AMERICAN ARCHITECT. FIRST PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE, IN 1979. IN 1930, HE FOUNDED THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY. WITH THE SHOW INTERNATIONAL STYLE: ARCHITECTURE, AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, IN 1932. THE SHOW WAS PROFOUNDLY INFLUENTIAL AND IS SEEN AS THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. IT INTRODUCED ARCHITECTS AS LE CORBUSIER, WALTER GROPIUS, AND MIES VAN DER ROHE. THE NEW MODERN STYLE MAINTAINED THREE FORMAL PRINCIPLES: 1. AN EMPHASIS ON ARCHITECTURAL VOLUME OVER MASS (PLANES RATHER THAN SOLIDITY) 2. A REJECTION OF SYMMETRY AND 3. REJECTION OF APPLIED DECORATION. THE GLASS HOUSE (1949) HE DESIGNED AS HIS OWN RESIDENCE IN NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT.
AMERICAN ARCHITECT. FIRST PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE, IN 1979. IN 1930, HE FOUNDED THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY. WITH THE SHOW INTERNATIONAL STYLE: ARCHITECTURE, AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, IN 1932. THE SHOW WAS PROFOUNDLY INFLUENTIAL AND IS SEEN AS THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. IT INTRODUCED ARCHITECTS AS LE CORBUSIER, WALTER GROPIUS, AND MIES VAN DER
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