Introduction to Modern Literature
David Spurr, Fall 2020
11 Nov. Architectural form and representation: Some principles
American beginnings of modernism: The Chicago School
Louis Sullivan, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered,” 1896 https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/4-205-analysis-of-contemporary- architecture-fall-2009/readings/MIT4_205F09_Sullivan.pdf
18 Nov. Organic architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright, “In the Cause of Architecture,” 1908
https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/news/2016/01- Jan/InTheCause/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-In-the-Cause-of-Architecture-March- 1908.pdf
“Frank Lloyd Wright: American Architect,” Museum of Modern Art, 1940: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2992
Architectural Forum, special issue on Wright, January 1938: https://usmodernist.org/AF/AF-1938-01.pdf
25 Nov. European beginnings of modernism: Walter Gropius
Gropius, “Bauhaus Manifesto and Programme,” 1919
http://mariabuszek.com/mariabuszek/kcai/ConstrBau/Readings/GropBau19.p df
Gropius, “Principles of Bauhaus Production,” 1926 http://mariabuszek.com/mariabuszek/kcai/ConstrBau/Readings/GropPrdctn.p df
Gropius, ”The Theory and Organization of the Bauhaus,” 1923, in Herbert Bayer, Bauhaus 1919-1928, Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2735_300190238.pdf
De Stijl: Gerrit Rietveld
Theo van Doesburg, First De Stijl Manifesto, 1918 https://www.readingdesign.org/de-stijl-manifesto
Rietveld, “The New Functionalism in Dutch Architecture,“ 1932
https://modernistarchitecture.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/gerrit-rietveld- %E2%80%9Cnew-functionalism-in-dutch-architecture%E2%80%9D-1932/
Machines for Living: Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier, “Five Points Towards a New Architecture,” 1926 https://www.spaceintime.eu/docs/corbusier_five_points_toward_new_archit ecture.pdf
Le Corbusier, “Towards a New Architecture,” 1927 https://archive.org/details/TowardsANewArchitectureCorbusierLe/page/n91/ mode/2up
E1027: Eileen Gray
Joseph Rykwert, “Eileen Gray, Design Pioneer,” 1968. https://www.domusweb.it/en/from-the-archive/2013/03/16/eileen-gray- design-pioneer.html
2 Dec. Modern classicism : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
H.R. Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, Modern Architecture: International Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, 1932. https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2044_300061855.pdf
“Writings by Mies van der Rohe,” 181-197 in Mies van der Rohe by Philip Johnson, New York: MOMA, 1947. https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2734_300062055.pdf
Late modernism: Louis Kahn, Philip Johnson
Kahn, “Monumentality,” 1944 https://docplayer.net/53541371-Louis-kahn-essential-texts.html
Kahn, “Order is,” 1960 https://hts3.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/kahn-order-is.pdf
Johnson, “The Seven Crutches of Architecture,” 1954 https://hts3.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/philip-johnson_the-seven- crutches-of-modern-architecture.pdf
9 Dec. Postmodernism: Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, James Stirling, Leon Krier, Thomas Beeby
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Learning from Las Vegas, 1972, pp.3- 72, in https://monoskop.org/images/archive/c/cd/20170506121429%21Venturi_Br own_Izenour_Learning_from_Las_Vegas_rev_ed_missing_pp_164-192.pdf
James Stirling, Interview, 1986 https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/1986-july-sackler-sequence-an- interview-with-james-stirling/8612456.article
“Spotlight : James Stirling,” 2020 https://www.archdaily.com/498291/happy-birthday-james-stirling
Leon Krier, Interview, 2001 https://www.planetizen.com/node/32?utm_medium=website&utm_source=a rchdaily.com
Witold Rybczynski, “Behind the Façade of Prince Charles’ Poundbury,” 2013. https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/behind-the-facade-of-prince- charless-poundbury_o
“The Invisible Hand: Architect Thomas Beeby” (video), 2013: https://www.pbs.org/video/geoffrey-baer-tours-invisible-hand-architect- thomas-beeby/
The Digital Turn: Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn
Frank Gehry, Interview, 2011 https://www.archdaily.com/129680/interview-with-frank-gehry
Zaha Hadid, Interview, 2015 https://www.designboom.com/architecture/zaha-hadid-interview-quotes- dies-aged-65-03-31-2016/
Renzo Piano, Interview, 2014 https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/cultural-architecture/qa- renzo-piano/
Greg Lynn, “Organic Algorithms in Architecture,” (video) 2005 https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_lynn_organic_algorithms_in_architecture 16 Dec. The Contemporary imagination: Aldo Rossi, Tadao Ando, Peter Zumthor
Rossi, A Scientific Autobiography, 1981, pp. 1-85 https://monoskop.org/images/1/18/Rossi_Aldo_A_Scientific_Autobiography. pdf
Tadao Ando, Kenneth Frampton, Museum of Modern Art, 1991. https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_348_300085246.pdf
Zumthor, “Thinking Architecture,” 2010 https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFp bnxhcnFjb250ZW1wb2l0dHxneDo1NzBkYzdjMDdlN2U2Mjcz