Construction Technology
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's Place in Architecture
A major question in modern architecture is how plays into architectural form. Does validate a building as modern architecture? Can modern architecture exist without ? My answer to both questions is no. This paper will analyze modern architecture and the role technology ....
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.... is free from restraints of a specific order, lead only by structural clarity and simplicity. One of his most famous statements, 'less is more', is backed up in full by the Farnsworth house.
The House consists of parallel floor and ceiling planes measuring 29x77 feet, sandwiching a steel skeleton enclosed by a continuous glass-plane skin. This is levitated five feet above ground by eight face-mounted H-section columns extending to the roof edge. A smaller terrace plane is placed asymmetri ....
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