Architects who may influence or have semblance to my work (continuation)

Otto Bartning - 

Otto Bartning was a prominent figure of expressionism in architecture being amongst the most important modernist architects in Germany. He was multifarious in his designs, creating airy buildings with lighting and space, with his ethos of openness and social cohesion. He saw architecture as a means for expressing modernity breaking off from the traditional with an emphasis on the use of modern construction with modern materials. Some famous buildings of his are, Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin (1934), Sternkirche, (1922) and Stahlkirche (1928). 


Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Berlin, 1934.


Sternkirche, ink drawing, 1922

Wilhelm Kreis -

Wilhelm Kreis was an eminent German architect and a professor during the early 20th century. He exhibited a wide range of designing and his career can be used as a bench mark for architectural practice under under ever changing national political conditions; from the Wilhelmina Era, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, and Federal Republic. He was mainly known for his public monuments and memorials but also made works on commercial, public and industrial buildings. He was opposed the modernist movement and was more conservative although his designs show a beautifully unique interpretation, his expression. Some structures of his include, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Burschenschaftsdenkmal and Bismarck Tower in Stuttgart (1904). 



Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Blick vom Ehrenhof. 


Bismarck Tower in Stuttgart, 1904. 

Guðjón Samúelsson -

Known as Iceland’s most influential architect, Guõjón Samúelsson sought to elevate the status of his nation with his works. He was passionately ambitious and his works were controversial at the time, making stylistic progressions and playing an important role in modernizing Iceland’s society which had no classical palaces or Gothic churches which gave his works great significance to Iceland. He had the task of rejuvenating Iceland by bestowing material form and artistic aesthetics to its towns and buildings, having his own interpretations of the landscapes in Iceland and mixing other architectural styles in his designs. His works include; Hallgrimskirkja, National theatre of Iceland and Akureyrarkirka.


Hallgrimskirkja by Guðjón Samúelsson. 

Rudolf Steiner -

Rudolf Steiner an Austrian Architect who sought to amalgamate spirit and matter through architecture. Neira (2019) describes his architecture as “spiritually expressive, liberal and primordially emotive,” which was expressed fully in the architects goetheanum. His philosophy had a feeling of metamorphosis, making use of rhythmic elements and bringing nature in and out, from repetition in design features like pillars and the use of materials like stone, wood or artificial concrete. 


Rudolf Steiner 1912, Goetheanum.

Antoni Gaudi -

A Catalan Genius architect who would become internationally recognized as one of the top most experts of his profession, his eclectic mannerism would make him the inventor of a unique and personal architectural language that is in its own class serving a weighty testament to modernism.

Gaudi would incorporate several art and architectural styles inspired from India, Persia, Japan and Islamic-Hispanic art and also his eclectic Neo-Gothic style inspired by medieval art but having his own impressions on it. Guadi would later transpose this style with his naturalistic views which he always had from the inspiration of organic shapes of nature. 

Palace of Gaudi Astorga -                                                Casa Vicens Gaudi - 

    

Reference list:

The Guardian, (2017), A broad church: Otto Bartning's multifarious modernism – in pictures.
Available at:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/apr/19/otto-bartning-architect-modernism-in-pictures 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021).

Jozefacka. A, (2018), Kreis Wilhelm. 
Available at:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/leonard-lauder-research-center/research/index-of-cubist-art-collectors/kreis 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021).

Hafnarborg, (2019), Guðjón Samúelsson Architect.
Available at:
https://hafnarborg.is/en/exhibition/gudjon-samuelsson-architect/ 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021). 

Neira, J. (2019), rudolf steiner's goetheanum is an anthroposophical expressionist concrete architecture gesamtkunstwerk.
Available at:
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rudolf-steiners-goetheanum-anthroposophical-expressionist-concrete-architecture-gesamtkunstwerk-06-21-2019/
(Accessed: 3rd August 2021).

Migliani, A. (2020), How to Design Schools and Interiors Based on Waldorf Pedagogy.
Available at:
https://www.archdaily.com/935990/how-to-design-schools-and-interiors-based-on-waldorf-pedagogy
(Accessed: 3rd August 2021).

Casa Batllo, (n.d.), Biography of Antoni Gaudi.
Available at:
https://www.casabatllo.es/en/antoni-gaudi/ 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021).

Picture reference list:

The Guardian, (2017), A broad church: Otto Bartning's multifarious modernism – in pictures.
Available at:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/apr/19/otto-bartning-architect-modernism-in-pictures 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021).

Wikimedia Commons, (n.d.), Wilheim Kreis. 
Available at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Kreis 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021).

Karnik. P, (n.d.), Hallgrimskirkja by Guðjón Samúelsson: The largest church in Iceland.
Available at:
https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a3106-hallgrimskirkja-by-gudjon-samuelsson-the-largest-church-in-iceland/ 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021).

Wetzel, D. (2018), Nature and Architecture.
Available at:
https://www.cooperazione.ch/temi/tempo-libero/cultura/2018/natura-e-architettura-142681/
(Accessed: 3rd August 2021).

Shutter stock, (n.d.), Antoni Gaudi images. 
Available at:
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/antoni+gaud%C3%AD?kw=shutterstock&c3apidt=p11180842815&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaMvhkpuDp5yA9U7130pZdD98Tn4GUDl2ZDcuq6lZF_8SrYRvKbRKnxoC688QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 
(Accessed: 2nd September 2021). 

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