They say that a picture speaks more than a thousand words, but a building? It’s a monument that speaks volumes. Here listed below are 5 of my favourite architects and some of their most inspiring interior design ideas and works.
1. Antoni Gaudi
Gaudi was an architect who spent most of his life in Barcelona. One of the most monumental building’s he built is called La Sagrada Familia in 1883. It is a cathedral that is still under construction to this very day. Barcelona was where he built most of his projects. One could say that his style was an ornate mix of Gothic, Baroque, Moorish and Victorian elements that were often featured ornamental tile – work. Gaudi’s work will always be of a great impact and influence on a subsequent generation of modernists to come all over the world.
2. Mies Van der Rohe
This architect was of the notion ‘less is more’. The German architect Mies Van der Rohe unconventionally stripped-down architecture to elemental geometric forms which mounted to minimalism. He shunned all sorts of ornamentation and used materials with innate qualities like steel and glass to make his buildings look sleek and defined. One of the best works of this German legend has to be The Barcelona Pavilion, which was built to house Germany’s exhibit – 1929, International Exposition in Barcelona.
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3. Frank Llyod Wright
Having been a native of Wisconsin, Wright surely did revolutionize the 20th – century architecture. His Midwestern upbringing and culture played a major role in shaping his ideologies and sensibility towards design and architecture.
Wright created the Prarie House which was inspired by a low-lying building which dotted the American plains. There was a prevailing Victorian aesthetic and vibe to it which highlighted the dark décor and crowded embellishments both inside and out. He was precise and always sure of his designs.
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4. Philip Johnson
The fact that Johnson was the founding director of MoMA’s Department of Architect; it had a huge impact on the field of architecture which made him the gatekeeper who helped mould and shape the various architectural trends, 1935 onwards. He was a true innovator in his time. One of his best works has to be the house that he actually built for himself in the year 1949. He himself confessed that is was a distillation of Mies Van der Rohe’s ways. The Glass House was a way to dissolve the boundaries that lay between inside and the outside world.
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5. Eero Saarinen
Saarinen is known for indulging in swooping curves in the making of JFK Terminal in the year 1962 for the now-defunct TWA airlines, which gave its architecture a peculiar sense of transcendence.
His modernist ideology came to become a form of corporate conformity. THE JFK Terminal constructed by him is a gull-wing roof with ecstatic interiors that are still thrilling to look at and are a trademark of Saarinen.
From contemporary interior designs to Victorian, from Neo-classical to Renaissance these architects have contributed immensely in the world of architecture and interior designs. I hope that the fellow architecture lovers out there get to visit at least one of these buildings made by absolute geniuses.
Soniya Writes 