41. Revival Architecture
Nash, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
King George IV.aren jauregia itsasertzean,
Exotismoa, ganga islamdarrak, tipula gangak, minareteak,
Burdinurtuzko hezurdura
48. Revival Architecture
Barry and Pugin, Houses of Parliament,
London
• Old Houses of Parliament burned to the
ground in 1834
• Competition held in 1835 to rebuild the
Houses
• Only styles allowed in the competition
were Elizabethan Tudor and Gothic
• 97 entries, this was the winning entry
• Ground plan is cruciform
• Two main axes meet in an octagonal
central lobby: House of Commons
meets the House of Lords
• C. Barry, classicist, a regularity of
Barry was a Londreseko Parlamentua
the rhythms of the façade
Erdi Aroko beste eraikinetik hurbil (Westminster Abbey) eta horiekin harmonizatua,
• Pugin was a medievalist: towers and
decorative elements
Erloju-dorrea, Big Ben, herrixka bateko Erdi Aroko erloju bat bezalakoa da,
Italiako dorretan ere inspiratuta,
49.
50.
51.
52. Garnier, The Opera,
Paris Revival Architecture
Fatxada koloretako marmolez polikromatua
Burdina erabiltzen da, baina ez bistan,
60. Beginnings of Modern Architecture
Labrouste, Sainte-Genevieve Exterior:
Library, Paris • Continuous range of arches on tall,
• Combination of load bearing narrow piers
masonry and iron construction • Exterior can be thought of as a
• Arches and columns support roof cover for a book
independent of masonry walls • First consistently exposed iron
• Iron construction balanced by itself skeleton in a monumental public
• Substitute a cast-iron shaft for a building
column of granite • Arches on interior reflect arches on
• Narrow, rectangular ground plan exterior
wedged onto a long constricted site • Repetitive and mechanical
• 1838, first library in Paris to be decoration on surface
opened at night, illuminated with • Façade composed of 810 names of
gas lamps authors in chronological order from
• Had to be constructed of fire-proof Moses to Berzelous, 1848, a
materials Swedish chemist
61. Beginnings of Modern Architecture
Labrouste, Sainte-Genevieve Library, Paris (continued)
• Central name is Byzantine writer Psellus symbolizing the meeting of
East and West
• Façade as a monumental card catalogue, or Table of Contents
• Main portal: two flat Tuscan columns, surmounted by lamps that
symbolize opening at night for the convenience of students and
workers
• Lamps around door look like bookmarks
Interior:
• Single spine of cast iron down center
• Spatially open, evenly lit in daytime and well-ventilated
• Interior and exterior compliment each other
62. Beginnings of Modern Architecture
Paxton, Crystal Palace, London
• Competition to build a World’s Fair in
London to be held in 1851
• Buildings to be temporary,
economical, simple, and capable of
rapid construction
• 245 designs submitted, none suitable
• Paxton formulated this design in eight
days, fulfilling all requirements
• Built in 39 weeks of prefabricated
materials
• 1851 feet long, 18 acres
• Free of internal walls
● Kristalezko hormak
Paxton 7,200 cast iron and wrought iron
•
1851• columns square feet of sheet glass
900,000
Kristalezko ● Berotegietan inspiratuta
jauregia