UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & GEODESY - FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
•• CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE USA ••
• TRENDS OF THE WORLD BIGGEST CITIES’ URBAN DEVELOPMENT •
A course of lectures (in Bulgarian), established in 1992, open to the public,
held by Dimitar L. Andreychin, Architect, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the UACG.
2010 / 11 Fall Term: on Thursdays, 6:15-8:00 PM, Hall 230, UACG (the new wing), 1 Christo Smirnenski Blvd.
•• STORIES ABOUT THE GREAT ARCHITECTS OF THE 20th CENTURY••
23.09. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Thur. What is the difference between the 20th century new styles and the architects’ achievement
compared to the styles and the aesthetical principles of their predecessors in the past centuries?
30.09. A SURVEY OF THE ARCHITECTURAL TRENDS AND SCHOOLS DROWING UP IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Thur. Architecture of the World exhibitions at the end of the XIX century – vanguard and conservatism.
The routes of the 20th century new architectural styles in the schools of the XIX century.
07.10. PHILIP JOHNSON (1906-2005) – THE METAMORPHOSES OF A LONG CAREER
Thur. Johnson’s leading role for the European International style’s introduction to the USA.
From Modernism through "Form follows … form" to his "Architecture without straight lines".
14.10. RICHARD NEUTRA (1892-1970) – "SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN" (a book published in 1955).
Thur. The pioneers of Modern architecture in California – Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra.
The International Style in the ‘other’ way. Neutra’s enormous influence on the American architects.
21.10. THE CASE STUDY HOUSES PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA (1945-1966)
Thur. The impressive number of eminent architects involved in this program: Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen, Charles & Ray Eames, Craig Elwood, Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, David Thorne, and others.
28.10. EERO SAARINEN (1910-1961) – THE SHORT FLIGHT OF "THE FLYING FINN"
Thur. The man who shook up the world of the boring boxes. A survey of his major works.
The TWA terminal at the JFK Airport (N.Y.C.), and the International Airport "Dulles" (Washington, D.C.)
04.11. LOUIS KAHN (1901-1974) – "THE ENLIGHTENED SPACES"
Thur. What his innovative role is and why generations of architects have considered him their master teacher?
The Jonas Salk Institute in La Holla, Southern California. "My Architect” – a film by Nathaniel Kahn.
11.11 OSCAR NIEMEYER (b. 1907) – THE DOAYEN OF THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE
Thur. Niemeyer’s leading role in the design for the capital of Brazil – the City of Brasilia: extolled and denied.
The Centenarian who keeps working in the 21st century!
18.11. PAUL RUDOLPH (1918-1997) – "THE COMMITED LATE MODERNIST"
Thur. The strange combination of the natural concrete "brutalism" with his refined romanticism.
Rudolph’s creation of new architectural forms through an innovative architectural graphics.
25.11. IO MING PEI (b. 1917) – THE INEXHAUSTIBLE OPTIMIST
Thur. A Chinese-born American architect – always on the top! The museums by "I.M.Pei and Partners". The project "Le Grand Louvre" in Paris– the largest renovation of the 20th century!
02.12. FRANK GEHRY (b. 1929) – THE PREDICTIONS OF AN UNPREDICTIBLE CREATOR
Thur. Some of the most important works by the most extolled and most contested American architect.
His revelations in the film "The Sketches of Frank Gehry" by Sydney Pollack (2006).
09.12. RICHARD MEIER (b. 1934) – STYLE AND PERCEVERANCE
Thur. The ‘White Architecture’ as an universal approach. His works in the US and Europe.
The Paul Getty Art Center in Los Angeles (2000) by R. Meier: views from the construction site in 1997.
16.12. SIR NORMAN FOSTER (b. 1935) – AND ‘ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN’
Thur. The British invasion into the World Architecture through the ‘High-Teck’ Style.
Norman Foster – the most wanted and most successful architect today. A documentary film by BBC-2.
23.12. ANTONI GAUDI (1852-1926) – "MY CLIENT IS GOD, AND HE IS IN NO HURRY!"
Thur. A life obsessed by Catalonia and committed to God. Gaudi’s fulfilled and unfulfilled fantastic visions. The Cathedral of "La Sagrada Familia" – the work of his life.
30.12. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959) – THE HARD ROAD TO IMMORTALITY
Thur. Ascent, fall and ascent again: the different periods in the life and works of this native American genius. "The Magnificent Obsession" – a film about the ‘Japanese’ period of his life.
The series "Stories about the Great Architects of the 20th Century" will continue in the Fall term of 2011-12 scholar year.