Modern Architecture 101 - Series Bundle

Join us for Modern Architecture 101, a series exploring architecture and design from the industrial revolution to today. (6 total)

At a glance:

January

24—Modern Architecture 101: Iron Giants & Glass Virgins 5:30p

This introductory lecture identifies the roots of Modern Architecture in the Industrial Revolution with the appearance of cast iron and steel as viable building materials.

February

7—Modern Architecture 101: The Chicago School 5:30p

This lecture narrates the story of the birth of the skyscraper in 1880s Chicago and the early career of Frank Lloyd Wright.

21—Modern Architecture 101: New Shapes and Materials 5:30p

This lecture highlights the geometric architectural experiments of the 1920s German-speaking world, especially utilizing steel-reinforced concrete.

March

7—Modern Architecture101: Volumetric Experiments 5:30p

This lecture features the works of the European architectural avant-garde in the 1920s and 1930s: De Stijl, Russian Constructivism, and the Bauhaus, as well as the early work of Le Corbusier.

21—Modern Architecture 101: Machines for Living In 5:30p

This lecture explains Le Corbusier’s famous description of Modern Architecture, “Machines for Living In,” and how this new movement spread out of Europe to the rest of the world to become “The International Style.”

April

4—Modern Architecture101: Mid-Century Modernism 5:30p

This lecture focuses on North America and its own version of Modern Architecture, known as “Mid-Century Modernism,” providing the context that would lead to “The Sarasota School.”