![]() ![]() ![]() Though he is describing how and when it first emerged in the 1920’s, these key ideas are relevant to how modern architecture continued to emerge and evolve from the ‘international style’ that became standardised throughout the world, and can be identified by closely tracing the steps of one of the most influential fathers of modern architecture, Swiss architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (1887-1965) aka, Le Corbusier, after the catastrophic events of World War II.Įnding in 1945, the “mechanical slaughter” of WWII eradicated Le Corbusier’s confidence in the machine and its ‘progressive’ potential. Modern architecture emerged through transformations in society and developments in technology, and was used to break away from the past. 1: View of The Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut It has been used both to break with the immediate past and to reinstate older continuities, both to handle the problems of the big city and to serve the aims of contemplative mysticism.”įig. ![]() It has served a multitude of interests and functions from mass housing to the glorification of capitalist institutions, from rarefied private villas to spaces of sacred meaning. “ Modern architecture has emerged against a setting of major social and technological transformations it has registered a gradual shift from rural to urban existence in the industrialising world. ![]()
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