Architecture in the Movies
Architecture infuses our lives with emotions, ideas, splendor, and stress all the time. It’s only fitting it does the same in great movies. Here are famous classic films where the buildings are more than a backdrop. Am I forgetting any? Let me know…
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Antoni Gaudí (1852 - 1926)
Leading the Spanish Modernist movement, Antoni Gaudí has been classified with Gothicism (sometimes called warped Gothicism), Art Nouveau, and Surrealism. He was also influenced by Oriental styles, nature, sculpture, and a desire to go beyond anything that had ever been done before. Defying labels, Antoni Gaudí’s work might be simple called, Gaudí-ism.
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The Vanna Venturi House (1961)
When architect Robert Venturi built this home for his mother, he shocked the world. Postmodern in style, the Vanna Venturi house flew in the face of Modernism and changed the way we think about architecture.
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Queen Anne (1880s – 1910s)
The romantic style known as Queen Anne became an architectural fashion in the USA during the 1880s and 1890s, when the industrial revolution brought new technologies. Builders began to use mass-produced pre-cut architectural trim to create fanciful and sometimes flamboyant houses.
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Eastlake Victorian (1860s - 1880s)
A colorful Victorian style with lacy, ornamental details is called Eastlake. The ornamental style is named after the famous English designer, Charles Eastlake, who was famous for making furniture decorated with fancy spindles.
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Richardsonian Romanesque (1880s – 1900s)
During the 1870s, Boston architect Henry Hobson Richardson captured the American imagination with rugged, forceful buildings like Allegheny Courthouse in Pittsburgh and Trinity Church in Boston. These buildings were called “Romanesque” because they had wide, rounded arches like buildings in ancient Rome.
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Architecture and Setting
Buildings are a product of their surroundings. Setting can greatly affect the design of a building. All building sites present considerable constraints and challenges.
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Baluster
A vertical member used to support a stair railing or a railing in a continuous banister.
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Balustrade
A railing system, generally around a balcony or on a second level, consisting of balusters and a top rail.
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Band
A continuous horizontal molding or fascia around a building or on a wall that makes a division in the wall.
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Ortner Design Newsletter - Issue 4 - November 8, 2010 |
