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"Ornament and Crime"
Essay by Adolf Loos He hated ornamentation Inspired by Louis Sullivan's idea of form follows function Compared ornamentation to tattoos and graffiti and sees it as degenerative Ornamentation is only okay when it has historical purposes Richness comes from materials like polished wood and brass
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs - 1961 - argued that Corbusian planning and American urban renewal had self-righteously ignored the actual conditions of cities and how destructive their plans were
International Style
Modern architecture (capital M) promoted an image of simplicity and industrial production austere and theoretically rigorous
Brutalism
concrete (or brut) used in a raw, powerful, and mean way
Entartete Kunst
degenerate art
Art Deco and Streamline Moderne
designs that created a sense of modernity, sleekness, and elegance through stylish and exuberant decorative schemes, as opposed to the more austere and theoretically rigorous designs of radical European Modernism (i.e. the International Style) While Art Deco frequently uses stripped-down historical or exotic motifs, it reinterprets them though a stylized and comprehensive geometry that had its roots in Expressionism, Art Nouveau
Usonian
house type developed by Wright in the late 30's took many of his Prairie School ideas, simplified them and added technical advances to create a less expensive, but pleasant and well-designed home
Siedlungen
public housing projects, particularly in Germany
bungalows
small, informal houses
