Word: modern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...COURSE fills an important gap in the Department's offerings--particularly for concentrators. The peculiar policy of forbidding concentrators from studying both American and modern European history at the same time leaves a major portion of Western civilization a mystery to many concentrators. The introduction of a survey to Western Civilization provides a much-needed corrective...
Tange, says Isozaki, "is of the generation all but dedicated to the job of translating Japanese tradition in terms of modern architecture, and introducing the result to the outside world." Tange's buildings of the '50s and '60s were in the then obligatory International Style but given bits of national flavor -- Japanese-accented Esperanto, with upswept roof edges and exposed concrete beams formed into abstract "timbers." Isozaki's buildings of the '70s and '80s are the converse: instead of Japanizing a universal architectural style, he takes inspiration and ideas from anywhere he chooses, his odd, exciting syntheses unbound either...
...demolished. The Toys R Us aspect seems American, but the unfinished quality is pure Japanese. Says Aida: "Fundamentally I find myself swinging back and forth between two basic lines of influence -- Japanese tradition and Western culture. I am attracted as much by Kandinsky, for instance, as I am by modern Japanese writers...
...zealot. He hates "automated buildings with all manner of electronic convenience." He hates posh materials. "Concrete, far cheaper than marble, can achieve a far greater spiritual sense of wealth," he says. Indeed, most of his 90 buildings are constructed of concrete. Ando is thus maintaining a tradition: large-scale modern buildings in Japan were predominantly concrete until...
...reflected in the classically grand facades of their houses. "One might look like Mount Vernon, one like the White House and one like Monticello," says Randolph Williams, developer of more than 20 luxury-home communities in the Washington suburbs. Inside, the new mansions often combine traditional elegance and modern glitz. Among the common features are mahogany trim, granite counter tops, marble floors, custom-made Palladian windows and spectacularly high ceilings...