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"The Schröder-Schräder house was built in Utrecht in 1923-24 by the Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. It is a pioneering work of modernism, with no historical ornament and a design which parallels the art of Cubism and De Stijl (Piet Mondrian)."-Jeffery Howe

This building was built in the style of De Stijl or Neoplasticism, this style focuses on vertical and horizontal lines giving it more of the cubical feel to it along with only the use of contemporary colors or black and white. A great example of this style is Gerrit Rietvelds red blue chair where you can see the similarities within the style. This way of building was and still is somewhat looked at as modern in the form that it is unprecedented and so initiative in the ways that space can be used within it.

Rietveld originally wanted the building to be made of concrete but it was to expensive of a material. So it ended up being made of brick and plaster with only a few sections of it concrete, but the plaster seems to accomplish the goal that Rietveld was aiming for with the white.

I think it was so important for the designers of the twentieth century to be working so hard to be modern because with the turn of a century they believed there should be a new evolutionary movement in the design world. And in this way I believe Rietveld achieves this through designing a new style without precedent or influence of other styles.

Fallingwater

Fallingwater a home designed by one of Americas most famous architects Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family. This home is one of the most beautiful and interestingly architectural buildings I have ever come to witness.

The home is built atop a waterfall where it is intertwined with the influences of nature and its surroundings.

Frank Lloyd Wrights design of this house not only sits above the waterfall but is actually part of the original boulders that lay there.

The exterior of the house is full of exaggerated horizontal lines that make up the structure.

This theme continues to the interior where not only the structure itself can be seen as a set of drawers but also the walls themselves, which are made up of stone punching out of the walls in a range of different positions.

The floors emphasize the feeling of the river, looking as though they had been worn down by the constant flow of water.

Each room of the house had its own unique characteristics within the design, the master bedroom and Edgar Kaufmann jr.'s room intrigued me the most.

I loved how Wright used the desk to conceal the pipes and how he designed every aspect of the home strictly for the home.

Every corner turned had something new to interest the eye, there was not one moment walking through the house that I found myself board or uninterested, the entire design was extremely inventive and something worth taking a second visit to.

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BP10

The cell phone, an object that we are extremely dependent on in every day life. An object that even our parents cannot imagine how life without it was so easily carried out. My dad said "it was much harder to keep up with people, in order to call anyone we had to use pay phones". Life as we know it has become much more efficient, therefore necessary for a person to be contacted whenever need be.
The cellular device has evolved over time to become better equip for use. What started out as a big clunky piece of plastic, has become a small revolutionary object that can fit in your pocket. The cell phone started out as an object strictly pertaining to business, and has become an object of entertainment, and so much more.
The design aspect of a cell phone pertains to which type of phone your looking at, the cell phone has become such a mass produced item that it can come in a very wide range of designs, such as these two.

Every phone has a few things in common with its design, all cell phones are made in a way that they can be hand held and portable, easy to talk into to and call others. They are now made with texting capabilities such as key boards and touch screens. Most are made small enough to fit in a pocket and with technology today this is made possible.

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BP 9

The implications of colonial expansion on architecture and design is through the different styles. Such as Baroque, Gothic, Renaissance, and modern, all of these styles plus many more demonstrate colonial expansion throughout different countries because of their distinct features that set them apart from one another. By these styles we are able to see the trends and what was looked highly upon during different time periods of different cultures and what was spread beyond those cultures.In many ways we can tell of what government had control of the different parts of the world through the architecture alone. By the trends of different societies spread to the territories under their control. Such as saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, this cathedral carried on the Gothic style from Rome.

Though the United States has borrowed a lot of styles from different countries and incorporated them into what we know as ours we also have created our own styles and technologies along the way. For example the skyscraper was first created by the United states,it was called "The Home Insurance Building" in Chicago, Illinois. This building influenced other building to be built more in height than width to demonstrate power and started a trend in not only the United States but also in countries all over the world, such as Taiwan. This skyscraper not only demonstrates power but also marks the capital.

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