure people use Socialist in a negative way all the time.
great video! thanks for sharing!
thankyou for watching
I watched this whole documentary hoping to better appreciate mid-century modern because, as they say here, it is kinda "hip" again. The major flaw with "function over form" is that you have ugly buildings that functioned really well when they were first built. However, as needs change you simply have an ugly building that's not as usable as it once was. Without an aesthetic appeal to warrant saving it, most will probably meet the wrecking ball.
there is no accounting for taste.
just my thoughts.
Well that is an interesting pint of view and certainly every point f view is important to us, as architects.
@@ISCDESIGNAustralia Old brick and mortar building age like wine too. They remain beautiful even as ruins. When a modern building becomes a ruin. It becomes a mess of sharp edges, broken glass and rusted steel. It looks like a hostile environment before and after it becomes a ruin.
So what's post mid century modern? I've been to the Bauhaus Museum in Germany.
Mid century modernism gave way to the bland 70s and into the Post modern. The history and story of architecture continues naturally. As Architects we are forever questioning our position & principles to achieve an architecture that makes sense and responds to the EPOCH of our time.
This video goes to show you that just because someone is an architect or a professor of architecture doesn't necessarily mean they have any artistic vision or taste in the least. How anyone can defend such soulless structures is beyond me. Thanks to the modern architects we live much of our lives in a utilitarian environment devoid of warmth, soul, and beauty.
Villa Tugendhat, one of the first Mieses work is one of the most visited building in Brno. You have to book visit two months before visiting.
Architecture Ethic and Architecture Style are two different things. Two persons could have similar style but at the same time pursue different ideas.
thats true, Mies and Frank Lloyd Wright both have similar architecture style but have a different approach in design.
Mid century modern architecture, besides materials actually took many of its ideas from traditional Japanese architecture.
Yes you can say this
How could you talk about Modern architecture without even mentioning Frank Lloyd Wright?
Jane Obersat @27:20 Minuten
50 years from now people will want to tare down modern architecture buildings to build something beautiful in it's place.
Modern architecture is completely gross and tasteless. People don't realize the importance of having beautiful buildings and perhaps most of us are unaffected because we've never seen great, truly amazing architecture before. Don't believe me? Next time you're in your city, pay close attention to what the surrounding buildings make you feel. Petty? Small? Foreign? Sick? Can you honestly say "wow, this makes me proud to be a human, what a work of art- a true feat of engineering"?
Your perspective is limited. Perhaps with time and knowledge you'll come to appreciate what the different subsets of modern architecture have to offer by way of freedom. There's a reason those to the right of the bell curve get these designs commissioned you know ;)
My city is very old, and has many old buildings, but was also hit by the modernist wave of the cold war :( It is among the old buildigns which are small and made of wood, and the cobblestone streets, where I feel peaceful and not tense, and where I grasp the fresh air and enjoy my surroundigns. I feel happiness. Modern architecture just gives me headaches.
Could someone explain further about Raisian style (not sure how it is spelled) as mentioned in 27:10? Thanks
Wrightian I'm guessing since they mentioned "it's place in the landscape" and that was one of Frank Lloyd Wrights signatures.
27:09 I was trying to read more about a certain architect style, (I can’t spell the name so- riten?) But I can find anything on google. What should I be searching?
'Wrightian' (pertaining to the architectural 'principles' (not style) of Frank Lloyd Wright
IbrahimSiddiqConlon Thank You!
wow amazing house
FYI, Frank Lloyd Wright didn't like the International style so how can you say he was a Socialist? He loved America and believed in a democracy and even developed and designed a new American architecture called the Prairie homes and Usonian homes for example. Obviously you are not well versed in FLLW. Hiwever, if I am wrong then may God strike me dead now. lol.
Wright was wrong. His designs were no more American than any other modern architect's. The home that embodied the real American style was, of course, the wigwam.
why do Americans look at socialism as a bad thing?
and saying he believed in democracy not socialism, you have no clue what either socialism or democracy means.
socialism is put simply caring about others.
American here. Socialism isn't caring about others. It's about forcefully taking other's private property under the guise of collectivist morality. It's authoritarianism with a smiley face. It's the complete opposite of freedom.
democracy is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, if you want freedom with no taxes you got to move to where there is no roads, public schools, hospitals or any form of help that is available for the public.
real socialism want everybody to contribute with a fair share, capitalist want the working class to pay for it all.
and if you get injured and unable to work, tough shit
good man:)
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damn the amount of pretentious accents in this documentary(very good one)
@23:00 Everybody thinks they are a designer.
How architecture talks jet.net.ua/category/architecture/
That link is broken. Can you help me find the article?
do u have sub for this
subtitles? try the original; ruclips.net/video/yqB_sl3xnmM/видео.html
There's nothing aesthetic about modern architecture. It makes me feel sick usually
boo hoo bitch
Old architecture, like Gregorian for example, is highly superior to what we make today.
what happened to the "everything is beautiful" thing?
@@BamberdittoPingpong yeah, they're really nice and admirable..but too much labor and high cost of labor, not practical now...
dude, why u so mad
Copious Grope, Gropious Cope
IbrahimSiddiqConlon
let's be honest if buildings where just meant to be functional architecture would just be a waste of time and resources. The people before us (ancestors) where wise and they drew their wisdom from the accumulated experience of the ones before them (tradition and culture). This endless experimentation that disregards such virtues are pointless. It stops being about living well and it becomes about a false sense of prestige inside an insular corporate group mentality. It is a cynical attitude to take and shouldn't be regarded as progress.
It is a reasonable point-to believe in the prototype that has gone before us; But what the modern sought to do was liberate space, create modular structures that can be factory =mass produced. Holding onto antiquity for its sake is not good for progress. And that word 'progress' is what summed and sums up our modernity. For if it were not for such, we would be still living in dark brick Edwardian boxes and not free to see the sky, feel the breeze or 'touch the earth lightly' as we have done post modernity.
Rhythm balance theme scale, at the end of the day your building is ugly trash and has no use other than as a space
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FORM follows FUNCTION was a phrase 'originally' spoken and written by Le Corbusier! And, no other 'Architect' had conspeculated this idea, before 2019 and after!
"FORM ever follows FUNCTION" Its a Phrase By Louis Sullivan. Don't post things that you don't know.
Bharath Raj For your info, I'm not just a youtuber who corrected it because I wanted to, I studied Architecture in Europe! and Le Corbusier is the Father of Architecture, and the Father of Modern Architecture, and we know NO AMERICANS that was so!
Names like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Peter Behrens, and even, the Artist Henri Vandevelde were one of the PIONEERS of CUBISM and these movements: "Where your White House was still a PYRAMIDAL POINTED HOUSE and NOT A CUBE - house that you see in Europe!
You tell me now, that I'm the "snotnose" of Architecture, and that your "pea brained SULLIVAN is bigger that LE CORBUSIER???
STUPID STINKING INDIAN???
FUCK OFF DEAR!!!!
GO BACK WORSHIPPING YOUR STINKING COWS!!!
lol whut? A house is a machine for living in...
Yes, a house, or EARTH is a "machine" - it's a "vehicle" - dumbfkxcvbnkjhgklmx!
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