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The Pioneer Phase was on it’s peek between 1929 and 1933, this means that House and Street fell in the Pioneer Phase, but also had a glimpse of the beginning of the International Phase. The Pioneer Phase is also known as the Early Modernist Movement. In this movement Paul Greenhalgh identified 12 characteristics that designs would share in the Modern Movement, such as; decompartmentalisation, social morality, truth, total work of art, technology, function, progress, anti-historicism, abstraction, universality, transformation and

Due to this structure row housing transmuted into a desired style of many in Paris France. According to ROSS (n.d.), during the 18th century the Georgians came up

The buildings designed by early builders and constructed by the craftsmen of the time—though they often incorporated foreign styles—took on local features and became a stylistic synthesis of particular concepts of space, structure, form, and function. Vernacular building is integrated within the nature. If we look upon the vernacular structure it leads towards sustainability and in modern decade sustainable architecture is too much required. Vernacular architecture presents basic and simple solutions for the sustainable issues because it has significant environmentally features that respond to sustainability such as low energy techniques to provide for human comfort, approaches that are integral to the form, orientation, and materials that are obtained from local resources. Thus, vernacular buildings and correspondingly settlements can be accepted as a knowledge source for sustainable building design ideas. Therefore, lessons learned from vernacular architecture can help in designing of environmentally friendly built environments. Studies from vernacular architecture may give birth to new ideas and designs for modern era which will be environmental friendly as well as economical. All buildings must be designed with specific cultures in

In the 1920's Art Deco was a popular form of art. It also influenced architecture, fashion, and furniture. Art Deco used bold geometric shapes and strong colors. It used concrete, smooth stone, and terracotta as materials. Art Deco represented modernism and a bright future.

There have been many different styles of interior design over the past including types of architecture, patterns, colour choices and shapes of the past. Starting in 1152 we see Gothic style with rich dark colours, a sense of luxurious grandeur including characteristics such as stained glass windows, ornate fireplaces and intricate detailing. (pic 1)

As a concept 1920s and 1930s Art Deco architecture was particularly hard to define. It can be referred to as a decorative style that was new and innovative, as well as one that drew heavily on influences of the past. A closer look shows a bit of everything, Art Deco was able to take almost every movement, compress and reimagine them into a unity of their individual traits. The one thing that persists in all Art Deco architecture was its ability to usher in an era of new materials that were developed specifically for the decorative arts, interior decoration, and exterior building construction. Materials such as concrete, steel framing, terra cotta, flexwood, wood veneers, metal-steel framing, plate glass, and glass blocks proved to be exceedingly versatile within this style. While new materials such as stainless steel and

Beaux Arts style emphasized the classical forms and features by showing elaborate details while having heavy masonry, and massive plans. The Beaux Arts displayed elaborate details by integrating sculpture that was influenced by the Baroque and Rococo styles. It also had classical details such as pilasters, balustrades, and garlands. It was highly ornamented to the point that an elaborately decorated surface with little areas left unornamented became the hallmark for the Beaux Arts style (Architectural style of America, n.d.). Also, the Beaux Arts style is symmetrical because it was influenced by the ancient Greek revival. Columns, arches, vaults, and domes were all elements of the Beaux Arts. They used all of these elements and characteristics to try and imitate the European Aristocracy houses.

The late 19th century to the early 20th century, architecture was typically influenced by Roman or even Greek architecture, which is also known as “federal style” or “Greek Revival”. And of course, each revival style can be identified specifically with an architeture of an earlier time period. Expecially the ones fom early American or Euorpienc places. One could also the call the architecture buildings in this time period: Neoclassical (New Classical) , which are inspired from Greece and Rome. Building such as Wall Street (built in 1924), Academy of Athens (build 1926), the Egyptian Museum (built 1902), and even private homes; Neoclassism featureis a dominatnt style for domestic building worldwide, as seen by the pictures of domestic buildings

There are a few approaches to preserving and remodelling Machiya. Several numbers of existing Machiya have been rehabilitated for modern uses.Rather than erasing all the traces of Machiya’s previous owner, some modern architects preserved the earlier haphazard extensions as a timeline of the building’s history. By analysing the structure of ageing Machiya and applying the appropriate modifications, they are functioned as accommodation facilities once again. Some redeveloped Machiya are also converted and now operate as resident inns, hotels and restaurants, providing a way for people to enjoy the experience of staying in a traditional building. Some of the floor plan and the finishing materials changed significantly throughout a series of haphazard modifications. However, there also existed some attractive elements that effectively captured the “timeline” of the houses as it passed through the series of

The dawn of streamline moderne, a type of Art Deco design and architecture begins. The style is marked by curving forms and long horizontal lines. Streamline Moderne style was inspired by vehicle styles such as cars, airplains, and ships. “They expressed speed in movement, economy of line and modern function” (8). The style is reflective of the time period economy and concept of competence.

Most of the characteristic features of the art deco style were influenced by the new technology and wealth of the era. The appreciation for machines, man-made materials, and the wealth and leisure they brought, could be

Art deco included luxury items as well as mass-produced products, but both wings had the intention to create modern and anti-traditional designs that illustrated wealth and elegance.

The historical processes of any artistic movement are carried out under the certain community background, which is inseparable from the social political, economic and cultural environment impact. "De Stijl" is form by a Dutch genre painting, it had the huge impact on the design community. This movement in the design world is the beginning of the modernist art in Dutch, it is also an important part in the early modernist design movement. Design style definition of Stijl movement is showing material in a very simple way, its designers used extremely simple and orderly style of painting, colour and form lines applied on the architecture, clothing, furniture and other aspects of design. This paper is focus on exploring the long-term influences of De Stijl architecture in modern architecture design and also the specific application in the interior decoration. It will in-depth discuss about many different aspects of the movement from philosophy, concept of space and form, structure, etc; spanning more than 90 years of history.

This essay focuses on the development of hybrid colonial architecture in early 20th century in Southeast Asia. The essay investigates the different styles of buildings in different locations and explains how these types of architecture combined both European and local origins. It explains the Dutch style in Indonesia and the British style in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia while giving an example building to these styles.

In 20th century, three storey shophouses were built in Kuala Lumpur and had been quite popular in comparison to other single and double storey shophouses in other places due to the high demand of land values and urban progression to accommodate increasing capacity, also to provides enough neccessities and needs of the town people back at that time. Although the storey height of the shophouses is increasing, the plot arrangement and layout remains the same along the existing street following the traditional method of linkages. Practically,this kind of development using the traditional linear style blocks along